Thankful for November (Fantastic Finds)

November's here! I'm thankful for another upcoming Thanksgiving with my little family. :) 

Do you decorate with crochet for the autumn? I have my little nesting bowls out, filled with rocks and acorns and some stuffed pumpkins I made years ago. That's it. :) But I did find a use for that gorgeous, mustard colored yarn... you've gotta scroll through these Fantastic Finds first to see what's come from it. Don't worry, it's totally worth it, there are some GoRgEoUs colors down there VVVV.... 

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Mum Hat - pattern coming soon to PurpleChairCrochet

Yay! A fun hat, inspired by Mums, my favorite autumn flower (Sunflowers are more of an end-of-summer flower, so there). Here's why it's the "Mum" hat...

See that pretty mum spiraling out from the center? With me now? Awesome.

So leave me a comment and tell me what you're making this autumn. Thanksgiving decor?  (YES to colorful acorns! In a dish or on a garland, they're delightful!) Autumn inspired scarves or hats? (How great is that golden-leaf scarf? Beautiful!) A gift for the newest baby in your life? (Autumn is such a great time to have a baby!) Get to sharin'!

Must Have Mustard (Fantastic Finds)

I saw some mustard colored yarn on Saturday and it was, well, a must. Impulsively, I purchased this mustard. Now I keep making it into an item, the frogging it all out, then making it into something else and frogging *that* out. I started on something else (Yes! I've got it! Maybe...?) and I ask Charming Husband's opinion (sadly, it was not what I wanted to hear, but I did ask, didn't I...) and frogged again.

I thought some Fantastic Finds would help with some inspiration...

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 So warm and autumnal!

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 Delicate home-decor

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 Lovely and feminine

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Fun and sophisticated

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Sunburst happiness.

Thoughts on what my mustard yarn should become? I'm thinking a hat (can you have too many? That was rhetorical, the obvious answer is: No, you cannot), but I don't know. I just don't know.

Someone advise me! Leave it in the comments section.

Leviathan the.... Labrador? (Fantastic Finds)

Today I'm taking a bit of a poll.

I've run into a dilemma. I don't know whether I should make baby boy (age 15 months) Leviathan the Sea Monster (a creature fitting to his character) OR a Labrador (another creature equally fitting to his character) for Halloween. 

Here are some fantastic finds to help YOU help ME. (Thanks!)

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Aren't those kids CUTE?! It's almost painful how adorable they are. Here's another blog post with cute kids in it.

The votes amongst my peoples are currently:
Leviathan: 9
Labrador: 5

I gotta admit, Leviathan was my first choice. Then I saw the puppy hats and made a noise like this, "Oooh, Puppy Wuppy!!"

In reality I'm probably going to make 2 dino hats and 2 puppy hats, one of each for each of my boys and they can wear them through the cold weather. :) The question is what to wear for the cutest effect on that first venture out as a Trick-or-Treater?

Vote in the "Comments" section below!

One and a Half Newsy Items

Well lookie here!

It seems there's a new item in my Etsy shop. I named it The Flora Infinity Scarf (pick up on the pun?). And it is delightful!  So delightful that I'm sharing some excessive pictures of it, right here in BlogWorld.

(Side note: My absolute least favorite part of the designing process is modeling. But, as I said to someone else, it's either me or my husband at this point. Although that could be amusing....)

Though my Zoolander face doesn't show it, I am in looove with this scarf! I want to make another one- pink, yellow and orangey flowers with a grey background, methinks. And then I'll love it some more, flora infinity.

So that was Newsy Item No. 1.
Newsy Item No. 1/2 is as follows...

Cooperative Press has a book coming out next year called Fresh Designs Crochet. I am just really excited about this and wanted to share. I'll go into detail on why I care so much another day, maybe next week. Stay tuned!
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So, what colors will *you* be making your Flora Infinity Scarf in?

(Don't want to wait for the 2nd half of my news? *Like* Purple Chair Crochet on Facebook to hear it first!)

A Cozy Cup of Coffee (Fantastic Finds)

There's nothing like a warm, delightful, social, cozy cup of strong coffee! I'm loving the Autumn colors, the variations in styling, and of course, the buttons!

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Time for another cup!

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Pumpkins & Pumpkins (Fantastic Finds)

Next summer, when our garden gets going, I'll be sure to plant a wide variety of pumpkins! For now I'll just enjoy them in their (superior) crochet form. (And how cute are these kids? Every single one is gorgeous!)

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Hats, Coasters, Stuffed (for play or display)-- Crochet Pumpkins are today's Fantastic Find!