Yarny Goodness

I received this very beautiful yarn for my birthday.  It is soft and fun to work with.  I plan to make something very special with it.  You can find it here.

Rejuvenation

What have we been up to this year, you ask?

Tubing at Soldier Hollow

An RV trip to Moab with family and good friends

Photographing the Super Moon!

Enjoying the garden

Doing some serious crocheting 

Celebrating birthdays

And spending almost every weekend since May on our mountain lot retreat.

I guess it's time to rejuvenate this blog since my very good friend has accepted a challenge to try Project 365.  This will be my second attempt.  My last one was more like Project 220!

Christmas Scarves

Queen Anne's Lace Scarf

Spring Flowers Scarf

Sunburst Covered Stone

I'm still covering stones and enjoying it.  I used this pattern for inspiration.

My First Covered Stone

I've been inspired for ages by the likes of Resurrection Fern and more recently by Barbara from Made in K-town and the beautiful covered stones they make, which are pure art.  The stones have no real function, other than to look beautiful, and I find that inspiring.

I finally put aside my usual projects with deadlines and made a covered stone entirely for the joy involved and for no other reason.  It's my first one and so I will keep it for me.  I've already started work on another one that I will give away.

I've been experimenting with free actions from the Pioneer Woman.  This is boost and quick edge burn.  Almost all of the photos on this blog are SOOC (straight out of the camera), but I'm afraid I might be becoming somewhat addicted to these actions in Photoshop.

Another Little Star in progress

I love these colors together!

Squares, squares and more squares!

Finally finished!

The CD case is for size perspective.

My Little Star

I have about 16 more rounds until I'm done. It's for a very special birthday girl, who is definitely a star herself!

Baby Crochet

I had so much fun making these cute baby things for my new grandson. I normally make blankets and other things that take forever, so these were a refreshing change.

I've been making baby things...

I have stitches!

I'm working on the Infinity Wrap, which was originally published in the Winter 2007 issue of Interweave Crochet.  It works up quickly and it's fun!

Tonsils and Youth

My granddaughter had her tonsils and adenoids removed today. I made this little kitty that she had paid particular attention to in the book Super-Cute Crochet. Beneath it is a knitted Ballband Dishcloth posing as a kitty blanket. She clutched it to her during recovery. Keeping her down for two weeks won't be easy.

What to do in a disaster? Crochet!

Whatever faults Maria D'Antuono may have, wasting time is not among them.

The 98-year-old villager, from Tempera, near L'Aquila, yesterday became one of the latest survivors to be dragged from the rubble left by Monday's devastating earthquake in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. For 30 interminable hours, she lay below the ruins of her house, a few miles from the epicentre.

So what did she do to while away the time, not knowing whether she would live or die as rescue workers dug towards her? The answer, it seems, was "crochet".

Read the rest of the article here...

A New Project

I bought this beautiful yarn today, Caron Simply Soft Eco. Every 10 skeins contain six recycled plastic bottles. I think that is so cool. I'm helping to save the planet by crocheting ;^). I'm planning to make this for someone who loves african violets and crochet.

Tapestry Crochet

This is my first try at Tapestry Crochet (see my post here). The pattern is from the book More Tapestry Crochet by Carol Ventura, page 150. It can either be a basket or a hat. I think mine will be a basket.

Baby Blankets

We have a new niece on the way, due around the middle of April, so I'm making baby blankets.

Tunisian Crochet

This is probably my oldest UFO. At the time I began this afghan, these were the colors of my bedroom - that was some years ago. Something inside me wants to keep this and believe that I will finish it someday.

I am very intrigued by this type of crochet, called Tunisian or Afghan Stitch. You can read all about it here.

63 Crochet Squares Afghan

This is one of my UFOs. It will someday be a patriotic afghan using 63 different crochet stitches. You can find the book here.

My biggest challenge with this project?  Trying to make all of the squares the same size.

My hexagon in work...

Consistency is the key to getting this one done. To view another beautiful hexagon blanket, click here.