This is not just an afghan from Afghans by the Alphabet, it’s the cover afghan. So you can compare my result to the professional product. I handed my friend Sheila all my afghan books and told her to pick out what she wanted. She picked this one. I told her she could have different colors,… Read more »
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Beaded hat
There are supposed to be 3D clowns on the ears. I made all the pieces and assembled one clown and it was hideous. I don’t assemble things very well but the main trouble was that I didn’t have all the required colors and kept substituting. Like I was using baby yellow and pink instead of… Read more »
Snowman ornament topper
This was my first attempt from Ornament Toppers. It came out OK except the embroidered face is a little crooked. I’m bad with anything freehand. You have to imagine that it’s on top of an ornament because I was mailing this to someone and it was easier to mail without the ornament (which gets glued… Read more »
Headwear for the Family, patterns 2 through 4
These three hats came from Headwear for the Family. They will go to charity. Where is #1, you ask? It’s all crocheted but there’s a lot of finishing work left to do to make the clown heads and I hate finishing work, so it got pushed aside while I started crocheting the others. This hat… Read more »
Filet crochet shawl
My mother sent me the link to this shawl from Woman’s Day Magazine. Since she’s never asked me to make her anything before, I hopped right on it. The first challenge was finding the materials. No one sells J. & P. Coats LusterSheen locally, but I was finding something from Red Heart also called LusterSheen… Read more »
Blue baby blanket
This came from a leaflet called Snuggle-Up Baby Afghans. It’s the one with the blue and pink stirpes. I’ve got a couple of upcoming babies and at least one is a boy, so I decided to use all blue. This is a very bright blue for a baby but I like it. They say babies… Read more »
Basketball booties
I made these from Booties by the Dozen for my soon-to-be nephew Logan. His soon-to-be father is a huge sports fan, so I think they’ll be a hit. I really hate working with thread though, especially black thread. It’s so hard to see the holes or to count stitches and it really strains my eyes…. Read more »
Last of the Special Stitches Scarves
These are the last four patterns from the Special Stitches Scarves booklet, which I had a lot of fun with. Here are links to the others: Special Stitches Scarves, patterns 1 – 4 Special Stitches Scarves 5 & 7 In general the patterns were interesting and varied and worked up nicely. They tended to be… Read more »
Special Stitches Scarves 5 & 7
Two more scarves from the Special Stitches pattern book. The top one came out especially nice. I had to modify the border for the bottom one because I was running out of yarn and it made me realize I don’t think I’ve done a single one of these exactly the way the book said. Usually… Read more »
Afghan for Todd
The third afghan I made from A Year of Afghans, Book 5. This one was for Todd’s bedroom, so he got to pick the pattern and the yarn. We bought samples of a couple of different kinds of yarn and I made swatches. Once he decided on this one we went back to get enough… Read more »