I am sorry that I haven't posted in a month. I don't know why I haven't but here I am. I have been working on the Ink Circle Celtic Mystery Stitch-a-long. I have completed the two crosses and the celtic knots on the side. Actually right now I have almost completed the border but I will post that on Friday. You know if I still had every stitch that was put into this pattern, I would have two versions of it. I am almost through. I have 4 big blocks left and the two fish in the corner. It is looking great.
Well, the reason that I am not as far along as I should be on the Ink Circle project is because my cousin/friend Liz's daughter, Michelle, asked me to crochet a red giraffe for her friend Jordi as a wedding gift. He turned out really cute. The pattern didn't call for a nose but Liz suggested I put one on anyway. It looks really good and there is a natural line for the mouth.
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| Jordi's Giraffe from the back |
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| Jordi's Giraffe from the front |
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| Are you looking at me? |
Then my cousin Kevin's daughter-in-law just had a baby girl. Of course I had to make a baby gift. I crocheted this baby blanket in one day. I t is really easy (double crochet, chain 2 double crochet). The only problem was that I had two skeins of yarn. I followed the pattern but only put on 3 of the 5 border rounds because I ran out of yarn. I actually had to do the last round twice because I was 3 inches from finishing the pattern when I ran out of yarn. I tightened up my stitches and made it work. It is a really nice summer afghan for a baby.
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| Baby Blanket for Kevin's new Grand-baby |
I have been working from 7 to 10 every evening on something crafty, then reading from 10 to 11 before bed. I had to force myself to do this because I get focused on one thing and forget to do the other. I want to finish all my started projects this year but I also want to empty out a couple of shelves of books. So, what do I do? Borrow a book series from Liz. But, I have been moving through them at a comfortable pace. Hopefully, this year I can get back to reading as much as I use to.
Well got to go. I have to drive home now and work on my cross-stitch. Soon I will be drawing from the box again.
Thanks for stopping by
Sharon
