2kute Raises the Roof!

 

As many of you already know, I have several health issues. I have had three TIAs (strokes) being that two of those were last year. I suffer from fibromyalgia, neuropathy, migraines, seizures.... and some other stuff with long names. The doctors can't do much for me anymore, just keep me on medicine to control the migraines. The pain from the fibromyalgia is just ever present as there is nothing that really helps.

For some unexplainable reason when I am up in the mountains I feel better.  The doctors say it's psychological, I say it's God's doing.

My sweet husband, Mr Kute, sole provider of our household since I became ill back in 2003, has been working 70+ hours/week to support us and is at the same time building a small house for us up in NC. He is doing most of the work himself with some help. We have been building since 2010, slowly, out of pocket so we don't add a second mortgage to our already tight budget.

He works here and every break he gets we drive up and he does a little work there.

Last week we were there and on the way down back to FL, I asked him how much it would cost us to purchase materials for the roof over the front porch. The house has a roof already but we couldn't afford the roof over the porch. He told me it would be around $600.

I thought that it was something that I could crochet like a mad woman and raise that amount. I really want to do this, I really want my roof and I want to look at it and feel good about myself, that I helped my husband.

So I talked to some friends from etsy  on facebook. These sweet people that I have only met online have offered to donate a few items to help me.

You see, when I told Mr Kute that I wanted to make money for the roof, he grinned and being married to the man for almost 32 years I know what he was thinking - 'it's gonna take her forever to raise that kind of money'.

Well, he was not counting that I had so many awesome friends.

Come check out my '2kute raises the roof' album here. If you don't see anything you like or need, please like/share/comment on the pictures on the album on facebook. That helps to increase the views.

Thanks for your support and for reading my post.

Doing something new

Y'all know I have been crocheting for years now.
Some may even consider me a yarn and pattern hoarder as I buy them often. My hard drive is full of patterns and my craft room is full of bins stuffed with yarn.
There are styles and stitches I like more than others. There are also items that are my favorite to make such as hats and baby booties.
I love ripple and chevron style items. So I decided to design a simple dishcloth that would be fun to make.
It took me about a week to get the right stitches but I finally got a pattern written.

 You can really use any color combo you would like. These make great housewarming gifts and bridal showers. They are eco friendly and reusable.
If you can crochet, you can get the pattern here:
etsy
craftsy
ravelry

If you cannot crochet, 2kute will make them for you.

My newest design

Although due to health problems and living in FL, I don't enjoy spring (spring brings summer which bring heats which brings pain), I do love flowers and I can appreciate what spring means to others and to nature. Having a bout of that spring feeling, I got my hook and yarns and decided to work on a hat and add color and flowers. I love making crochet flowers.
This is a newborn up to 6 weeks old size tube hat. I added three ties and a flower to both ends of the ties. What do you think? For the hookers out there, would this be something you would like to have me write the pattern???
 You can find my crochet flowers and my hats on 2kute's shop over at etsy.