Saturday thoughts

Hello Sunshines!

Wow! what a great day it is today!..Its been very hot here in Magalia. I guess it could be worse. I don't take heat well. After some of my family leave today I will be back sewing. I need to run to the store and get some elastic for the waist of the pants I've made. Then hem them up and I'm done with them. The top isn't difficult but the material stinks! Its hard to make do what I want it to do. Rather slippery. I really want to get it done and over with so I don't have to think on it.

I have a few projects waiting for me to come back to. One is that little sweater for one of my expected grands, and another is a blanket that I need to work on. e-Patterns Central is a place I just bought a pattern from. Actually I purchased a few. Giggle. You know they are so cheap. So here I got two patterns and at the top was a question to add another for .99 cents..Of course, I went ahead and said yes. I love that site as you get your patterns right away and there is no shipping and handling costs. I got an afghan called Catty Corners. Its beautiful! I also got a new pattern for a little girl's sweater.The cheap pattern was for Jiffy Shells. Jiffy Shells is an afghan for beginner's. I was thinking it would be a nice one for our teen crafting group.

Today Teen Crafters in the Attic was created. This is a teen group that will craft things for their peers and others in need. We will be teaching them to craft and make things for pleasure as well.
Crafters in the Attic is the adult group. They are all working on a senior event. Its called Summer Wind. I really like making things for babies but its nice to make things for seniors as well.

Until we meet again!
Hook's Up!
Leslee
craftersintheattic@nexo.com

Hello Everyone!

Surprise!

I'm back! I apologize to all who read this. I have had two major things happen in my family along with the wedding of my youngest daughter Laurie. She will marry July 14th. So we have a bridesmaids luncheon on sunday and last minute details.

First, a small recap of the two major things. My oldest daughter Holly/husband Bear are expecting, her heart is an issue that is being watched closely. They lost their home and moved in with one of my son's/wife/daughter. Next Bear was informed that his son from another relationship was in Pennsylvania. Apparently the mom kidnapped him from California. He is a special needs child. She had an appointment with CPS and blew it off. Took him and all she could and fled. She is in jail on federal charges. CPS has checked the home where Holly/Bear are staying and are telling Pennsylvania to send the little boy home. Which means Bear will have to take off work to fly out to get him.

The second crisis, ahh..where do I begin? short version, My son Casey's wife needs mental health counseling and she was abusing him and the kids. A close family friend who just brought her own kids out of crisis in Arkansas by moving them and their things back here to California gave him courage to get out of that home. Sad thing, mom is really a sweet lady who is ill. Good thing is they are out of the home. The friend is helping him care for the kids while he goes through the task of ending their marriage and getting counseling for him and the kids. Tough work, I know first hand as I brought my own family out of a crisis years ago. I now have silver hair as a result.

All this and a wedding..oh and three babies coming..two in August, one in November. The two in August are boys. The one in November is a girl.

Crafting?..lol..not a lot I assure you. I was a safe house and shelter for Casey and children. I did manage to sew my pants for the wedding. They are nearly done. Then I'm making a light flimsy type top that goes over a comfy tank top. I decided to be comfortable. It will be hot that day.

I have two dear friends who will be there that day. I'm so looking forward to their arrival. And to visit with them.

News!

Crocheter's Attic has moved to Nexo.com. It has a new name, Crafter's in the Attic. We moved due to yahoo's service. I felt the ladies in the group deserved a better site and service. We also needed to change our name to reflect everyone there. So far so good. The ladies have found that they have their own webpages to play with and decorate and blog. One of my sons, David, is now our IT guy. He is the technician that helped us design our site. Kudos and many thanks to him!

We also added an Arcade feature for the members to enjoy. Still working to design our database and get a message system that better fits our needs..

Our current events are Knit for Kids and Summer Wind. Knit for Kids is very strict in that you have to use their patterns. They do have crochet and knit but some of the ladies seem to have difficulty and decided they can't do it. So, we have Summer Wind. It is a facility for seniors. This is something we have done before and shouldn't have difficulty with. We will be helping ICN with orphans and poor children in the U.S. and in Peru this year. Our teen group still needs to be modified a bit but we will get there.

I wish you all a cool evening, its been 103 today.Like ouch!

Until we meet again!

Hook's Up!

Leslee

Crocheter's Attic Summer Arrives!

Sigh.. nearly done with all those graduations! I'm so proud of each one. I guess I'm a sap, I hear that commencement march and tears well up in my eyes..Poor Laurie nearly passed out walking to her place to sit and then when she was called on stage her teacher said a few things about her..she said she got dizzy..I told her its cause she didn't breathe..we gotta work on that as we can't have the bride passing out during vows!

Crocheter's Attic, its been a bit quiet lately. And its not unusual as this is the time when change happens. It happens in the lives of each crafter. Whether its vacation time, graduations, birthdays etc. This is usually the time we find a few tumbleweeds moving by. However, I found some great patterns today. My prayers for things for toddlers was answered I came across three different sweaters, a new pattern for knitted and crocheted hats, a new newborn blanket, and a sweater for an old child. Oh! I nearly forgot..A pattern for crazy socks!..my gd Gabriella loves her crazy socks!..meaning she loves it if she can find socks with stripes, argyle kind of print, crazy color mixes..anything goes with that kid..well, the great thing here is not only are they a crazy stripe..they stripe on their own using Red Hearts Strata Yarn.. She's seen the color variations before..not realizing that I might use them for something for her.. Come to think of it..there are days I would wear something like that too.. I have my silly days..lol

So, we have decided to add more squares to our list and to have more classrooms..Looks like a few different kinds of them. Maybe for a newbie needing to learn to crochet or knit. It will be fun as I will definitely need the knit class.. I really would love to knit..Its not that I don't have the tools or I think the talent..I don't have someone to help me through it.. I wouldn't mind taking the place of a newbie learning to knit..lol there are some very talented ladies in the group. I know that they could help us along.

No plans this summer for a vacation. lol.. not that I ever really get one. Someday though, I would love to go on a vacation..just to know what one is..being a mom of ten doesn't end when they grow up and get married..Its an odd position to be in. So, where would I go?..hmmm.. I'm not a tropical sort of person.. but believe it or not..there are two places I would love to go..one could be tropical as its in South America. That would be Peru..love the culture and the history. The other place would be New Zealand. The country there is awesome.. I would love to go into some sort of ministry. Haven't a clue how to begin with something like that..so for now I will work on those things before me. The first is to really work hard on the Waldo Puzzles squares for the wedding ghan. I also want to add more things to my donation box for Teddy's event. Then I will need to learn how to make a guidepost crocheted sweater. I guess this summer will be one of learning for me.. and that's not a bad thing..I love doing that. Once the wedding is done in July I will concentrate my efforts to things to learn..

My secret passion would be to take psychology classes.. I love to work with people. I've had so much experience in my life. I think it would be a good thing for me. I have my A.A. in Liberal Arts so I would enter Chico State as a junior..lol..its so weird when going to a college and other students are so young..You don't find a lot of friends there my age..ah well..

Until we meet again!
Hook's Up!
Leslee
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crochetersattic/