Pumpkins in progress

Three of the orange pumpkins you see below in a hunter green basket live with someone else now. I gave them as gifts for the recipient to do as she sees fit since I don't particularly like pumpkins as decorations. It's normal for me to make things that I don't want to keep as long as I have my fun with yarn first.

The pumpkins started off as rectangles of fabric. I half double crocheted in the back loop only. I made them whatever size I felt like at the time so there were a variety of sizes.

I gathered the bottom of the pumpkins into a round shape by weaving a strand of yarn through the tops and bottoms, cinching them closed.
They were stuffed with polyester fiber.













I used Red Heart Paddy Green for the stems on the orange ones and "Light Chocolate" wool yarn for the Soft White ones. I put the orange pumpkins in a basket that I had made months ago to conserve space the day of my yard & porch sale. I will be making more pumpkins in the near future due to public interest.

Apples & Honey

Visited Honey Hill Orchard on Sunday. The shop is in a garage. There were many bags of apples, containers of honey, apple cider, donuts, caramel apple pie, and apple fritters among many other items. It smelled wonderful in there.

There were a few Cheese Days booths featuring many, many colorful Native American crafts and CDs for sale. The man below had just finished playing a wind instrument along with a CD when I took his pic.

Photo from my August 30th yard & porch sale of me and my special friend/#1 customer Kathy holding up the "Happiness" blanket which will be up for sale again this weekend. I think if I don't sell it on Saturday or when I host my first crochet boutique next month, I'll donate it to a nursing home as a cheery lap blanket.

These were going to be washcloths that I was making to use up the skein of soft yarn that they were made of, but Kathy purchased them for her elder daughter who will most likely use them as doilies. You can left-click for a closeup of the shell edging that I did for the first time on them.

Also up for sale will be this set of single crochet coasters and a mat made from cotton yarn in a variegated Peaches & Creme shade called "Lemonade."

Today I will continue crocheting fall-related decorations that I will have available at the Saturday sale. Right now the orange and Soft White pumpkins of various sizes exist as retangles. I'll be crocheting my first apple soon. I'm thinking that I'll use Caron Simply Soft "Autumn Red" and also "Limelight" to make a green one. I'll be sure to share pics.