Showing posts with label crochet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crochet. Show all posts

Friday, September 17, 2010

Stitch - Stitch - Stitch

I'm cruising right along with my crocheting. :-) You can click the photo for a closer look. The blue looks a little bluer in the photo than it is~ it is more of a teal in reality.



72 inches long (I started with a chain of 300 stitches) and 17 inches wide so far. It is just beginning to warm my lap as I stitch at night which has been perfect for our autumn temps.

Have a happy weekend! I'll be stitching and unpacking boxes. DH hurt his back so the unpacking has been a little slow lately, but he is starting to feel better soooo... it'll be back to boxes soon.

Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!!

Friday, September 10, 2010

Happily H@@king!

LOL, I didn't want to attract any unwanted guests with that title! :-) I've been crocheting! :-)) Monica mentioned on her blog how much she was enjoying crocheting and I commented that I'd picked up my hook too~

I learned to crochet from my grandmother when I was in elementary school. She was an avid crocheter of afghans. She would save the little bits and bobs of leftover yarn for me. I know I made a smaller throw before this one, but I have no idea what happened to it. I also made the most outrageously colorful poncho. LOL I loved wearing it to school. I don't think I even have photo's of it, but it was loud. Then I started making granny squares. I think I was in 8th grade when I put this afghan together. It has held up very well over the years. And it is heavy! DH and I both grab for it in the evenings when watching TV, so I decided we needed another. ;-)


Well, Kim started making a granny striped blanket and gave Lucy's link. LOL I loved what they were doing, but the timing was wrong for me to start anything... until this past weekend. Then JoAnn's happened to have a pretty good yarn sale and now I'm happily hooking along! ;-)


Have a good weekend!

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