Making toys

Ok, I admit it.  I enjoy knitting and crocheting.  Yes, it's a grandma-hobby but I can't just sit and watch TV or just sit.  My favorite thing to do right now is either high-tech (on the computer) or low-tech (knitting/crocheting).  I'm actually kinda proud of this since my grandma was wonderful in this craft.  She was always knitting or crocheting.  I remember her crocheting in fine cotton thread curtains for the house.  She also knitted us grandkids outfits for us to wear to church.  Since I was more of a teenager when she was doing a lot of knitting, I wasn't real fond of these outfits.  My grandma was thrifty so she usually got yarn on sale in very odd colors.  I remember an outfit she made me was in the color of ochre.  Do you know what ochre looks like?  Baby diarrhea!  The other outfit she made me and still makes me laugh is a black and orange swimsuit.  At that time, there wasn't any yarn that was made to wear in the water.  So you can imagine what happened when I dove in.  Yarn is a lot like a sponge so when I dove in, the swimsuit fell off.  It's funny now, not then.

So I started crocheting (I'm not as good on this) before I retired.  I saw this book with crocheted turtles and my daughter is a big turtle lover so I had to make it.  Plus I thought it was cool that you can stuff the shell with turtle eggs and baby turtles.  Since I did that one for her, I needed to make one for my boy.  He was born in the Year of the Tiger so I crocheted one for him.  I wasn't too crazy about my finish work si I thought I'd knit a USC scarf to hide the stitches around the neck.  I thought it would also be cool to make a Six Taste apron for his business.  He can use it as his mascot for his business.

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