FO Friday: Granny mania
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Since last week, I’ve finished another 17 (!) six inch squares for Crochetlist‘s April charity challenge. These will eventually become blankets for Arizona children through the Binky Patrol. I can definitely see how people get excited by granny a day projects. Once you get on a roll, it is pretty hard to stop! I made [...]
WIP Wednesday: Blocks, blocks, and more blocks
I’ve been working on six inch squares from stash yarn as part of the Crochetlist April charity challenge. These squares will end up going to the Binky Patrol in Arizona. What started as an effort to work through my stash while also working towards my charity crafting goal has turned into a slight obsession. The past [...]
FO Friday: Grannies on parade
I finished up nine granny squares this week to donate to the Crochetlist April charity challenge, the Binky Patrol in Arizona. These were all made with acrylic stash yarns. Since the squares need to be 6 inches, I’ve made minor modifications to each pattern to adjust the size. The first two grannies are from The Granny [...]
Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class – Bullion stitch blocks, week 4, and more
(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can read the other posts in this series here.) After weeks of ignoring my bullion stitch blocks, I finished one up on Friday. Originally, my plan was to donate several bullion stitch blocks to Heartmade Blessings for the Crochetlist March 2012 charity challenge. But after the [...]
Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class – Bullion Stitch Blocks, week 3
(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can read the other posts in this series here.) The subtitle of this post should be: Unraveled. Yesterday, I learned that squares for Heartmade Blessings, the intended charity recipient of my bullion stitch blocks, cannot contain any black yarn. So last night, this: became this. I [...]
Surmount the Stash – February review
I don’t know about you, but I didn’t really notice the extra day in February. It seemed to slip by pretty quickly anyway! Now that we are in March, I’m reflecting on my progress to Surmount the Stash in 2012 along with Revelations of a Delusional Knitter (Ravelry group here). Since my January progress report, [...]
Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class – Bullion stitch blocks, week 2
(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can read the other posts in this series here.) I was under the weather this week, and I’m taking the Craft Yarn Council Certified Instructor’s Program in Knitting this weekend (14 hours of fun, preceded by many days of swatch making), so I [...]
Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class – Bullion stitch blocks, week 1
(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can read the other posts in this series here.) With my woven crochet clutch finished, I was ready to embark on a new chapter in Crochet Master Class. I had the desire for texture, so I moved on to the bullion [...]
Thursday craft goals update – Week 42
This weekend, I actually got a lot done and I feel very accomplished right now, so it’s a perfect time to share the weekly update on my craft goals. Personal crafting goals 1. Work my way through Crochet Master Class: Lessons and Projects from Today’s Top Crocheters. Instead of using the patterns, I’d like to create [...]
Thursday craft goals update – Week 37
Thursdays seem to come around pretty quickly. Here is my weekly update on my craft goals . Personal crafting goals 1) Work my way through Crochet Master Class: Lessons and Projects from Today’s Top Crocheters. Instead of using the patterns, I’d like to create my own project (for myself and/or for teaching) for each technique/skill [...]
