Soft Pink Roses

Soft Pink
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Play time with Kim Klassen Texture Uncle Clarence applied to Pink Roses. Happy End of Summer...

Sidetrack

Yep, it happened again. I was surfin thru Ravelry and I ran across a half granny square shawl pattern and oh boy, I’m in love once again with yet another must-make piece.  And joy of joys, I even have the stash on hand to get started (bonus point!)   I am so enjoying whipping up this crochet granny square triangle, soon to be shawl, cozy, warm and gorgeous! Noro silk garden is fun to work with and every color change is like discovering buried treasure.  I love my obsession, passion, or what ever I call this activity that makes me so very happy.  Have the best weekend. (Free pattern available here)

29 Colorful Granny Stripes and counting…

Steadily progressing on my Granny Stripe Blanket at about a color a day.  Some days a few more, but that seems to be my rhythm considering the other crochet and knitting projects I’ve got going on.  Do you do that too, have 2-3 projects going at the same time? I find it keeps it interesting.  I guess it’s because there are so many things on my ‘must make, have to make’ list. The pressure, pace and sequence are all controlled by my obsession, and quite honestly, I like it that way.

Butterflies are free

If you haven’t been by to visit Spud & Chloe, its high time you did.  Their blog is really colorful and there are lots of free patterns to check out.  When I read their blog post showcasing this pattern for knitted butterflies, I was so excited to make one for my little grand niece.  This project is a fun easy-peasy knit. Weaving in the ends takes a little bit of time, but other than that it is super quick. I’m off to get these little beauties packaged and ready to mail in the morning.  Hope you're having a relaxing Sunday.

I Crochet Inspires!

One of my favorite crochet blogs is Sarah London. There is always something to see.  Photos of great looking crochet items and fun colorful patterns to help inspire us.  You can also check out the Sarah London textiles photostream on flickr to see some really amazing crochet, just beautiful.

And, it gets even better, a fabulous way to look at crochet items from people all around the globe. It is a blog called I Crochet and it is really easy to add a link from the site to your own blog. I have been having the best time looking at all the gorgeous crochet items being posted there.  Awesome!

Twenty-One

Mini update on Granny Stripe progress. 21 and counting, oh my, it is so colorful.

Reminds me of looking thru a kaleidoscope, bright, cheerful and fun.

For the love of Knitting

I’ve been so absorbed in crochet that my knitting, what knitting? has been neglected.

I know it’s a mini issue, but I thought it was high time I picked up my needles before I forget how they work. I’ve missed the sound and steady rhythm of clickity clack as fabric is in the making.

Recently, I was over visiting Leslie’s blog, a-friend-to-knit-with, and saw the gorgeous slouchy cardigan she just finished, WOW…I’m smitten.  I’ve also seen several other finished versions on Ravelry (a mere 230+) and thought I’d like to give it a go.  I have a stash of Jo Sharp DK tweed in Paper rose on hand, so I’m off and a knittin again.

The pattern by Helene Roux can be found in the book Greetings from the Knit Café by Suzan Mischer.  I’ve owned this book for a while, 1^st edition, so there is some errata to deal with. Errata! Isn’t that the scariest word in the knitting language?

I believe all has been corrected in the 2^nd edition so if you get a chance, check it out.