I’ve been reluctant to show one of my Designers Challenge projects. It’s actually from a couple months ago, and I suppose it’s worth showing my failures as well as my successes. The challenge for July / August was to make a bag in either knit or crochet, using mitered squares and it needed to be […]
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FO Friday: the saved hat
A month or so ago, I was looking for some blanket-quantity yarn stash and wasn’t finding anything that seemed like it would work. In desperation (trying not to buy yarn), I appealed to my mother. I know more of her stash is in Florida, but I thought I might be able to find something in her stash that […]
FO Friday: The week for WIPs
Last night was the first official NFL game of the 2015 season. Which means the Pigskin Party over on the Down Cellar Studio Podcast group on Ravelry also kicked off. The Pigskin Party is a unique knit/crochet-along that runs all fall and winter and ends when the Super Bowl is played in February 2016. I […]
FO Friday – Checkerboard Textures Throw
Remember last year when I suddenly got the urge to work on not one, not two, but THREE different afghans at the same time? Yep, crazy. Well, I finally finished one of them. I started off making three of each of the different squares for the bi-weekly patterns. It seemed fun back then. This […]
FO Friday – Revelation shrug
One of the recent Designers’ Challenges on Ravelry was to create a lacy shrug. I had never made a shrug before, but their definition was that it should be a rectangle or square that was then folded in half and seamed to create the garment. So simple! No making separate sleeves or having to put […]
FO Friday – Too much stash
My craft supplies stash is out of control. I realize others will find this statement to be blatantly obvious given what they’ve seen, but it wasn’t apparent to me until now. Trying to move all my craft stash (once again) into the basement room has been a challenge. Rather than just move and dump/put away, […]
FO Friday – Christmas in July
I know it’s the end of August, but I never talked about a crochet-a-long (CAL) I participated in at the end of July. I don’t like participating in mystery-a-longs, especially when I have to pay for a pattern because you never know what you’ll be making. This one didn’t even give a clue – it just […]
FO Friday – the June edition
It’s funny how it seems like it’s only been a week since I blogged, and then I check only to find out it’s been almost a month! If you don’t count my rant post from Monday. What have I been up to? Lots and lots of crafting. So much, I felt I should break […]
FO Friday – designing a cardigan
It’s been a while since I’ve shown off some finished projects, but believe me when I say I’ve been busy. This is my proudest accomplishment of late. I signed up for a Designer’s Challenge on Ravelry. Here was the March-April 2014 Challenge: Object: cardigan Theme: Spring Technique: yarn overs (knit)/small holes (crocheters) So in other […]
Summer crafting 2011
Working on crafts this summer has pretty much been at the same speed since my daughter was born. S L O W. But that’s mostly my fault. When I get home from work, I hate to set her down for anything. Even knitting and crocheting! (by the way, please ignore the dust bunnies in the […]