Posts Tagged ‘crazy’

Totally Worth It

I made this Luigi blanket for my nephew for Christmas:
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It took more than two and a half months to complete. Weaving in the ends took longer than the actual crocheting part! Would you believe that there were a whopping 1040 ends to weave in on this blanket? 1040. Crazy.

It is made up of one-round granny squares, joined using this join-as-you-go method (because if I had to make all of the squares first and then join them all together afterwards, this blanket would never have been made!).

The real challenge here wasn’t the many, many ends to weave in. It was actually the lack of real estate to actually do the weaving. One of the benefits of using that joining method is that any square can be removed without disturbing the surrounding squares, which would be ruined by traveling the ends from one square to another. So, each end had to be woven in with only 12 stitches to work with. 1040 times.

But you know what?
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He was over the moon about it!

Totally worth it. ^_^

Like a fox!

When I get an idea in my head, watch out!

I’m in the process of putting together a crafting journal; a binder I can carry around with me and jot down ideas, note what projects I’m currently working on, documenting finished items, listing gift ideas, tracking the stash, that sort of thing. Once I get it to a stage where it can be useful to me, I’ll post more here about it. Until then, the question is, what do/would you use a crafting journal for?

Today I’ve been home sick from work. I’ve mostly been resting, but one of the ideas I’m probably going to have to dedicate an entire section of my binder to was just too interesting for me to let slide, and since I’m home with very little to do, I figured I’d give it a go:

green motif

I can hear you thinking it, “You’re going to dedicate an entire section of your crafting journal to the first few rounds of Chris Simon’s Esther Square motif?”

Perhaps if I include something else in the picture to give you an idea as to scale:

green motif next to an AA battery

Yep, definitely crazy!