2 months - AHHHH!!

2/11/16!!  February 11th!!  That's the last date I posted.  I'm such a slacker and I feel horrible!

Bear goes next week for laser eye surgery thanks to the lovely military.  He is excited and I can't wait because that's all I've been hearing about for the last 3 weeks since they approved his request.  I have a few patterns that I have finished and thought I would share, but not all at once.  Patience.

First, I love water and It Works products.  Both go hand in hand and I feel better, I have more energy, I feel better, not sluggish or empty.  I have my Contigo water bottle and I am in love with it.  It is the Cortland style, I find the one with the straw to be to forced and it requires a lot of draw to get the water.  I like to add ice before I leave for work and by the time I get to work, its cold, but not so cold I can't drink it.......I have overly sensitive teeth.  The sweating was driving me bonkers soooo I sat down one day and made a cozy for it.

Contigo Cortland Water Bottle Cozy.

SC: Single Crochet
DC: Double crochet
HDC: Half Double Crochet

I prefer a magic loop, but you can also start with a chain 5 and join tog.
DC 20 in the loop.
2 DC in each dc,
Now you have the base.

SC in the top loop of each all the way around and join tog to create the start of the sleeve
 Chain 1 and HDC in each stitch and join tog at end.

Continue until tall enough to cover the water bottle.  I found usually 33 rows does it.

To Create the security loop to hold up:
SC for 3 stitches.
HDC for 15 rows.  Secure where you feel works best for you when you insert the water bottle.

ENJOY!!!

Any questions feel free to ask.  I used 100% cotton yarn so it absorbs better but you can use any yarn you feel comfortable with.  It will stretch but after washing, especially if you use cotton it will shrink back down.

Thank fully for those waiting for the other patterns that I perfected in the 2 month hiatus, I will have my computer with me with we go for Bear's laser eye surgery next week since I have an Itworks online party to do while we are down there.  I will post one next week - oh no! - you might have to stay tuned! and another the week after.

If anyone is interested in joining the Itworks party, comment below (I have to approve it being posted, so if your concerned others will see, don't be) and I can find you on facebook and invite you so that you can learn more.  No harm in learning more and you don't have to commit to purchase.  Simply learn.  Or you can simply visit my ItWorks! Page to see and learn more.

Happy 2016!!

Its the beginning of a new year.  I've been terrible on keeping up this up to date with patterns and my own progress.  It is now the beginning of a new year, and a new me.  The past few months I have been on a crochet frenzy.  I think my poor boyfriend is sick of seeing yarn (even though he is now learning how to crochet and is making his own blanket) and together we have made a few "New Year's Resolution's".

-Be more active.  We have decided we want to do at least four 5K's.  We figure it gives us time to be able work up to it, we aren't fat, but neither one of us could run a 5K and be ok after, but it also isn't just one and done.
-Save more.  We learned we are less inclined to spend small bills like $1's and $5's, and all loose change.  We dug up what loose coinage there was around and we found close to $20 already.  But its not just money; being able to utilize Pinterest and its ability to allow frugality by making your own cleaning supplies for less then at the store and in larger amounts, as well as utilizing coupons.  We aren't trying to be on 'Extreme Couponing' or anything but 10, 25, and 50¢ certainly add up.
-Create more.  He is at least supportive of my inability to sit still, and always having to be doing something.  So by encouraging keeping my hands busy with crochetinghe is less likely to be irritated with my shuffling about around the apartment doing things.

I have a project in the works.  I can't say that I created the whole thing, or that someone else hasn't already done it, but I haven't found a pattern or it anywhere online.  As soon as I have it done and I've approved of it, I will post it for anyone to be able to use. 

Hope everyone has a happy, healthy, prosperous, and crafty 2016!!