I want, I want, I want!

Through www.crochetspot.com, I have found another wonderful website, www.ravelry.com! Ravelry is an amazing site where you can go post in forums, look at THOUSANDS of patterns, and a bunch of other stuff! My favorite is looking at the patterns. You just type in what you want to look at, and they try their best to meet your description. They also have some boxes on the side with choices, like, if you want to look at free patterns, or if you want to buy patterns online.Ravelry is also a place for knitters! I have found so many patterns, that I just want for them all to be at my disposal. But then I have the ordeal of going out to buy the yarn, having the right crochet hook, and finding time to crochet (I have a lot of free time, so the latter shouldn't really be an issue).
     Looking through these patterns, I have found several I want to make for my niece, who just turned a year old. Now, I just need to go out, and buy the yarn...
     I urge you to try this website out. I can guarantee you won't be disappointed!

Blankets of the Past

These next few photos are what I have done for the past few years...

This was for a friend at church..

This was for my grandmother at heart. She loved it!!

This blanket was for my niece..

This was for one of my sister's friends..

I gave this blanket to the same lady who I gave my blanket in my other post..

And this...this was a challenging project, but one of my favorites. I made this for a dear friend who lives in Alaska, and is here for the winter..

I hope you enjoyed all of these!

The Beginning

 Let's start at the beginning, a very good place to start. This is my first baby blanket. I did it for a dear friend, and she loved it!! I used Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn! and the half double crochet stitch. I never used any patterns for this, so this was a "free lance", I suppose you would call it. Out of everything I have done, this is one of my favorites :)

  

A Whole New World

Hi! My name is Mikayla, and I have been crocheting for just over 3 years. It began when my mom's friend, Libby, invited some people over to her house and she was going to teach them to crochet. Most of my family learned that day, and some kept it up, and others...well, did not. I really only made baby blankets with borders using the half double crochet stitch. So for the past three years, I was stuck in a hole. I only knew the half double crochet stitch, and I made baby blankets. That was it.
     About a month ago, my dad (who is very supportive of my crocheting) pulled up a website that had easy crochet patterns, for beginners. I was hooked. Through this website, I have learned "crochet language" (really, just crochet abbreviations), new stitches, and have made some new things with my new found knowledge. I visit new sites, and look at patterns, and say to myself "this is so cool! I can actually read these now!!".
     This website has really opened up a whole new door for me, and I just want to give credit to it. This website is www.crochetspot.com, run by Rachel Choi. It has very easy patterns and teaches you new stitches through their tutorials. Without this website, I would still be stuck in hole.