WIP-it Wednesday (July 31st 2013)

I made a lot of progress on my Zip socks this week!  I am hoping that I can report a finished object on Friday!!  I am almost ready to start the toe decreases on the first sock and on the second sock (I had to steal the needle from that one to work on something else...) I am ready to begin the heel flap.  I suspect I will be on that later today!!

Before

After!

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Year of Projects Update #1

I am a few weeks behind everyone else since I joined the party late so I will be numbering my posts differently.

This past week my plan was to block my blue lace scarf and get that all done.  I finished knitting on this one back in May so it is about time I got it all finished!!  So here are a few pictures of it all finished.  I am really pleased with this scarf!!  So pretty!!  There are more pictures here and here.

I also got all the patterns printed out for all the socks I have lined up for the rest of the year so that is all set to go!  I am including progress pictures to show where I am at with each of my WIPs.  I hope to slowly, but surely, get them all finished up over the next little while.

Zip

Chicane

Advent Scarf

Crochet Scrap Afghan - I now have 50 squares complete.

Vanilla socks

I have been working on the crochet afghan most of the time this week.  It is fun, easy, and quick!  It is also nice and mindless so I can happily watch TV and stitch away!  Most of the knitting projects I have going now require me to pay attention (all but the vanilla socks require thinking - lots of charts and details to watch for!!).

This upcoming week I plan to focus on Zip and the afghan squares.  I also think I should spend some time on my vanilla socks - they are getting closer to completion!  Check back next week to see how far I managed to get!

FO Friday (July 26th 2013)

I have a finished object to write about!!  I started this scarf back in November and finished the knitting part in May.  I finally got it blocked the other day so now it is officially all DONE!!  I love it even though it has a few mistakes (I mean character or originality).

Pattern
Yarn Love this yarn!!
Link to my Ravelry Project page
Start Date: November 1st 2012
Finish Date: July 24th 2013

Unblocked. Such a crinkly mess...

Bathtime!

Closeup of the lace.

Closeup of the lace.

Closeup of the lace.

Closeup of the lace.

Closeup of the lace.

All stretched out!

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WIP-it Wednesday (July 24th 2013)

After a long break from blogging I am back!!  I have several projects on the go right now but want to show off my current crochet scrap afghan.  I'll link to my own page once I have some more pictures posted there :)  This is such a fun, easy stash busting pattern - and so mindless for working on while watching TV! 

Head on over to Tami's Amis to see more WIP Wednesday posts!

Year of Projects Late Beginning

I am a bit late to the year of projects...  I was away for the first half of July and have just got around to getting this organized (jetlag really had a tight hold on me this time coming home!!)  I have posted my list and introduction over on this page and I hope to keep up this year with weekly updates on Sundays.  

I plan to focus on getting things organized and ready to go this week.  I also plan to soak and block a scarf I finished several months ago.  I will also work on socks - I'm not sure which pair of sock WIPs is calling to me, but I will do some sock knitting.

And I need to post pictures - lots of pictures :) 

Change of plans!

So the other day I started a scrap afghan.  Now, although I love the way the pattern looks I was reminded again that I really do not enjoy making traditional granny squares.  I don't like that I can't easily tuck in the tails as I crochet along - this is quite the deal breaker for me - especially when there are oodles of tails to tuck in for each square!

So I changed my mind and decided on another scrap afghan - this one!  I will be using the same yarn and colors that I was planning to use for the first on and will add some more colors as well.  So far I have made 14 squares.  Each one is about 4.5 inches and has only one or two tails to tuck in - one if I line things up nicely and have a chance to stitch over the rest.  Makes me happy and this afghan is going to look so cheerful once it is done!!  I am not sure what size I will make - likely large enough to cover our queen size bed.  I'll have to lay out some squares to see just how many I will need.  I also need to map out the colors - I plan to make a bunch of middles in each color I have and then use each of the others for the second round - and continue doing this for each color.  Make sense??  I'll take some pictures tonight and post them soon!

Back at it!!

I have been absent from this blog for far too long!!  I have been doing a fair bit of crafting over the past six or more months but just have fallen on the wayside for posting here!

I am starting a new afghan today (seems like a good idea when the temperatures are in the 90s!!)  Anyway, it is done in pieces so I can do up a lot of them and wait until it is cooler before I sew them together.  It's been a while since I worked on a crochet afghan so I am looking forward to this!  This is the pattern and I am planning to do it in scraps of yarn I have already. 

These are most of the colors I plan to use.