Snowflakes On Their Way

Just as I had tied off the last knot after sewing the snowflakes to the piece of cardboard, I realized that I hadn't remembered to take a picture of all of the snowflakes once they were stiffened. So I took them all off and took a picture.

I had to soak the pins to soften the glue so that I could clean it off them.



The pins were needed so that I could finally wash and block the ”somebody else's UFO”. I wanted to wash it first because I don't know how old the squares were before I got them and they were in my cupboard a few years before I worked on them. The throw isn't much bigger than this – only one row missing on each side so it's only about 55 cm by 110 cm.

Look, See

Making a promise to one's self and putting it on one's blog is a great motivator (even though no one else reads it!) Not only did I do the heel but all of the gusset too. I couldn't continue until T was at work so that she could try it on and tell me if it was OK.


I also finished the edge on someone else's UFO. The first row should have had less chains on each loop (or whatever it is called) because it is so loose. They have kind of bent over to fit. Oh well. I started the third row and when I realized that it would be really floppy, I started over with less chain stitches here and there. At the 1/3 point I decided that I still didn't like how floppy it was, so I undid it. It is still not lying flat but I don't know how all of these yarns will wash. I'm going to have to learn how block because I've never done it before.

Snowflake number four is done. I found the pattern on someone's blog but it seems to be a Lion Brand Yarn pattern, so you have to register to get it. I changed the pattern again to a six point snowflake. It is quite small. I'm going to have to search for larger patterns or try a larger hook.

New Projects

The day after I wrote about the felt keychains, I was given this keychain from Moscow. It was a funny coincidence but I still want to make my own.




I'm changing A's project again. He wants a cloak for his larping. We have bought and preshrunk the material. It's the dark stuff under the other material. My apron has about had it. I've been using it for 15 years or so. I went to the charity store today and bought the bits and pieces that are on top of the cloak material. I'm hoping to get 4 aprons out of them but because they have been cut into, I don't know how big they will be.

I've finally got the Xmas squares crocheted together. I'm so pleased. I've almost got the first snowflake done, but I found the pattern confusing and I'm not sure if I will undo it a bit. H's sock is coming along. I've been knitting it also while I'm on the computer.



M: R's crocheted snowflakes (find new patterns, crochet)
T: D's crochet completed!
Next week: apron (wash material, find pattern, draw and cut out pattern, cut out material, sew)
W: H's socks (knit them)
T: Home - A's pjs (find pattern, draw pattern, cut out, sew)
F: Personal (decide what to do about bay pouch, make cord, finish it)
S: A's project (decide on pattern, draw pattern, cut out, sew, wash)
S: Xmas square lapthrow (crochet strips together, find a border pattern, crochet border, sew in ends)

How Do They Do It?

I'm so envious when I read blogs where they show the 500 objects they have finished since yesterday's entry. I know that many knit, crochet, whatever while watching TV or reading. If I do some craft work at the same time I'm watching TV it can only be something that I don't need a pattern to follow. If I'm reading I want to concentrate on what I'm reading, why else read? Maybe if I was doing something repetitive like garter stitch or ribbing I might be able to read on the internet at the same time (so I wouldn't have to juggle the book too).

So that is why this lap throw isn't finished. I hadn't noticed that this little fellow doesn't have a crocheted corner (the upper left one), so I don't know what to do. I'll crochet all of the other squares together and weave in all of the ends before tackling with that problem. Then I'll crochet the strips together. Any suggestions of what kind of border I could do? The squares aren't the same size so it would need to take that into consideration.

HAPPY CANADA DAY

This is a little pouch I made in the spring. It was suppose to be for my phone but it's too big. The bottom is the correct size but I must have picked up too many stitches. I might undo it and make it smaller. I didn't have the same brand of yellow and it is noticable but if it is usually going to be in my bag, who will see?

After arranging the squares yesterday I decided that I would try to crochet 2 squares together a day, but I got carried away and did a whole row. Part was done after I got up in the evening because I couldn't get to sleep. I strung a row together to keep the colors in order (different reds) because I'm going on a short train ride tomorrow and I thought that I could work on it then.

It's Been a While

I can't believe how long it has been since I've done any crafts. I've been blogging on my other blog for 2 months now, so I have been doing some blogging. I had planned to have the knee-high socks done by now, but I haven't worked on them at all. And winter is fast approaching! Well, at the speed I'm going, it will be here before I've knitted the socks. I've only done this much and I will have to undo it all. At the moment I don't remember why but I think it was because I should use smaller needles.

I started to crochet the squares together but I didn't really know how I wanted to do it. Not liking sewing in ends, I had planned to try to crochet as many together as possible without tying a knot. But I just gave up and it has been sitting waiting for me to continue. I saw a similar way to crochet squares together but it is just one square at a time and then 2 strips together so it will have lots of ends. But maybe I should just do it that way to get it done!

The square with the white in the middle is suppose to be a corner, as I only have four of them. As it has been so long since I was working on it I don't understand how it will be a corner when I've crocheted them together like this.



I am going to arrange them the way I want them because there are only 4 with white in the middle and some of the reds are different. Then I will string the long rows together so that they will stay in order (they have been knocked around a few times). I can crochet sets of 2 and then continue from there.

I have gone through this pile of magazines and will try to give them away. If I can't then I will put them in the paper recycling.