Didn't Make It

I tried as hard as I could, and I still didn't get the Star Wars afghan done. I cannot believe I let this happen. I decided that I would use a couple of the squares I haven't attached to the afghan yet to make a pillow. I had planned on making a pillow to match the afghan anyway, I was just hoping to get the afghan done first. I think that I'll be able to get the afghan done by next week, so I'm going to keep plugging away at it. I'll post a picture as soon as I get it done.

Toy Tote

I took Baby Girl to her first birthday party last week. I had made the birthday girl a bassinet purse. Well, the her 10yo brother couldn't keep his hands off of it so I asked him if he me to make him one too. I was joking at first, but then I got a mental picture of it. Of course, the said "NO!!!", but then I explained that I could do one without the hood and in camoflage yarn. "Oh, yeah!!" he said. So, last night while watching Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and made a little tote bag for his soldier men. I started the same as the bassinet purse, but did 3 rounds of dc in stead of the 2 rounds of tr that form the ruffle. The last row of dc is for the drawstring : 1 dc, ch 1, sk next st, 1 dc. Then I did a round of sc followed by a round of reverse sc. For the drawstrings (I made 2), I did ch 101 and slip stitched across. I rather like the way it turned out. I can't wait to give it to him.