an afghan

Like so many others, I was bitten by the Missoni bug :)  I wrote all about my Target scores.  And I still check the section each time I go to Target :)

One of my most exciting purchases was my Missoni throw...yes, the coveted throw.

It was lovely.

I had a comment from a reader who was looking for the throw like crazy because she had the perfect spot for it in her home.  I, on the other hand, had no place to put mine.  After three days of it sitting on my dresser, I decided to send the throw to my new blog friend.

Needless to say, when I saw this tutorial,  I was beyond excited :)  I loved the colors, I loved the fact that I would be able to try (and fail) at reading a crochet pattern, and I loved her finished product.

I ran out to JoAnn's, and purchased this lovely yarn, and began :)

I have only worked on this afghan for a few hours here and there and it's already gotten really far.  I love that. 

My afghan has some flaws, and I am pretty sure I am not using the pattern correctly AT ALL.  I have no idea what some of these stitches are supposed to look like.  I am kind of making it up as I go along :)

BUT...it has zig-zags!

And the yarn is wonderful and soft and the colors are perfection.

I am happy :)

Plus, now our soon to be baby will have ANOTHER hand made blanket from her mamma!

win win.

I better get back to it.

xo

janel

missoni

I kind of think it's so funny that everyone has their own little "Missoni" story. I'm not sure Target even knew how HUGE the Missoni line was going to be.

Anyway, I thought I would share mine here too :)

** Monday night I drove to Target in hopes of them putting things out early...that was a no go but I did get all of my grocery shopping done.

**  Starting at midnight, I was checking the Target site, refreshing for about 30 minutes until I saw the tweet saying that things wouldn't be ready to shop until the morning.

** 6:00 am I was on the site, shopping like crazy.  I get my things in my cart online, enter my billing information, check out, and BAM the site crashes mid checking out.  The site told me that since it crashed, I would need to try back later.  My assumption was that I didn't get anything that I wanted so my next stop was the local store.

(BTW- apparently they more order did go through AND they charged my card twice!)

** Left for my store at 7:30 and waited outside (in a line) for the store to open at 8:00.  This is so my scene.  I made so many cute friends in line, running around the store together, and throwing everything in their carts.

Here is a photo of one of my new friends with all of her Missoni swag :)

Love it!  She was so cute.

I had to be at work at 8:30 am so I shopped very quickly.

Here is what I scored...

 *  this throw was my MUST have item :)

 * love my little knit baby blanket for the soon to be.

And then I had my sister scope out her Target, later that day and pick me two more things for the little one :)  

So yeah, a fun little adventure, new friends, and cute stuff.

It was so crazy to see that the fashionistas of the world crashed the Target server for over 16 hours!!  I love it.

I also think it's crazy how much things are selling for on Ebay because of how fast they sold out of things in the stores and online.

Fun times.

Now I want to try my hand at this Missoni inspired Baby Blanket...

I need to get my crochet on!!

xo

janel

Missoni for Target

Let's take a little break from all of the baby blogging for a second to talk about the new Missoni line for Target.  I haven't been this excited since Orla Kiely was at Target!!

Let's just take a look at the amazingness that is Missoni...

Oh yes please!!

I will be there on September 13 for sure. I am in love with everything. This could be dangerous :)

xo

janel