Five days until my trip, and day two of ghastly headache. I didn’t get much work or much packing done as a result; I didn’t want to stay at the computer too long or move around too much. I’m thinking about what to pack, though, and I definitely will pack a journal. I’ll pack this one: My cousin Zee gave it to me for my birthday. It’s handmade and, I think, from the Philippines. I know for certain the handmade-with-recycled-material…
I haven’t been working on any major crochet projects lately. The last thing I completed was a blue, gray, and white baby blanket for my sister’s friend, but I completely forgot to take a photo of it before I sent it off. Still, I haven’t stopped crocheting altogether. I just haven’t started anything big because I have so much leftover yarn from my earlier projects. So I’ve started practicing a few things with the leftovers. For instance, here’s a sampler…
I mentioned before that I was working on some projects in pink and yellow, and here they are. They’re about 3′ x 4′ each, and I used worsted weight Lion Brand Yarn, specifically their Pound of Love yarn, so they’re really thick and kind of heavy, perfect for keeping your lap warm on cold evenings. The pattern is my own design, and it’s a little more varied, as you can see, but without straying too far from the narrow color…
It’s been ages since I’ve posted about any of my crafts, but I just sent a couple of them off to people so it’s probably time. This one (photo taken with the iPhone) is a little cat blanket I made for Minnie’s cat, Arianna. It’s a little bit like the one I made for my cat, but in a different pattern, and I made it with the yarn I had left from doing previous projects. My cat likes her blanket,…
It’s been a while since I’ve made a proper update, so here are photos of a hat and scarf I made last year, based on a hat and scarf I originally designed for Minnie. The original scarf was wider; I’ve made this one narrower, but it uses the same starburst stitches, shown here: I’ve actually made this set about three times now, mostly because I wanted to write down the hat pattern in my notebook and re-create the pattern from…