Let Me Introduce Myself....

I'm going to give this blog thing a try. Let me introduce myself....my name is Olive Yarn (not really, but I do love yarn!). I'm a yarn addict. I love to crochet and I can do the very basics in knitting. I always have at least 3 projects going at a time, but isn't that normal?

I have two kids Troy, age 14 and Jalen, age 9. No, those are not their real names. They are the names I WANTED (but wasn't allowed) to give them. Troy is an active boy scout, plays football and basketball, sings in the chorus, performs in the show choir and plays the trombone. Basically, your well-rounded kid. Jalen recently "bridged" from Brownies to Junior Girl Scouts and is a cheerleader with an All-Star Cheerleading Team.

Sitting at all those practices waiting on the kids leaves me with lots of time to get my "yarning" done. That's what Jalen calls it. She's a "yarner" too. Yesterday she conned a new set of crochet hooks out of me. Her arguement was that she really should have her own hooks to work with so she doesn't have to borrow mine all the time. Smart girl. She is currently working on a chunky pink/brown fabric that she plans to make a pillowcase out of. She went "shopping" for her yarn in my stash (a.k.a. the yarn closet).

My current project is a summer tank top for myself. It is the Sea Breeze Top from www.lionbrand.com. This is an Easy+ pattern worked in half double crochet stitches. I am using Lion Brand's Cotton-Ease yarn in the color Maize. See that messy pile of knots? I had a whole skein of yarn stitched into the empire bodice and ripped it out because I just wasn't happy with it. An entire evening's work frogged.

The couch is calling my name. And so is that pile of knots. Happy stitching!