January 6th, 2010 
mio I’ve been working on a crocheted top recently, using a “graduated stitch” method. It’s pretty neat, and I hope the top turns out to be wearable (I don’t exactly have a history of making wearables the right size…). I’ll post more information about it once I finish the first side (soon, I hope!)
In the meantime, here is yesterday’s motif:
(That’s Beyond The Square motif #36)
And today’s:
(Also BTS, motif #40)
Of the two, I think I like the second one better. ^_^
June 26th, 2009 mio BOB didn’t go well (stupid rain) but that’s ok, because I had a backup plan!
These blankets are going to charity:
(I should get a better picture of that purple one made at the show before I send it off…)
I’m going to make these three bigger and give them as Christmas gifts:
These are Christmas presents, and I’m keeping them as is:
And this one is MINE:
My current main project is a gift for someone who reads this blog, and I really don’t want to give the surprise away if I can help it, so pictures and updates will be made on Ravelry (where you need an account to see it). Don’t worry, once the Big Day has come and gone, I’ll post all of the gory details. ^_^
Now that BOB is over, I find myself with my own crafting time again, so I’m waffling around trying to decide what to do. I’ve joined a couple of swaps, I still need to make the June square in the CAL, and I’ve been itching to just make my way through my growing collection of motif books and make at least one of everything.
Of course, there’s still Christmas coming, and various birthdays left to think about. I’ve been hoping that Bernat Satin would go on sale for the last several months, but I haven’t seen it. If you do, could you please let me know? I’m planning on buying a LOT of it, not only because I’ll need it for some gifts, but also because it’s my go-to yarn for worsted weight acrylic and I’m starting to run low. It’s soft, works up well, and the colours are pretty nice.
Anticipated projects: at least one more Snowflake afghan, maybe the Hawaiian Flower afghan, more 3-way Tunisian, lots of hats and scarves, some geeky afghans, and of course, Dad’s Christmas present.
My work situation has changed and I suddenly find myself with a good chunk of crochet time. That time can only be spent working on a pattern I know really well, and that doesn’t have any tricky colour changes. The project I’ve been working on lately has recently become too large to do while I do my job, so I need a replacement project. For now, I’m prepping some scarves (doing the base chain and first row at home on several), and I’m thinking of doing some granny squares. Any thoughts on what else might work? Basically, anything I don’t have to look at too much, that can easily be done a couple of stitches at a time.
Finally, check out this Spiral Granny Square I made: click here.
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No Comments » May 8th, 2009 mio Now presenting further progress on the inventory for Big On Bloor:
I took about a dozen pictures of this and not a single one caught the beautiful colours of this blanket. I suppose you’re all just going to have to come visit me at the show (and then buy this).
This blanket is also an excellent example of how wonderful that “no turning chain dc” technique is. Here is a close-up of the edge:
Isn’t that amazing? If I look really, really closely, I still have a hard time telling which stitches are real double crochets, and which are the no-turning-chain stitches.
I’ve found it to make working in the round a bit easier, too. In the past, I had always had problems figuring out which chain in the beginning chain was the one I needed to make a join in. Using this no-turning-chain method, it’s pretty obvious where the join goes.
If you haven’t tried out this technique already, I urge you to do it. You won’t regret it!
I just realized the other day that I never posted pictures of the motifs I received from craftADDchick here on the blog. I’ve put them under the cut (Dad, if you’re reading this, don’t read any further on this post, please!)
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11 Blankets in 2011
