Halloween Dishcloths

If you knit or crochet then you have to check out the website ravelry.com. You'll have to create a free account (which may take a couple of weeks for a response because yes they receive that many requests) but it will be oh so worth it. Besides being able to search for free or inexpensive patterns, you can check out other stitchers' work, go through their personal yarn stash for that hard to find skein you were looking for, shop for completed items, and chat with fellow stitchers. My most recent project was to make each of my three children a set of Halloween dishcloths. The patterns were created by Kristen Patay (just search for Creepy Cloths). They are so cute and the pattern (which contained all 6) was only $3.50, which was a down loadable file.

Halloween crafts

What is it about fall that I love so much? I guess it's a combination of everything from the leaves changing colors to the kids being back in school. Oh who am I kidding I love Halloween the most. Why as an adult with three grown children (and no grandchildren) I feel the need to decorate the house is beyond me. But every year I do... well except this year. It wasn't like I didn't want to I just couldn't seem to get to it. So while I was at a baby shower my husband dragged out the many orange totes from the basement and proceeded to hang, sit, and stand every single decoration we have. You can imagine my surprise when I pulled into the driveway and saw the 6 foot witch I'd made a few years ago sitting on the front porch with her black kettle before her. Little did I know that when I walked inside there would be a 9 foot skeleton pirate hanging in the hallway along with everything else. lol It was wonderful! Here are some pictures of the Halloween crafts I've made the last couple of years.

Grandpuppies cards

Here are the two cards that I've made for my three Grandpuppies. May and Red received the card with the drawing of the yellow lab. Chloe will get the card with the husky drawn on it. The kids weren't sure when Chloe was born so they chose Halloween as her birthday.

Grandpuppies gifts

Okay call me silly (my husband does) but since I don't have any Grandchildren I joke that I have Grandpuppies instead. So when one of them has a birthday I buy them a toy, package of treats, and this year a little something handmade. The handmade item was a dishcloth which could be used for either dishes or for the puppies bath. The first for Red was a yellow dishcloth that has a lab design stitched in. The second was for Chloe which is the blue one with the husky design. Yep I'm silly.