Category Archives: Crochet

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!

 

 

 

Jan 30

New Hexagon Throw, and The New New Throw

I’m trying to crochet more in 2014. I would like to finish a throw (or a project) a month. Honestly, I would just love to sit around drink coffee, and do nothing but crochet. But alas, there are other things to get to.

I started this throw while the boys were on Christmas break. I found the pattern in one of my crochet books, and I loved it. It was a quick throw to put together. I finished it earlier in the week, and the big cat has already adopted it.

There are 121 hexagons in all.

Agnes claimed it first.

The big kitty claimed it as his too.

I think I’ll put it in the foyer, for everybody.

I really like the look of this throw. I might just have to make a few of them for next Christmas, to give as gifts. As soon as I was done, I started on another crochet project.

Pretty colors for a granny-row throw. Agnes says this one is her’s, no matter what!