VG Creations

 Life has been so busy lately.  We adopted a new kitten August 31st.   About two months later we lost my old girl.  It was her time but it sucks.  The new kitten has helped to distract but he isn't her.  With that we also had my little one dealing with being without her big sister for the first time ever.  With this I hadn't been crafting at all.  Gaming yes but all my other interests went to the wayside.  One of the things that came out of our loss was finding out how much shelters and vets office need things.  One of the things I found they needed was new blankets for their kennels.  With how well they were for me and mine I wanted to give back.   This started with a trip to Joann's where I hit the remnants rack for any fleece that was about the size we needed.  I probably got too many but I wanted to help as much as I could.  After washing them my partner in this my mom skip cut around the edge of the fle...

A Bag of Yarn “Mom will you make me….”  Over the years, my daughters, nieces and occasionally my nephews ask me to make them something.  Often this is accompanied by a picture or a pattern.  There were times I spent money on patterns only to buy yarn and follow the pattern to discover it was not well written. This has happened to me so many times.  I hate wasting money on patterns only to discover they aren’t well written or tested.   I started crocheting when I was twelve.  I was an infrequent crocheter until my late teens.  More than once I’ve made enough afghans for my nieces and nephews for Christmas.  I love to take yarn – fiber of some sort – and turn it from a long strand to something I know someone will use.              During one visit with my daughter, she showed me a pattern for a trivet.  She asked and wanted.  I was okay – I’ll try.  I was so frustrated. ...