Granny's Spiked Cozy

Granny's Spiked Cozy

Will Need/Need to Know

• H-hook
• Red Heart w/Love yarn in 2 colors
• needle to sew in ends
• ( ) holds needed info and number of stitches
• [ ] repeat whats inside
• turn work after every other row instead of every row
• 1^st ch 3 counts as dc
• one size fits most beverages

Gauge

in double crochet 8 stitches x 4 rows = 2 inches

Abbreviations

st(s)- stitch(s)

sp- space

sk- skip

ch- chain

dc- double crochet

dc sp st- double crochet spike stitch

Cozy

1. in color A, ch 32, join to 1^st ch, ch 3(counts as dc here and through out), 1 dc in each of the next 2 sts, ch 1, sk next st, [1 dc in each of the next 3 sts, ch 1, sk next st] repeat around, join to 1^st dc, tie off (24dc and 8 ch sp)
2. join color B in any ch 1 sp, ch 3, dc spk st in middle dc of previous row, 1 dc in ch 1 sp, ch 1, sk 3 dc, [1 dc in next ch 1 sp, dc spk st in middle dc of previous row, 1 dc in ch 1 sp, ch 1, dk 3 dc] repeat around, join to 1^st dc, tie off (16dc, 8dc sp st, 8 ch sp)
3. join color A in any ch 1 sp, ch 3, dc spk st in middle dc of previous row, 1 dc in ch 1 sp, ch 1, sk 3 dc, [1 dc in next ch 1 sp, dc spk st in middle dc of previous row, 1 dc in ch 1 sp, ch 1, dk 3 dc] repeat around, join to 1^st dc, tie off (16dc, 8dc sp st, 8 ch sp)

• repeat rows 2 and 3, 2 more times, tie off
• sew in ends and its ready for your favorite drink !

Vinyl Palooza Unboxing/ Possible Giveaway ???

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Vinyl Palooza UnBoxing

Okay so Vinyl Palooza is a mystery box from NerdBlock. It is not a subscription box, just a one time limited deal they do every once in awhile. Cost was about $30, and you had a chance to receive a golden ticket box, and in that case you would have gotten 4 funko pops instead of one funko pop and 3 other vinyl figures. As you can tell I did not get a golden ticket box *tear, but that's okay. So lets get more into this thing! You can learn more about NerdBlock or order your own HERE!

Here is all four figures all together. Now lets take a closer look at what I got.

We will start with my favorite one. The Ghost Busters Ecto 1 car. This thing is awesome. While its small it has tons of detail. I was hopping for this one if I didn't get the golden ticket box, and I'm very happy I got it. Oh and this one is a NerdBlock exclusive!

Second favorite is one I already had. The 10^th Doctor. With his geeky glasses and trusty sonic he is an awesome addition to any nerd collection, and he is a NerdBox exclusive as well. Being I already have one and my sister-in-law is a whovian as well this will be going to her, and I guess we will see if she reads my blog or not. As if she does she will find out she is getting this little gem for her own nerd collection!

Now we have Piccolo from Dragon Ball Z. Now Dragon Ball Z is not my favorite but I did watch it when I was a kid before it went all crazy. Personally I think the show just went on to long and it ended up ruining it. Now some of you may hate me for that but this wouldn't be a good review without my honest opinions. Having said that I do like him for the most part and he is very well made.

Last we hace Saul Goodman from Breaking Bad, and he is another NerdBlock exclusive. Now I don't care for this one at all. I never got into the show, and its just not my type of thing at all. I don't even think he is nerdy or geeky. I guess he hits some fandom marks for some, but I wish they would have left him out of this box, and given us something more nerdy. The idea to hold a giveaway to ship him off to a new owner has crossed my mind. So if you would be interested in me doing said giveaway for a change to win Saul leave a comment down below ! Hope you enjoyed my unboxing and have a very nerdy day !

Nerd Block Unboxing June 2015

NerdBlock Unboxing

This is June 2015's box. Theme British Invasion. Cost $19.99 + shipping. With shipping this is a $30 box, and they say you get $60 worth of items. Each box contains 4-6 items + t-shirt, and the cost is about $30. You can get your own block HERE at NerdBlock. So lets unbox this baby.

In this box we got a Mr. Bean bendy doll, exclusive Doctor Who 10^th Doctor titan figure, Mr. Bean's teddy plush doll, Doctor Who poster card deal, and Monty Python magnets. I have to say I love love love this box just with these items alone. The Doctor Who stuff is amazing. I adore the Monty Python magnets with all the pre made sayings, and of course you can rearrange them to make your own. These went on my fridge immediately. Now for the shirt.

A Sherlock shirt ! This is such a cool shirt and I will be wearing it all the time. It was really awesome to have two of my favorite fandoms in one box ! Well that's is I hope you enjoyed !

TomBox UnBoxing

Unboxing TimeOfMonth or TOMbox

TomBox is a monthly subscription box for ladies. For that certain time of the month. To give you supply's you need, and some beauty products. To help make that time not so horrible, and help you feel beautiful in a time you may not feel oh so hot. Its $16 a month but well worth it as you get at least double your moneys worth or more! So lets get into it ! The picture about shows you what it looks like when it arrives and when you first open it up. Order TomBox HERE

It didn't look like to much when I first opened it, but I was really nicely surprised at the goodies inside. Fist is the box of tampon I knew I was getting. They have a wide variety of brands and kinds you can choose from. You can pick pads too if that's more for you.

Then in the nice little fax velvet bag was this really cute anklet ! It has some fish, a key and some cute little flower charms hanging from hearts. I really like it but as I have tiny ankles I'm going to have to alter it a bit, but I didn't expect expensive jewelry in a $16 box.

Next we have a very nice full sized make-up brush. Its super soft and I will differently be using this ! Now lets open the little pink box that what in the big box.

Score they are all full sized beauty products ! We have a Maybelline nail lacquer that goes for $3.99 a bottle on Maybellines website. Then there is Tattooed water prof felt pen eye liner by Skone, and that retails on Skone's website for $15. That's almost the price of the box itself ! Last in the pink box was some pink trophy wife lip crayon by Be a Bombshell. That retails on Be a Bomshell's site for $16 ! So I really feel I got my $$ worth our of this box. Especially for it being my 1^st box for only $8. You differently want to get this box at least once if your looking to upgrade your make-up bag or just get a boost during that ugly time of the month !

Here is what the make-up and lacquer look like on skin ad nails. Really loving the blue lacquer.

That's it. I hope you enjoyed seeing what I got as much as I did getting it !