I wasn't meant to blog yesterday!

I wrote a post 3 times yesterday and somehow I hit some key or tried to capitalize and I lost it all.....3 times and we all know 3 times is charm so I gave up! LOL!  I thought I would try this morning....I was pretty tired yesterday anyway as we had storms the  night before that kept me up so I'm sure that might have had something to do with 'hitting the wrong key'. 
My first Hermione's Everyday sock is coming along nicely..........I'm on the leg and round 27 of 72....so far so good!

 

 On Sunday I forgot to post about my doily.....so here it is about 1/2 way done........these are both items on my YOP list..............I was truly amazed at myself being able to work with that tiny steel crochet hook!

The other night I watched Cherry Heart podcast and Betsy Makes podcast (they're friends) and they are collaborating on a CAL (crochet along) involving a shawl pattern by Christina Hadderingh called Hotel of Bees....isn't it gorgeous?

    The pattern was inspired by the novel by Andrew Doerr...."All The Light We Cannot See" which I have not read yet....some of you may have read it already as it has been a best seller and a Pulitzer Prize winner.............

From Amazon: "From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the beautiful, stunningly ambitious instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II."

 On April 8th you can enter a code for a discount on the pattern...BEE20 and the CAL starts on April 14th which gives you plenty of time to gather your supplies or order yarn.  You need to join Cherry Heart and/or BetsyMakes groups on Ravelry in order to qualify for prizes at the end of the CAL.  Also, Sew Sweet Violet is having a MAL(make along) that has anything to do with bees in any craft.  Thus, for prizes you could 'triple-dip'!  Check out their podcasts for all the details.  Here is the link to the pattern

on Ravelry.  

I think it would be great fun to read the book and work on the shawl at the same time and be involved in the CAL and MAL!  I love anything to do with bees so this is truly a wonderful opportunity!  Bees are also an engineering marvel.  I remember Joan Rivers, who had a bee pin jewelry collection, stated that by all standards bees (based on their body weight and their wing size) should not be able to fly but they do!  She always used them as her role models....ie; don't ever let any limitations of any kind stop you from doing what you want to do in life!  Yes, bees are amazing creatures and so necessary for our survival too!  So come along and let us all salute bees by joining in this CAL and maybe reading a great book at the same time!  

Happy Trails!