So, it took me a bit longer to finish the baby blanket than I thought it would. I blame the fact that I had to run around the city looking for a third ball of the yarn I was using. At the end of the second ball, it only measured 15 inches from the middle.
However, I lucked out and the only place left to look carried it - the last ball, to boot!
So, finishing off the last couple of rows took up most of yesterday - it's a lot more time consuming than it looks! But, I managed to do it.
As you can see, it's huge - it ended up measuring just over 20 inches from the centre. I was thinking of finishing it off with a row of white trimming, but I'm not too sure. I do have the yarn to do so, though! So, feedback on that idea would be greatly appreciated!
As you can also see, I'm wearing my awesome Ariel and Prince Eric leggings - I love Disney so much, classic Disney, I should say.
Anyway, just ignore the mess in the background, as you all know, I am in the middle of packing and whatnot. Also, my cool scarf collection in still just hanging around, if anyone is interested. =D
But, I think that's all I have to post for today, nothing exciting going on and no new projects underway. Just the ones I've been procrastinating on. That pot holder just relaly hurts my thumb area after about a row or two, so I've been slowly working on that. And knitting a few rows of the scarf whenever I have the urge - which isn't as often as it should be!
Hopefully I'll have something else to post before the end of the week, which is when I move. Until then, take care!
Today is just a quick post of the things I'm working on. I suppose I'll start with the Nautical Potholder - which I haven't done too much more on, maybe five or six rows, as it really hurts my hands to do more than one row at a time.
However, I can happily say that I felt confident enough to continue on the scarf I was working on, I managed to get three inches down without incident, which is good. I really need to start putting an hour or so a day aside to work on it.
Now comes the exciting news. The other day, my boyfriend and I were out shopping with his parents, and his mother decided to buy me this really soft and adorable yarn for making a baby blanket!
It's Bernat Baby Blanket. IT's so soft and thick, it will be extremely warm for when the baby comes! She bought me two balls of this stuff, just in case one isn't enough to finish the blanket. It was super sweet of her!
This is how much I've finished thus far.
I've just been following the crochet pattern on the back of the label that came with the yarn, it's called "From the Middle." It should be somewhere on the Bernat website if anyone is interested.
From the centre, as you can see, it measures nine inches, the pattern says to finish off entirely when it's eighteen inches from the centre. As I'm already more than halfway through the first ball of yarn, I'm thinking I'll have just enough to finish this project - which is going by super quick!! Depending on how much yarn is left over when I reach the recommended length, I might just continue until it's gone.
Gosh, I just love how the colours look all blended together - even though the pattern calls for three different colours of yarn, with switching colours every two rows.
Anyway, I have more exciting news! At the beginning of the week I order a plastic canvas stitch book from Etsy. It came in! I was so excited for it, but I'm out of plastic canvas since my last project, and I don't want to buy anymore until after the move.
I left it in the wrapping with the shops name on it, just in case anyone wanted to go take a look at her stuff, she has so much, especially for plastic canvassing.
I am so excited to start using this book, my projects are going to rock now!
Anyway, that's all I have to post for today. I must get back to packing - which I've done a lot of, today! - and crocheting - which I've also done a lot of today!
I'm hoping to be finished the blanket by tonight or sometime early tomorrow. I noticed on my DeviantArt that my next post will be my hundredth deviation, and I want to make it something special. So, I figured, why not something that means so much to me right now - the baby blanket! <3
Until it's finished, I don't think I'll be working on much else. But, be sure to check back in the next day or so for more posts, I'm sure I'll be finished soon!
Hey, everyone! I can start off with some good news, I finished the second angel last night, however, it was late and I was too lazy to post about it.
Here it is:
The lighting in this picture is far from good, despite my best efforts. Even though it was around noon when I took the photo, it seems like it will be a very gloomy day here, today.
I decided it would be nice to pose this one on the stove instead of near the sink, just as a reminder that it can also be used as a pot holder! And for some reason, I just wanted to take a picture of it hanging.
I think this one turned out much better, especially now that I had practice doing it. See:
I'm still very proud of how both of them turned out. Though, the ball of yarn I used went from this:
To this:
Not sure what I'm going to do with the left over balls, as they're so tiny. However, I do have a full ball of pink, and one that looks like this - it's called Nautical Twists:
I'm sure I'll figure something out soon enough. If anyone has any ideas, though, I would love to hear it! Sp far I was thinking of just making more angels, but I have nobody to gift them to, and I doubt anybody would want to buy them. Oh well, something crafty will come to me eventually!
Moving on, I started making a boa scarf this morning. This is my progress so far:
I really love how all the colours mess together, and it's different looking on both sides, slightly. Though, knitting isn't my strong point, I have only messed up once. I dropped a stitch somewhere, and I'm not entirely sure how, but it's all good. As this is going to be for one of my best friends, she's confident in my knitting abilities. And naturally, she's lenient on my mistakes, as she knows knitting is something I'm still (re-)learning how to do.
I used to knit a bit when I was younger, but nothing more complicated than what I'm doing now. And it was never very good. I liked crocheting more as a child, though I never stuck to it. It was something I dropped for almost fifteen years. In fact, I stopped crafting all together for that long. But, I've decided to get back into it. Especially now. :)
Anyway, I think that's all I really have to post for now. Be sure to check back often for updates, I forsee that I shall be crafting a lot in the future. :) And don't forget to follow me on Deviantart! - http://wykked-as-syn.deviantart.com/
Today has been a bit of a slow day for me, nothing to fancy going on here. I've been browsing patterns on the internet and stumbled across an adorable angel dishcloth crochet pattern, which you can find here: http://crochetjewel.com/?p=4011
I decided to attempt it. Here is the end result:
It's not too shabby for a first attempt, I think. Could be better, but that will come with practice. Also, I've never really worked solely in double crochets before, so that was pretty fun, and a break from the monotony!
I think this off white angel will become a Christmas gift for my mother-in-law, she loves things like that! That, and funds are going to be a little tight for a bit. I've got a move coming up, long with a couple other surprises that I will reveal with time. :) All good things, all good things.
Anyway, after making this first angel, I decided to make another one for my grandmother. She is a devout woman, who feels that she has lost her guardian angel with age, so I decided to bless her with one. <3 It may not be a real angel, but I think it will let her know I'm always going to be there and watch out for her - even though we live so far away from each other.
Here is what I've done so far for the second angel:
Making this one seems to be going a lot faster than the first, I reckon that's because I've already done the pattern once and I don't feel so awkward doing double crochets anymore.
I picked out this colour because I know blue is her favourite. However, when I read the actual shade of the colour, I couldn't help but chuckle, French Blue. She's a french woman, so it was sort of funny to me! :)
Anyway, both dishcloths are made from Bernat Handicraft cotton. So, even though I keep saying dishcloths, they can be used as pot holders, too, because the cotton is good for heat resistance.
I think that is all I have to post for today, just wanted to upload my progress before I forgot - or got too lazy to.
Hopefully I'll be finished the angel by tomorrow - it seems very likely - and maybe I'll have started on something new to share with you all! Until then, have a great day! ^_^
