Thursday, February 26, 2009

Hex blanket part 2

I'm finished making hex squares in turquoise and ivory, I have 17. Now I'm making 16 Plum Perfect and ivory. 009 There will be a third color but I'm not sure what it will be. I had originally thought I would make the blanket all in turquioise and ivory but changed my mind. I'm thinking about getting a box and making some hexes out of my scrap yarn. Just store them in the box until I have enough to do something with them.

The Plum Perfect yarn is Caron Simply Soft Eco. 008 I love this yarn so soft yet just the right thickness.

Have a great day!

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

New project


I'm making this bag for Lacy. You can find the pattern over at Attic 24. Aren't the colors wonderful? All of Lucy's projects have bright wonderful colors in them. I started this bag Thursday morning (2/19), frogged it 3 times (frogging each project 3 times seems to be the normal process for me) before I got the stitches tight enough to suit me and this is how much I got done the first day. 008 I love the feel of this yarn and the bright colors. I'm secretly hoping there will be enough of this yarn for me a bag also. ;o
Note: The first day I did 13 rows and the stitches are tight, my fingers got sore. Maybe I will reconsider my secret wish. 001Here is the bag as of Sunday night.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Treasure bag

Nikolas loves putting his "treasured" items in bags. You can find his treasures in Walmart bags, totes, my purse, Greg's diaper bag, etc. So when I found the pattern over at CrochetwithDee for a child's treasure bag, I had to whip one up. 004 I used red so that the adults would be able to spot it quickly. In case you are wondering what a 2 yr old boy considers treasure, well it is cars, of course. ;o

Happy stitching!

Friday, February 20, 2009

Shawl finished

Finally got the needed skein of yarn and worked furiously to finish it. Now why I thought I needed a shawl is beyond me, I have no idea where I will wear it since it is just a tad chilly for anything less than a parka. ;) I did decide to put fringe on this since I had a couple of mentions of putting fringe on the first shawl I made. Then I found this edging and I liked it better so maybe or maybe not next shawl will have fringe. :P 005 I've been looking at patterns to decide if there is something small I want to start when I finish this. So far nothing is jumping out at me.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Lacy's blanket Part 3

I'm still working on Lacy's blanket. I have a little over 1 skein of thread to still use on the blanket before I will need to pick up more. 010 008 This picture shows the true colors of the thread. Happy stitching!

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Hex blanket

As mentioned in a previous post, I've started making hexagon squares for a blanket. If I make a baby blanket I will need 49 and if I make a throw size, well I don't know how many I would need but I think about 150. The little hexagons go really fast and what I do is make several centers then finish them up. 012 So far I've used only ivory for the center and turquoise for the outer part of the hex. 004 If I make a baby blanket I will stay with these colors. Happy stitching!

Monday, February 16, 2009

Granny square blanket complete

Nikolas's blanket is finished. 009I added purple to Nikolas's blanket and finished it up with navy. I think the purple really added to the blanket. I guess Nikolas liked it. 011 (Please excuse the pile of laundry waiting to be done in the background.) Lacy wants me to make Greg one using primary colors but he will have to wait a while, I want to get farther along with Lacy's blanket and finish up my shawl. Plus Kar motivated me to start a hex blanket. If Kar's hex's weren't turning out so pretty I wouldn't have wanted to make one. ;o

Friday, February 13, 2009

Stitch markers


I have never found any stitch markers that I really liked. Now I have found stitch markers that I thought were very pretty and some that were pretty cute. I recently found myself in need of stitch markers and having none I used what I did have. Why yes, those are bobby pins for your hair. ;o Smart, uh?

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