Double Crochet, Double Crochet..

So… old habits die hard…or I should say, .. look for reasons to resume!

We’ve had some gorgeously cool weather down here!  The nights dipping into the 40’s and even 30’s and the days were still cool enough to wear jeans and a light weight flannel shirt!  (there is absolutely nothing more comfortable than to be in sweats or flannel shirts!)

There’s an old Irving Berlin song call Cheek to Cheek.  In it are a few words I feel when these cool temperatures finally come to Florida. It goes something like this…

Heaven, I'm in Heaven,
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak;
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek.

Well I may not be dancing but I started to Crochet again!  It takes cool weather for me to feel like I may not croak tomorrow… sheesh.. when the cool weather comes I feel like cooking things like soups and stews and chili and I walk a mile twice a day again and now I’ve added “ye ol’ crochet hook” to my list.

Below is the beginnings of  something I wanted to try in a heavy cotton (vs. yarn).

I finished it the other day and laid it out on my table to look at it.

(closer view of  the “roses”)

Then I though to see it on the table without the table cloth on it….

..and one more shot from across the room…

Of course now that it’s made I don’t know what the hell to do with it!!!  It was just one of those “pretty pictures that I wanted to see if I could make it or not”.   Since it’s heavy cotton and not the thin stuff I am not even sure if I can use some spray starch on it with an iron to make it lay neater… any suggestions?  (Come on Debi ! You are Queen of Crafting and the only one I know who might know what to do lol)

Anyway…now it’s on to an Afghan I am sure.. and no I don’t know what to do with it when I’m done either.. I have no room to store any more than I already have…but I like to Crochet now and then…and the cool weather is at fault!  Yeah, that’s the ticket! The weather is to blame!! (gotta love John Lovitz for coming up with “that’s the ticket” lol)