My latest crocheted hats!

I finished this hat last week using a crocheted spiral technique, where you start 3 different colors in the beginning loop. Above are pics of a side view and the top view.

Lets see now, I'm trying to get the pics to post below the narrative; but it's not cooperating. Next pic, which hopefully will appear below is the hat I'm working on today. I'm doing it in tapestry crochet:

I found quite accidently that men like beannie caps like the above made out of plain old Redheart supersaver yarn. I had been trying to sell plarn tote bags and crocheted and woven tote bags and rugs and just happened to make a few hats. Just one like the above. And was so surprised when I had a bunch of men at my booth at the Farmer's Marked all trying them on. That was 2 years ago. So now I make a bunch of these in black/green shades. Even teenage boys like them. Really surprised me. I use random stitches, mostly sc and hdc and just change colors willy nilly. No patterns involved. Unless I get the urge to write one.

Oddly enough, I sent some to my sister in Colorado to sell at her fairs, and she couldn't sell any! Maybe it's a North Carolina thing?

Let's Get Started

O.K. I'm not sure why I'm doing this. I think it's mostly just to organize my thoughts and keep me motivated and on track. I sign up for too many lists and groups and read so much stuff that I never actually get anything done. I think I signed up for about 10 Yahoo crochet groups - do I read any of them? NO! No time. I really should unsubscribe. But, from what little I have read, it seems to sure hurt people's feelings when one unsubscribes. The same with Ravelry Forums, I've joined so many groups I don't have time to give any one of them any attention at all. It's like having several thousand acquaintances and no true friends. Perhaps that's the nature of social networking on the internet after all.

I like my computer and the Internet. But I find it lends one to a kind of computer generated ADHD. I start researching one idea and see a million others that look interesting and before you know it; I've wasted an entire day and forgot what I was originally researching. I've gotta get some focus in my life.

So Here is my plan!

1. Pick One Yahoo crochet group to belong to and read the posts at least once per week and join in now and then.
2. Pick One crochet forum and One weaving forum on Ravelry and regularly read and contribute.
3. Write a list of what I want to look up before searching on the internet so I don't lose track of where I am going. Imagine heading off on the highway and stopping at every interesting looking side road - I'd never get to where I was going!
4. Give myself time to play with my yarn - at least an hour a day; whether it's crochet or weaving or whatever....design and have fun.
5. Do some housecleaning....at least 15 minutes per day... keep up with flylady.net and work on the weekly cleaning zone every day!
6. Do some reading everyday...out of a real book...not counting the internet.
7. Write some letters every month. The relatives like real letters on paper sent by snailmail

O.k. that's a good start. Hope you like my profile pic. It's my craft booth at the local Farmer's market with some of the hats that I've designed. I do them all free hand, no pattern. I've been trying to write myself some patterns so I can recreate some for folks who want another of a specific design, but it's slo going.