: Yelling at You Tube :

Monkey see- Monkey able to do...

Thats my motto.

Written instructions and I are not copacetic. I read. I re-read. I not understand.

Give me 'insert tab A under slot YC' and you have me muttering and flinging the directions into a dark corner and wishing for a cigarette and a refreshing beverage.

So... my Latest pursuit (as mentioned in my previous post) is grasping the Easy Beginner Simple Crocheted Granny Square.


I turned to You Tube.
And found a Lovely Woman with Saintly Patience... gently showing s.l.o.w.l.y. the way to start a Granny Square.



-Just a slight aside: That Granny Gal must have been a genius to figure this stuff out !!

So, hook at hand. Yarn all loosely rolled. Deep calming breaths. Nice and well lit craft area (actually hunched over the keyboard).

Begin to watch the video...

And therein my sanity begins to Un-Ravel... and granted my Sanity was only loosely attached to begin with...

I see her method. Understand the hook and flip and yarn over etc.

So after several tries I find my self- Quite Hysterically-

Yelling at You Tube.

This marvelous woman whose deft fingers show me how to proceed... being screeched at "Wait-Stop-Slow Down !!!"

"StopStopStop"...

Doesn't help that I am one of those who sees much better without her bifocals that with... but need the bifocals to see the computer screen. So, there is also quite a bit of whipping my specs off and back on, thus losing yarn, crochet hook, mouse to click Pause, sight of where she is in the video , and thusly I am tipped into unhinged bewilderment...

The Girls were starting to watch me out of the corners of their eyes. And Move ever so slowly closer.

Poor Darlings.

Kuchi...

Here is the first ever partially re-done gobs of times all stretched out slightly grubby crusted with salty tears Greenish Granny Square...
And somehow I got a blister...

Not too bad iffin I do say...

My Second "First-Ever" Granny Square...

So Here are some examples of what I am hoping will be the first of Many (okay... A Couple... Maybe...) Crocheted blanky-throws...








Besides, I Must keep this hooky needle busy and flashing with ever lovelier coverlet creations - BeCause I Keep Buying Yarn !!!

Just my First Yarn order...

Baa Baa Black Sheep... Three Baskets Full !?!
xoxo

The Sky, She is Flaking ...

Ah Winter... now that you are truly arrived with temperatures dropping down past the 'Brrrr' and into 'Chattering' stage.

For the last few days mother Nature has been throwing wet, icy, snowy, frosty, sodden, crunchy, slickery, and beautiful weather our way.


It Snows and accumulates.
Then warms up just beyond freezing- and it melts. Rains and drippity-drops for awhile. Then the Sky goes all Foreboding... And 'Heeeere comes the Snow again !!'

If, for any reason, I would have to venture out and about my attitude would most Certainly be:



But with diligence and forethought- I can stay in. The pantry is well stocked. My freezer is a joy to behold. Tins and tins of canned tuna goodness sits on the shelf for the Girls. This surely makes for Peace of Mind !!

It does make for some very grateful sleeping weather tho. Not much is better than being layered in cozy red plushy blankets and a Kittheh (Babylon) tucked under the covers and watching the snow flicker down and about thru the window.

Even better when you can be ensconced on the couch with a restoring mug of:



And be contemplating an image very similar to this:



Except there isn't a fireplace in my Living-room, and No Rocker... (Yes, I caught what you muttered under your breath- "Off her Rocker !!")

And of course- I'm not a Floofy Mama Kittheh...
(nor do I ever wear an apron...)

But I did buy myself a scrumptious box of assorted skeins of yarn in such a pleasing array of colours and new crochet needles and have been researching beginner/easy crochet Afghans-wrist warmers-shawl patterns etc. like crazy.

At present the cuff of a fingerless glove is in production on my knitting needles. I thought I would get myself rolling with something speedy and have a practical result quickly. However I can get myself motivated helps !!

Will try and get the camera out and get some snaps of yarns & Kitthehs hel-pping... Cause they try to be sooo useful in the yarn department !!

Stay Warm !!

xoxo