Hot Pad Crochet

Hi there!  How is your weekend going?  I am enjoying some crochet time today.  Dayle is burning debris in the burn pile and doing some pasture mowing.  Travis is working on adding a new trailer hitch to Kristi's VW bus, Kristi is looking through a goat stall for something they stored in the barn and the boys are running around checking on everyone and watching the fire.  :-)  SO.. Pammy Sue came up with a pattern for a hot pad and asked Betsy and I to test it.  I'm pretty slow, but I finished today.  I used all KnitPicks cotton.  Click on her name above and you can get the pattern.  

Pammy Sue made hers with a red flower and white background and I really like it.  But I didn't have any red yarn at hand, so I used lavender.

My first rose I messed up on and I was using a coral color yarn, so I will attach it to a hat or make it into a pin.  I had 8 petals of the 1st and 2nd row, but only ended up with 7 on the last row which laid the foundation - so I had to make sure to end up with 8 petals on my 2nd one.  :-)

This pot holder or hot pad turned out quite large!

The back is plain, but I like the pattern of the spaces.

I got this little fake but realistic bird's nest not long ago and bought 3 fake painted wood bird eggs for it.. and I had it on the picnic table on the deck.. and some critter stole them, I guess hoping to have them for dinner.  I doubt they will taste good.  But Kristi and the boys found a real bird egg that fell out of a nest, so I put that in the nest and stuck it in a copper lantern my daughter Amy gave me as a gift years ago.

I think it's a sparrow egg.  

The boys just came in and brought me some flowers.. how cute is that?  

Tomorrow is Father's Day - we're going to BBQ ribs and I'm going to make macaroni salad and baked beans.. Kristi is making a zucchini cake with cream cheese frosting.  Can't wait!  What are you up to this weekend?  I hope you're doing what you want and enjoying your life.  ((hugs)), Teresa :-)