Category Archives: Crafts

Apr 17

And Another Project Begins

Sunday night I was watching a Game of Thrones with my hubby, and crocheting on Agnes’ granny-row blanket.

I was paying close attention to the episode, and crocheting along on auto-pilot. I then crocheted myself right out of white yarn… Ugh!

I still wanted to work on a project, but I really hadn’t planned on making a run to the store anytime too soon. So I started another crochet project. This one is going to be a messy, colorful, granny-square blanket.

The granny-squares will be in all different sizes too. I think this will use up a pretty good amount of my bits and pieces of yarn stash too.

I like the looks of this little blanket so far.

 

Apr 9

Finally Finished: Solid Grannysquare Throw

I finally finished the granny-square throw. I took some time on Monday afternoon to finish the edging, and I love the finished project.

Way back in January we made a trip to Joplin. I love shopping for yarn there. I stocked up at JoAnn’s Fabrics, and Hobby Lobby too.

I came home with lots of pretty colors.

For awhile I didn’t know what to make… Agnes had picked through the yarn, and found several colors that she wanted made into a throw. That left me with a lot of yarn, but not quite enough to make a big project.

I decided on making solid color, seven round granny-squares.

I also settled on making one hundred granny-squares.

I kept crocheting until I made one hundred. I then started hand-stitching the squares together.

I got about half-way through the project, and that’s when the big kitty became obsessed with it.

I sewed and stitched the second half while he napped on the project.

The one hundred granny-squares were all together, but I thought it needed a little something more.

So I double-crocheted an edge in grey.

This throw was fairly quick to make, and I love the colors!

Now, to finish those other two projects…

 

Apr 3

Still Not Finished

I have three pretty big crochet works in progress now. Unfortunately, none of them are quite finished.

First up is a king size blanket for our bed.

I think I started this project last spring/early Summer, and I was hoping to have it done by the Winter.

Winter has come and gone, and it still isn’t finished…

Up next is a new afghan for Agnes. We stocked up on yarn in January, and she picked out her favorite colors.

This granny-row blanket is quick to crochet, and it is about 3/4’s  finished.

I’ll keep crocheting on it until I run out of pretty yarn.

Lastly I’m making a solid-color granny-square throw.

I picked out lots of different colors of yarn, and started making 7 round granny-squares.

This is a fun project to crochet. I can crochet a granny-square here and there, when I have a few minutes.

I crocheted one hundred squares, and started hand-stitching them together.

I got about half-way through the blanket, and that’s when the big kitty became obsessed with it.

He loves to nap in my sewing chair… It is a very sunny spot in the house.

He also likes to nap directly on my project, even when I’m sitting there sewing on it.

He is too cute though, I don’t want to move him. That granny-square blanket is definitely his!

 

 

Feb 20

Another New-New Crochet Project

I was working along just fine on my latest throw. I’ve been crocheting on the candy-color granny-row throw, but then I started running low on White yarn.

While we were at the store, I thought I would pick up some more, and they were out. Out of the big one, out of the little ones, and that is a bummer… I was hoping to get this project finished this month.

I still wanted to crochet, so I started another one.

I’m sticking with the “granny” theme. This throw will be full of bright solid granny-squares.

I’ll post some more pictures, once I start piecing this throw together.

Feb 12

Finished Crochet Projects: Valentine’s Day Table-runner

Sometimes I start a project, and midway through I look at it, and go a different route. This one started off  to be a blanket for Agnes. She even picked out all of the colors of yarn.

I worked on it for months, and months, and eventually stuck it in the bottom of the crochet basket.

Last weekend I got it out and took another look at the unfinished blanket, and thought it was the perfect colors for Valentine’s Day.

I don’t usually decorate too much for Valentine’s Day, but this little table-runner just might change my ways.

I think this project would have been a quick one, if I had stayed motivated to work on it. It is a granny-square table-runner in pink, maroon, and light red. I double crocheted the edges in bright pretty pink to finish it off.

This little crochet project turned into a simple decoration for the holiday. It won’t take up too much space in storage once the holiday is done.

Happy early Valentine’s Day to you!