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 […]
Tunisian
FO Friday – Afghan sampler square #8
Are you sensing a theme lately? All I’ve been able to accomplish are my afghan squares! Stitch Pattern: Tunisian simple stitch (tss), aka the Afghan stitch. Yarn: Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn Colorway: 240 Linen My Rav project page This square curls like the dickens – it’s a hazard when working in Tunisian crochet. But […]
FO Friday – Sapphire Wrap
Whew! I finished this just under the wire. It was due by midnight on August 1. You know, when I had to start over I seriously thought about dropping out of the CAL (crochet-a-long), but knew realistically that if I didn’t make it now, I probably wouldn’t ever get to it. Paying for a pattern […]
FO Friday – shorts
These shorts were the only thing I completed all week. I spent several hours working on them last weekend … and now I’m disgusted. I’m not going to point you to the pattern because I think it was rather awful. It was a free one off the internet. I printed it making sure my PDF […]
FO Friday – Snowflake ornament
Whew! I can finally count this one as finished. I took a class at yarnology … oh, let’s see, I guess it was last October. One little item only took me 8 months to finish. It was “done” months ago, but the directions suggested gently steaming the ornament before stuffing to relax the stitches. That’s […]