Accessories

I stayed up till 4am last night. I couldn't get to sleep so I crocheted. I managed to make myself a necklace and headband, both with flower adornments. They came out cute and I love the color of the yarn I used.

Editing this post cause I made another headband. :3

Late night crocheting

It's late and I'm not in the least sleepy. So I've started in on a small project. I'm making myself a bow headband and a flower necklace. Pattern is simple and won't take long to do. I'm going to try and get atleast one of them done. Maybe crocheting will get me sleepy and put me to bed. We'll see. Here's a pic of what I'll be making! Not sure what color I'm going to do though.

And the headband I'm going to make :

Health kick

Over the past couple of years I've put on some weight and have out grown alot of my old clothes. It's gotten to the point now where I just can't take it anymore. I need to loose these pounds. I'm 5lbs away from 200lbs. That's frightening! I never want to be that or over! So I've been drinking nothing but water this past week and exercising. I've gone walking for about 2 miles and today I brought out The Wave that I got for Yule one year and worked out on that for half an hour. I'm sweating alot and can feel the burn in my legs so hope it'll work. My goal for this month is that by the end of it I want to be 5lbs lighter and weigh at 190lbs. My goal by Yule, the end of the year, is to be at 170lbs. Let's see if I can do it!

Gamer Afghan

Last month while I was browsing through Ravelry's projects, I found this amazing blanket. This crocheter took many different squares with game designs on them and created this huge afghan. I fell in love and decided I had to make one myself. With Yule in mind, I thought it'd make an awesome gift. So I printed out some graph patterns, picked up some yarn, and started in. So far I've made 3 out ot 25 squares. I have a long way to go, but I'll get it done before Yule for sure.
This is what Ravelry's BlanketofDoom did with her afghan. I've been using it as a base for mine.

I'm using quite a few of the same squares but using different background colors.

For the three squares I've already made, I've come out with : HALF LIFE 

 TETRIS

and SONIC

There's still a lot more to go though. It's taken me some time just to get those three done. I need to step up my game and try to get atleast 3-5 out a week. I'm doing them all in single crochet. I made my own graph of Kingdom Hearts. Going to try it next see if it comes out right.

I won't be able to crochet much today as I have another task I need to do. I had a friend ask if I could help him with one of his cosplay costumes. So I need to break out my sewing machine and get to work on it. He's doing a character from Mortal Kombat. He gave me this as a reference, only it's in black, not yellow. I forgot which character it is he's doing though. It's not Scorpion, I know that much.

So I've got a busy day today. Need to get to work. I'll update again when I have made more progress. Until next time I leave off with a quote. :

"Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic."

My First Blog

Hello hello. My name is Metta. I created this blog to be a place for my crochet projects and fun facts. I will update periodically with progress pictures of my latest project as well as info on how it's going. I'll as well put up things I find around that I think deserve a post for their awesomeness. This blog is to help me keep organized and on track with what I'm making. I want to see if I can keep up with it for a year and if so, see how much I actually crochet in that time spand. With all that said, here goes!! :3