I had my 11 year old son draw a name this morning and the winner is….
LUCY J.!!!
Congratulations!! 
Please send your mailing address to my email: patcreates @ yahoo.com (take out spaces).
Thank you very much to everyone who entered! I appreciate your nice comments and support of my handmade items. I am sure I will do another giveaway in the Spring so you will all have a chance to win again!
Don’t forget to enter my 20,000 blog hits giveaway in the post below! You have until, tomorrow, Saturday, January 21 at midnight EST to enter.
I made it to 20,000 hits around 11:00 PM last night. 
Within the next several days, my blog will be reaching 20,000 hits!! For someone who thinks she is always talking to herself on her blog, that is amazing! In celebration of this milestone, I am hosting a giveaway.
If you leave a comment on my blog by midnight EST Saturday, January 21, 2012, you will be eligible to win this newsboy hat in a lovely shade of gold. This hat is a prototype for a hat I am designing for my Etsy shop. While it is not the final version, it is still very cute and wearable! I didn’t have the heart to pull it apart and re-work it, so I decided to offer it to my readers.
All you need to do is leave a comment with your email address on this post to be eligible to win. The winner will be drawn on Sunday, January 22, 2012 and will be contacted via email as well as being announced here.
Good luck!
I make a lot of the same items for orders and my Etsy shop and sometimes I feel like I need to refresh and update the look. I have been learning how to create some different crocheted flowers, so I decided to update the look of my earwarmers.
I was thrilled with how this flower came out. It has a lot of dimension, yet it is not big and bulky. I love how the pink makes this earwarmer look so soft and feminine!
Sorry it has been so long since I posted, but I am definitely happy that the holiday craziness is over! I feel much more relaxed and can definitely enjoy crocheting more.
I was wanting to create something specific for Valentine’s Day, so I created this hat. This has now actually evolved into the first of a “Holiday Hat Collection” that I will be creating throughout the year for my Etsy shop. These hats will be one of a kind and not be created again.
I am definitely looking forward to coming up with some fun ideas for these hats. The next hat will most likely be for St. Patrick’s Day and should be available around the first week in February.
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 8,600 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
Click here to see the complete report.
Thanks for a great 2011, WordPress!
I have been trying to come up with some quick and easy Christmas gifts and I recently had an idea to make a coffee cup cozy. I am going to fill the coffee cup with candy and cocoa and give it to the recipient with it’s sweater on. 
I have seen several cozy patterns but decided to design one of my own.
And here is my Christmas Gift to you. I am offering this super easy pattern to you for free! Just click here or on the link at the top of the page to get to the free pattern page and there you will find the pattern for Joe’s Sweater. I also have one other free pattern there for earwarmers.
I am having a Holiday Sale in my Etsy shop. 20% off of all purchases! You can use coupon code HOLIDAY20 and the discount will be automatically applied to your order. The coupon code is good until 12/24/2011.
Happy Holidays!
I am getting down to the wire with everything, as always at this time of year. My last craft fair is Saturday, 12/3 and of course Christmas will be here before you know it! I made two more hats to add to the craft fair stash.
After the fair on Saturday, there won’t be much more hat making for a short while. I have some small Christmas gifts I need to make. I don’t want to be waiting to the last minute, although I already feel like I am!
I will probably post to my blog one more time before Christmas, probably showing the gifts that I have made. If I don’t end up having time, I will definitely post as soon as possible after Christmas.
I hope everyone has a great holiday season and I appreciate everyone who reads and comments on my blog!
What can I say? I have a passion for purple and pattern! I made another visor beanie and this time used Lion Brand Tweed Stripes yarn in the Orchid colorway and I am completely in love with it! The subtle striping on this yarn is so pretty and this color is really vibrant!
I have another colorway in this yarn that is named Berries and has beautiful tones of red. I am definitely itching to try it out on a hat.
