Missing My Goober

John has been attending Pycon, a major Python programming conference, this week and this past weekend downtown. Luckily it is in Atlanta this year. Next year, we'll probably be going to San Jose Cali for it, which means John is going to try to persuade me to move there (I think it is too expensive). Normally, John works remotely from wherever we want, so I get to see him all day and we have flexibility to take road trips and visit both families. I have been terribly bored and lonely for the past two days at my mom's without him here. I realize that most women go at least seven hours without their husbands five days a week, but NOT ME! We usually don't go 2 hours without kisses or cuddles. So I've been trying to focus on crafts to keep my mind occupied from missing him.

Last week, I continued my crochet frenzy by making John and Graham matching hats. I also crocheted Graham a pair of booties to match his hat. Here are my goober and my toy penguin modeling the hats and booties.

The hats are not exactly the same, but are a similar style and are the same colors. I created my own pattern for each of the hats, which was very time consuming and frustrating. The booties pattern came from Red Heart, here, and came out much better than the yellow ones I had done previously. PS, you can kind of see my swollen prego belly in the picture of Graham's booties lol.

I also crocheted a couple fish for Graham's first mobile. I am using black, white, and bright red yarn to crochet striped fish, so Graham can see the color contrasts. I am going to attempt to hang 2-5 objects for him, changing them once a week. The first mobile is going to be out of reach, but then they can progress to some that he can grab and even shake to make noises. I have been collecting ribbons and silly trinkets like a hoarder. I have also been playing with different packing materials. I crocheted an octopus from the hat leftovers and stuffed it with paper. One of the mobile's fishes is stuffed with mardi gras beads and another is stuffed with cotton scraps from sewing.

Speaking of sewing, I completed one of my to-do list's sewing projects yesterday. BURP CLOTHS! I type that enthusiastically because I think they are adorable. I had to learn all the stuff that I should have learned in my Sewing 101 class, like sewing in a straight line, pinning, ironing, winding my bobbin, and just becoming intimate with my machine. My first one didn't come out so amazing, but I was pretty good by the time I finished my final burp cloth.

I made six, three each of two different patterns. They were pretty easy. I just sewed snuggly flannel onto the middle segment of a cotton diaper prefold. I used just over 1/4 yard of each print from the 1/2 yard I purchased for $2/yard on sale at JoAnn Fabric, so now I have scraps to play with! I love crafting leftovers. John will be busy with Pycon through Thursday. Hmmm, I have an idea of what to do with those scraps ;)