I purchased a big backpack-type bag at a thrift store for a few bucks and it works perfectly to carry all my stuff for crocheting in. (Only problem is, a lot of stores won't let a person carry in a backpack to their store while shopping and want me to leave it at a register while I shop. Yea, R-I-G-H-T! So for shopping, the pretend Prada backpack-type bag stays home but for a doctor's office visit and trips to friends' houses, perfect.)
Hats are in. If they aren't, they will be by the time I get through with Christmas this year. They are easy and fast to make and there are so many ways to make each one special for the person who'll be receiving it as a gift this year. Last year it was Fat Bottom Bags which everyone loved but since I line them and shop for just the right embellishment for them, they take up quite a bit of time for each bag to be completed. The hats are more practical because of the small amount of time they take to make and since everyone is getting a homemade gift this year, that time is very important. There's not that many days left before Christmas! I figure a hat takes only a couple hours of non-stop work, including the flower embellishments.
Here's another hat I've been working on. I've gotten many compliments on it which surprises me because I usually don't go out of the mainstream solid color for hats. I don't like attracting attention to myself and stick to black or grey. Just wearing a hat is going outside my box so a hat that is multi-colored and adorned with flowers is really going hog wild in my world. heh, heh. Seriously.
The only problem I had with this hat is that the yarn is too soft and the sides rolled up instead of staying put. It's okay apparently, like I said I got a lot of compliments on it. I lucked out with the thread for the flowers matching the colors in the hat. That was not planned, believe me. I am a lame-o when it comes to matching or blending colors.
