Back to Crocheting and My Unbelievable Goodwill Find!

Last March, I showed off a granny square afghan that I crocheted..

I learned how to crochet in high school...

(too many years ago to count!)

and I saw so many pretty crocheted blogs that I was inspired to

pull of my crochet hook - I still had the crochet hook from high school too...

I had to watch a couple of You Tube videos to remember the different stiches and

then I started crocheting and used several colors of yarn...

I crocheted and crocheted...while DH and I watched 24 from Netflix...

kind of time consuming changing colors..

and I kept on crocheting...now that I think of it, my wrist got pretty sore...

but I kept going...

And I got it done!

I showed you some other crochet projects...

(projects not made by me)

This is just the cutest little girl..and don't ya just love the hat..and the flower..

and I love this bag and started to make one....but then it got

nice out and well I like to crochet in the winter..so it's unfinished..

But today, when we made our Goodwill trip...DH spotted this for me and

I have to show you my unbelievable find....

(lots of pictures....think of it as eye candy!)

This huge quilt bag full of yarn.....$20!

Which $20 sounds like a lot unless you buy yarn..

and you can spend $20 very easily and not get much yarn..

When I unzipped it, the yarn was overflowing so I pulled it out on the kitchen table to see

what was inside....

So many skeins of yarn are the super soft kind that make really cuddly afghans.....

Not sure what kind of yarn this is but it's softer than soft...

which means..super expensive...

Several skeins of yellow yarn...

I used alot of varigated yarn for the granny square afghan

so I'm loving all of this yarn...

but what you've seen so far is only half of what was in the bag..

I can't hardly believe that this yarn is all mine...

let's look closer at what else was in the bag...

Not sure if I'm liking the green and gold flecked yarn...

but there's 5 skeins of it...all new!

and lots more varigated yarn...and it's incredibly soft.....

Some of it was smaller and wrapped in balls....

This is like being in a candy shop..all this yarn.....

So here it is all together...

I think I could open a yarn store... 

So at night now, while we're watching TV, I'll be busy..

I've already started to make another afghan, this time it's not a granny square...

but this yarn will help me keep on crocheting....

probably never get it all used...

but for $20, it's not a bad investment...

oh and I forgot to mention, I got another big bag of yarn last year...

I got it in the summer and it was too hot to take it out to see

what was inside...as soon as I get my Christmas decorating done,

I'll show you what's in that bag too...

Question - Any idea how to organize all this yarn so I can

see what I have?

I have the best Goodwill store, we never know what we'll find there...

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Crochet Project Possibilites

I've been working on various scrapbook projects and but I've also been working on my afghan that I showed here.

Did you know there are so many other things you can crochet?

How about these butterflies?

Who can resist this Owl?

How about a colorful pillow?

Pretty flowers to use for scrapbook projects or

add to a baby hat...isn't this adorable?

or what about a wreath?

There's so many pretty things to make..

I just love this bag

so I've been working on making one..

I've got a LONGGG way to gooooo..

and I'm still not finished with the afghan...

I have a really bad habit of starting another project before finishing the other one..

I even got a bag of yarn from Goodwill for a couple of dollars!

I learned how to crochet in high school but needed to watch several "You Tube" videos to freshen the old memory...

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Shabby Chic Granny Square Afghan by Yours Truly

I am constantly inspired by so many talented people and their blogs.

Back in February, I showed you all the colorful projects done by Attic24 and I wanted to show you what I've been working on...

Lots of these...crocheted granny squares...

I should've kept track of how much yarn I used...

and how many hours I've worked on this while watching "24" off Netflix...

Most of the squares are joined together...

and it's fun to see it come together...

I love the soft colors.......

and I hope to complete it this weekend....

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