Ponytail Sloppy bun hat pattern

 Well, it took me long enough!!! This has been a year where getting anything done has been a chore!!! However I'm happy to say that I can end this year with a new pattern, even if it is super simple.

So let me start with, I discovered the Lion Brand Ombre self striping yarn, and fell madly in love with it. The colors, the feel, the ease of use,  just everything. I'm fact I have 2 more patterns coming your way from this yarn. 1 is in the final stages of development, and one is in the beginning stages of design. 

I hate going to a blog post for a pattern or a recipe and the writer is overly wordy, so I'm going to stop chatting and get to the pattern.

materials

I hook

WW yarn

elastic hair the

1) sc around hair tie 25 times and join with a slip st.

2) ch 1, *sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc* repeat around and join with a slip st - 39 sc

3) ch 1 and sc in each sc around, join with a sl st - 39 sc

4) ch 1 *sc in next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc* repeat around, 52 sc

5) ch 2, hdc in each sc around - 52 he

6) ch 2 *hdc in next 6 hdc, 2 hdc in next hdc* repeat around to last 3 hdc, hdc in last 3 hdc - 59 hrs

7) ch 2, hdc in each hdc

8) ch 1 *sc in next 10 hdc 2 sc in next hdc* repeat around to last 4, sc in last 4 sc -64 sc

9) ch 2, *hdc in next 18 sc, 2 hdc in next* repeat around, hdc in remaining st -68 hdc

10) ch 2, hdc in each hdc around

11) ch 2, dc in first 2 dc, * fpdc around next 2 hdc, dc in next 2 hdc* to last 2 st, dc in next hdc, fpdc around next.

12-22) ch 2, dc in as h dc, fpdc around each fpdc. Repeat around, join with sl st.

23) ch 2, hdc in each st around, join with sl st. 68 hdc

24) ch 1, sc in each hdc around, join with sl st, and finish off making sure to weave in ends.

And there you have it!!! Let me say, typing a crochet pattern on a tablet with auto correct is way more of a challenge than I realized it would be!!! 

Tomorrow

 I'm pretty excited, I finally got all the testers back on the hat pattern that I've been working on so diligently!!! I'm going to be taking pictures, and working on getting it typed up and ready to share!!! I can't think of a better way to end the year than with a brand new crochet pattern!!! 

Our year

 Hey there, yes once again I've been MIA and it just goes hand in hand with the way this insane year has been. Let me catch you up.

In July my poor mother in law took a tumble, and needed lots of extra help. She recovered in time for my Father in laws cancer diagnosis to get worse, and then to go on Hospice in November. He did pass away at the beginning of December.

October was a tough month as I took a tumble and gashed my arm open. Then we both had Covid, which I will say for me personally was worse than the flu, which I had in March for my birthday. 

It's not all bad though!! We did finally get Mishka trained to the fence, and she loves being outside. I have a new crochet pattern that I will be sharing with you all as soon as I finish with the testing, and I designed a quilt pattern that I am still working on writing, and can't wait to share with you all!!! That probably will not be until spring, but it's coming. 

We no longer have chickens, ducks, or rabbits I'm sad to say. However once things settle, there are plans to get back into the rabbits, and possibly a small handful of chickens. I was thinking about starting a whole new blog, but decided no, I have been here for so long, that I'm going to keep with this one for a while longer yet. At heart I'm still a little farmer.

So for now, I will end here, but I have more to come. I'm hoping that I can build my audience with new recipes, patterns, and dog pictures.

What a year it's been

Well, 2020 has been a little on the extreme side this year it seems like. I know I've not posted much, or any this year.  I was sick all of January and part of February, and then in March just in time for my birthday I got the flu. It took me a little over 2 weeks to get over that. It was really rough. I felt better just in time to have to self isolate for the Corona Virus. This is some scary stuff.

So, since I've spent this year basically sick, I don't really have much to tell you all, other than I don't have any more chickens, but I do have 2 ducks. The raccoons took out every last chicken and rooster, and a duck. I managed to get those 2 ducks nice and secure. It took some work, and trust me I was fighting to keep the raccoons from getting those 2 ducks. Oh, we still have the rabbits.

Mishka is pretty much so done growing I think. She's the same size as her mom, so she's a small husky. She is also a talking husky, which means we know when she wants something, and she usually always wants something.

We have Sam's autoimmune disease under control. He's been on the meds for almost a year now. I'm glad he's doing so well though because he and Mishka have seriously bonded. I actually had hoped she and Jasper would bond like that because of Sam and Jasper being littermates, but what can you do?

I'm looking at some new recipes to share here with you all. I've made a couple that we really like, and plan on sharing those with you all over the next few weeks. I need to make my shopping list though, and determine which ones I want to make and share first.

I'm going to close this up for now. I really hope everyone is staying safe and healthy and doing what needs to be done during this pandemic.