WIP-it Wednesday (January 9th 2013)

Happy New Year!!  I am back to blogging some and hope to keep up on a somewhat regular basis.  Currently I am working on ISE7 Spring Flowers Scarf (or my Lacey Scarf as I am calling it).   I am at the half way mark now and hope to have it done fairly soon!!

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Carousel Horses

Many years ago my sister gave me two cross stitch kits.  I stitched these up and now they are framed and up in my office on a bookcase.  I love them!!

2nd last day of NaBloPoMo

Today is the second last day of NaBloPoMo and I have managed to post something each and every day!  One more day to post tomorrow and I will have posted for 30 consecutive days! 

Several things I learned this month:
1) writing something every day is quite difficult for me!!
2) I know I can not keep up this pace for months on end.  It is nice to post every day but I really don't think I have that much to write about!
3) I will go back to posting on a non-daily schedule which is less stressful for me!
4) I will however try to post on a more regular basis!  I tend to post for a while then fade away... 

Thanks for the ride this month though!!  I did find some new and interesting blogs to read so that was an added bonus!

WIP-it Wednesday (November 28th 2012)

Here we are for another WIP-it Wednesday report.  I did not make as much progress on my socks as I had hoped for over the past week, but I did make a little bit of progress.  I finished the heel flaps and turned th heels.  I also picked up some of the gusset stitches, but that is as far as I made it.  Here is what they look like now:

 

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Differences in crochet hooks

I was looking through my crochet hooks the other day and was noticing the differences in the way they are constructed.  I got my old set of hooks many years ago (like 20 years ago!!) and I love the way they feel and function for me.  The grey one is the one I love.  The shaft is straight and does not have the thumb rest as is the purpley colored one.  I find that I rotate the hook in my hand while I crochet and find that the thumb rest does not feel good when I do so.  The rounded shaft is better for me!

Also notice that the head of the crochet hooks are different as well!  The one I use and like is rounded while the other hook is more angled and sharp.  I tried using both this morning and found that my old grey one felt so much more comfortable in my hand.  The purpley one felt quite uncomfortable and making stitches was not as easy as with the prey one. 

Strange things that I notice and pay attention to...

Back to work

My Thanksgiving holiday (one week off work!) is all done and I am back to the office.  My crafting time will slow down once again.  I also can't believe I have posted every day so far this month!!  Granted a few of those days have been pretty uninspiring (today included!) but it has helped me get into the habit of writing on a regular basis.  Back to work I go...

Pet Snuggles

Over the past couple days I have used up some scraps and extra worsted weight acrylic yarn to make pet snuggles (blankets) to donate to the Humane Society.  These are pretty quick and easy to make. 

The pattern:
Using two strands together and a 6mm hook.
Chain 44, dc in 3rd chain, dc all the way across, ch 2 turn…
22 rows to makes this about 15 inches square.

Here are pictures of the three I made over the past few days: