Crocheting to lose weight

As most of you know, I am working towards a healthier lifestyle.  To help me, I joined http://www.sparkpeople.com/ where there are two crochet groups using crochet to lose weight.  I enjoy both of them.  Today I read, and smiled, that a number of overweight crocheters now crochet while sitting on a stability ball.  They say it can be done, and one even bounces a bit on the ball while crocheting!  I'm hoping someone will add a photo of this amazing feat.   These sparkpeople teams are helpful, invigorating, sometimes hilarious (can you picture me crocheting on a bouncing stability ball), and  motivational.  Some of them have lost over one hundred pounds.   Well -- I have another ball to crochet today.  Bye.

Yarn Balls

About 2 weeks ago I saw a cute necklace made up of tiny yarn balls.  I liked it a lot, but when I found out it cost $35.00, I decided to make my own.  However, I attached the creation of my balls to another project -- a healthy lifestyle (aka eating better and exercising more).  When I have achieved a  goal I make another ball.  Also, when I am thinking about doing something not in sync with my goals, then I distract myself by making another ball.  When I have a few more I will string them to a necklace.   Boy, oh, boy, have I got balls!
In the picture each ball has a needle thru the center to hold the place open where the string will go thru.  They are really simple to make, and a way to use up those itsy bitsy pieces of yarn.   And I look at this way, the more balls I got, the healthier I am......

Thrumbs

Thrumbs.  I just found out about crocheting thrumbs at yesterday's NIC meeting where Robyn taught us how to do this.  It is a bit tedious so probably won't become too popular a technique.  Personally, I saw a really good use for this, which I am not going to mention here.  Thrumbs crochets into very warm, cozy and cuddly items such as mittens and slippers.
  And I just can't help myself here -- do you remember the music for an old TV program that went Dum-de-Dum-Dum?  Well I can't help but sing Thrum-de-Thrumb-Thrumb.  

Awesome!  The Show & Tell at yesterday's Northern IL Chapter of the CGOA was fun.  Here is a photo of one of the Show & Tell items.  Annie crocheted a ripple baby blanket.  I liked the bright contrasting colors so I took a picture of it.

Dana, one of the founding members of the Crochet Guild started about 15 years ago, passed away this month.  Most  of us had no idea that Dana was seiously ill.  While sick, Dana asked Pam to bring a beautiful crochet necklace to the April meeting for Show & Tell.  A very busy Pam forgot to bring it last month.  However, bringing it this month was quite fortuitous because it served as an inspirational reminder of Dana's exquisite work.

  I personally was not that close to Dana but I will miss her at the meetings.  I found her work breathtaking.  I took a photo of Dana's last Show & Tell, and post it here in her memory, knowing that she will live on in her work.

Recently in a SparkPeople blog (Crochet Away the Pounds)  a question was asked "Does God Crochet?"  Well, I don't know the answer to that question, but I do know about someone else in Heaven who is probably trying to teach the angels how to crochet.....