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Does everyone else read this blog? Of course of course of course you do! I am really thinking I need to make a cute piggy hat now.

Friendly suggestion/helpful tip: do not wear piggy hat if you have a piggy face.

UO Designer?

So I admittedly get a lot of ideas from stores like Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie. But I promise you I never saw this beanie before I made mine!

Whoaaaa, I should totally be a designer of hat wear at UO. This is the BDG Ribbed Slouchy Beanie; buy it here.

Rainy Day Woman #1

Just wanted to share some TeaBeans on the street! I am so excited about this hat, which I guess is why I wore it already! I didn't realize until later that it is definitely too warm for hats and sweater stockings, even on a rainy fall day. I wore it to visit Iron Martin at work, and his co-worker complimented me on it. When I said I made it, he remembered Iron Martin telling him I crochet, and he requested a blanket for his son on the spot. Ha! What a nice compliment. Too bad blankets are the world's most boring crochet project, but his son is little so I might squeeze it on the project list.

If you have a pic of you wearing TeaBeans, please send so I can post it in my blog!

Off to work on another gifty! Hopefully will be done today so I can post some pics.

Cardigan Babies

This is what I am doing tonight after tennis, beers, and free pizza at the Croc!

Yeah, hoodie cardigan, let's do ittttttt!

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Crochet Necklaces: The Good & The MEJOR Ugly

Just got my new issue of Crochet! Magazine, and behold the horror that lay within: Ideal for those times you want to look like your head is not attached to your body! I do love getting this mag, but, let's face it, it's not for the young, urban, and wannabe fashionable, like Katiebeans here. I guess I shoulda realized that when I saw they size everything to XXXL and the "trendy" styles just involve making your top cropped and adding more frills.

I really want to make another crochet necklace when I get a chance. Here are some cooler looking ones: Source: unknown

Source: CreativeYarn

Mustard's Last Stand

Oh, the Battle of Little Bighat. Say hello to the Mustard's Last Stand beanie! You might recall, I was really jonesin for a yellow slouchie beanie. Oh yeah, I made it happen!

I can't wait til it is actually cold enough to wear this out on the town! I used a K hook (my favorite and first hook!) and added fpdc and bpdc in rounds to 81. Once I hit a desired length, I tapered back to 63 alternating fpdc and bpdc for a ripped edge. Oh oh oh I love it!!! Currently working on another slouchie beanie for an awesome friend with some cable stitch. I can't get enough of cabling and frontposts!

Four-wheelers. Floves.

Just wanted to share with you some TeaBeans in action! One of the very first projects I ever tried to make besides a blanket were these floves! While they didn't show up in TeaBeans until early 2008, they were conceived and begun in 2007. I still love them, and they still fit great! Pink & orange is a killer colorway don't you think?

This weekend I celebrated three years of dating Iron Martin with ATV four-wheeling and beer tasting in the Poconos! Above is a pic of me giving the thumbs up on my four-wheeler and below are a couple close-ups of me grippin the handlebars.

Just finished another awesome hat tonight, and many more hats on the way! Plus the cardigan is still trucking along! Hooray for fall & crochet projects! I hope you had a great weekend. Did everyone enjoy the amazing weather??