mama's gotta get hookin!

You see this kid? He will be 9 years old in 8 days.

He's the baby of my gang and you can bet your bottom dollar I'm hanging on to these years with all my might. I have 2 teenagers, I know exactly how fast they grow!

He's a total ham for the camera.

He adores all things Spiderman....and sometimes he only answers to the name Peter Parker.

He wears his hair spiked and his socks mis-matched.

I watch him get off the school bus in the afternoons and he's smiling all the way up the driveway.

He's always got a song playing in his head.

And now.... You see this RR? (thats uber-cool crochet lingo for round-ripple) It's for him. I started it, like, over a MONTH ago and yet here it is, barely more than a Spider-doily! "Care for a cup of tea Spidey? Sugar - one lump or two?"
I have GOT TO GET HOOKIN' if I am ever going to finish it before his birthday.

Technically its not supposed to be called a Spiderman Round Ripple, but thats what it is. I found the free pattern on Ravelry (look for superhero dreamcatcher) and it can also be found by clicking HERE.

In my defense your honor, I wasn't ignoring it out of sheer laziness. It's just that since it's one of the kiddo's gifts, I can't exactly work on it while he's around. Plus I was busy teaching a beginner's crochet class at my LYS.


Speaking of teaching a class...holy hanks o' yarn, its alotta work! I had no idea. I'm more of a "show you how to crochet" kinda gal than a teacher, so what I thought would happen & how it actually went down were two different things! The students were awesome, don't get me wrong, I simply wasn't prepared for the questions - or the lefties in the group. But because of their awesomeness, we made it through successfully. Wanna see pics? I taught them to make one of the market totes from the Lionbrand website using Lion's Nature's Choice 100% Organic cotton (cool stuff, try it!).

This is V, she finshed hers in record time!

And these gals here are the wild n' sassy Mother/Daughter Duo C&S:

(theirs came out almost identical!)

Wish I had gotten pics of everyone ~

Thanks for the memories ladies!