Kreativ Blogger Award **GASP**

Wow! I was so shocked when I checked the comments that I was nominated by Aminat for the Kreativ Blogger Award. I'm truly at a lost for words. All of you ladies have been so nice by welcoming me in your circle. I wanna grow up to be just like you guys! :-)Thank you so much! I must say that there are a lot of blogs that I view daily that are truly inspiring.

The rules of accepting this award are:

1. Copy the award to your site.

2. Link to the person from whom you received the award.

3. Nominate 7 other bloggers.

4. Link to those on your blog.

5. Leave a message on the blogs you nominated.

I'm sure that the bloggers I'm listing have been nominated hundreds of times but they are well deserving.

http://adrienneslittleworld.typepad.com/

http://www.ericabunker.com/

http://myraida.blogspot.com/

http://missceliespants.wordpress.com/

http://www.thatssewlive.com/

http://peacockchic.wordpress.com/

http://kims-kouture.blogspot.com/

Thanks again Aminat!

Crocheting while sick

Hey Guys! I have not been feeling well lately and been getting only 4-5 hours of sleep a night for about several months now. It's starting to get to me now because I've been basically staying in the house on my off days to try to catch up on sleep. If I'm tired, I don't wanna sew and since I'm always tired, it feels like I'm never gonna finish this coat. Have you guys ever been in a sewing rut or started a garment and felt like it took FOREVER to finish?

Since I got my new computer, I've been catching up on my favorite bloggers and crafty websites and came across a cute crochet hat on Threadbanger. I use to crochet a looooong time ago when I was about 8 or 9 but I've completely forgot. So I figured now is good time to start learning again since I can create something out of my insomnia instead of watching infomercials and reruns all night. So I bought a learn-how-to-crochet book and got started! I decided on this regatta rolled brim hat that is basically a "sc" stitch all around. I had to do a chain of 78 stitches because my head is so big! LOL!! Initially, I thought "78 stitches can't be right" because I only knew one way to make a hat which was starting from the top. So, I took it upon myself to dismiss the beginning of the directions and start a chain of 10. Well 4 hours later, I realized that my hat was looking like ReRun's from Whats Happening! So I had to take it loose! I was so pissed at myself. Luckily, I only used a half a skein of yarn for this project. ***Paging all knitters*** If you guys could recommend some good crochet reference books, I would surely appreciate it. :-)

The book is titled Chicks with Sticks How to Crochet

It was difficult for me to find the next chain because the yarn was so thick. I can't even tell where there are errors.

I would definitely make this hat again in a solid color. With some more practice, I think it can look just like the illustration.