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Tag: crochet

  • Week Three, Four, Five: YOP Update

    Well. Here are are. I’m working on the same 2 projects. A sweater that will be short sleeved and a crochet blanket. I’ve divided the body from the sleeves. Yeah. It’ll likely be a bit cropped and boxy. About 7” of body complete. My other project is a crochet blanket. I finally laid it out…

  • Week One: 25/26 YOP

    Welcome. This is a Year of Projects post. A Ravelry adjacent collective of crafters that blog their craft plans and the hijinks that ensue when plans go off the rails. Maybe that’s just me. My plans: 1.) restart my blog. Seriously. Working full time has really thrown a wrench into writing about being creative. I’m…

  • A Year of Projects? October Into November

    The last 6 weeks have kinda flown by. Its been fall-ish and BACK to summer and back to fall around here. The election is over (and I have Opinions). My goals to continue creating, don’t impulse or stress buy all the yarn, and blog more are going ok. I’m always creating, I’ve impulse purchased LESS…

  • This Chilly Life

    The generally temperate winter temperatures of Maryland have briefly abandoned us. Our usual high is in the 40s this time of year, and we are experiencing a bit of a cold snap, that brought SNOW! This past week I suspect we have gotten more snow than in the past 2 years combined. The kids already…

  • Half a Dozen Dishcloths.

    And a coaster. Lovecrafts was running a clearance sale and I picked up some random stuff. Including a “super size” ball of Sugar n’ Cream in Hot Green and a 50g ball of Deramores Studio Cotton DK in Firefly (orange). Colors that are not my jam. But for a couple dollars each, they are perfectly…

  • The Edwards Blanket

    More like a recipe than a pattern. Using the easy to memorize c2c technique and this recipe, you can create this bias stripe blanket in baby, throw, or twin size! The border includes 2 rows of SC and is finished with Crab Stitch. Dimensions (including border):Baby: 36.5” x 43.5”Throw: 50.5” x 61”Twin: 67.5” x 90”…

  • Finally Finished

    I have recently had the feeling of all my fiber projects being in various states of undone. Which is accurate, because at any given time I have a handful of things going. Usually I can keep plugging away and finish things up and feel fine about it. Sometimes my brain gets stressed out over all…

  • Cozy Neighborhood Vibes

    This was SUPPOSED to be a knit cowl. I know, I KNOW, assigning certainty to my fiber arts is a recipe for disappointment. You see, all I needed to do was go upstairs and get my 16″ size 6 circular needed to start the project. I had IDEAS. But limited motivation- I have SO MANY…

  • More Than I Bargained For.

    I’ll admit it. I’m NOTORIOUSLY bad about guestimating the yardage for a crochet blanket. I get burned: EVERY TIME. Back around Christmas, spouse and I were at Ollie’s (a discount liquidator) just wasting time together while the kids were at school. The week’s flyer stated there was Bernat Blanket Yarns for $5 a ball: that’s…

  • A Year of Projects: Weeks 25, 26, 27

    Well, here we are at the end of February. My accidental absence ended. I spent February doing a lot of Instagram related stuff. And spending a lot more time at they gym. I also started running again- so far without pain. All that Physio-Therapy is really paying off! I’m doing a Couch-to-5K program, to ease…