Last week it rained quite a bit. Normally this wouldn’t be an issue except we just had a huge amount of mulch, peat moss and vermiculite dumped on our driveway so we could use it to prep the square foot gardening beds N built.

So the dirt and such has been a muddy mess in our driveway for like a week now. I am sure the neighbors love it too! We’ve been itching to get it moved so we can have our driveway back, plus we’d love to have the gardening beds done and growing food already. It’s just kind of hard to do yard work in the rain.

Today we are making it happen though, rain or shine we are knocking some things out. Poor N is in his rain jacket and putting the finishing touches on the planting beds and getting the fence and gate up.

Everly and I planted some bulbs during the breaks in rain but are back inside now that it is raining more. The mound of dirt wont be fully moved from the driveway by tonight but other stuff is getting done.

Speaking of storms, Thursday the rain and wind dragged Everly and I down the street and almost took our umbrella along. We survived, the umbrella didn’t.

Wednesday we got the photos we ordered from Everly’s 4 month old photo shoot. We are super impressed with the canvas prints. They are very cool and really stand out, see:

Oh, she’s got her third tooth in and the 4th is very close. She’s gonna have rabbit teeth for Easter is seems (both bottom and hopefully both top teeth). Speaking of rabbits. I haven’t shown you the finished crochet bunny I made her for Easter.

Here is the “in the process” shots:

And here is what the finished product looks like. Not perfect but pretty darn good for the first non-rectangular (or square) project attempted huh?

I learned a few crochet lessons that I thought I got prior to this project but in working on the project I realized I really didn’t get it and have been doing it wrong until this point.

1. When chaining to begin work on the next row or round always skip one (or more depending on the stitch). This error really messes up your stitch count and compounds with each row. It’s part of the reason my colors aren’t lined up right.
2. When working in rounds and it says chain then turn it really does mean you work back over the work you just finished, not working forward in a spiral type way around the round. This mistake makes your pattern seem wrong when it’s really not. It also makes picking up your accent color all whacked. Oops, my bad.

I am not expert crocheter, just learning as I go. This project made it obvious why. It was cool to begin and also finish a project that Everly will be able to enjoy in her Easter basket though. Now I need to get working on finishing that huge baby blanket I started while preggo with her.