Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Finished Blanket :)

I am surprised that I never posted about this blanket yet, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised since I never really posted much about anything.

Anyway, this blanket has been in the making for over two years! It is one of those projects that I would pick up, work on a large chunk of it, and then put it away for several months before taking it back out to work on again.

I finally finally finished it a few weeks ago while on a little vacation with my bf.
Here he is sleeping under it when it was almost-finished:


This blanket had an interesting beginning. Once upon a time, it didn't start out as a blanket. I crocheted a skirt in a similar fashion with lots and lots of stripes. Then I crocheted a belt for the skirt. The problem was that the belt was way too big and thick and bulky to actually be worn. So then it decided to become a blanket instead.




The blanket is made entirely of individual rows of acrylic yarn, with a size K hook. Some colors of yarn have only one row in the entire blanket, other colors are repeated over and over again.

Originally I was supposed to use up some of my acrylic-yarn stash, but I'm fairly sure that after buying a bunch more yarn for this blanket I now have more yarn than I started with. Oh darn, guess I will have to make more things.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Hello Again

Wow, it has been quite a long while since I posted here. That is a little sad, actually. The absence doesn't mean I haven't been playing with yarn, though! I may make a few separate posts about things to break it up a little. (although I think there are only two main projects that I really want to post.

Recently I have been feeling very much re-inspired to work on my projects, and to start new things, but unfortunately this coincides with the start of my classes for the semester, and classes and homework must take precedence.

First up: Here is a little giraffe I crocheted as a birthday present for my bf Chris. His birthday is in May, so this is an old project, but definitely one that should have been posted here!

He looked pretty funny with only one horn on his head, so I took a picture:



I also took some pictures of the finished giraffe of course:




His little mohawk was my favorite part to make:



I found the pattern for him via Ravelry. It is here: http://www.coatsandclark.com/Crafts/Crochet/Projects/BabyChild/WR1729+Little+Crochet+Giraffe.htm I made mine with Lion Brand Vanna's Choice yarns.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Ambitious much?

I currently have several projects I am in the middle of, including two afghans. The first of which I started probably two or more years ago but have taken several long hiatuses from. The second I started last spring and it is very close to being done. :)

Anyway instead of working on either of these afghans or any of my numerous other WIPs, I am browsing knitting and crochet patterns online. In particular I am looking at afghan patterns. I think I can restrain myself from starting any new afghans until at least the granny square one is finished, though.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

An abundance of scarves

Picture-heavy post to make up for my absence?

I have knit several scarves recently. Three for Christmas presents, and one for Tim which I started a while ago and finished at some point in early November, I think.

Tim's scarf:
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Angel Hair yarn, size 15 needles, chunky rib of p3, k4, p3, k4, etc.
For the most part I am happy with this scarf, although the way I bound off makes it kind of flare at one end, which bugs me. However, Tim told me I couldn't take it back from him to "fix" that, so I guess it is just a part of the scarf's personality.

Sherri's scarf:
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Jo-Ann Sensations Rainbow Boucle yarn, crocheted, size J hook, worked lengthwise with lots and lots of increases, on both sides of the chain (worked around it rather than going back and forth.)
This scarf is perfect for Sherri and I like it because she loves it, but it's not a style I would make for myself!

Amanda's scarf:
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Jo-Ann Sensations Rainbow Classic yarn, size 10 1/2 needles, garter stitch with some patterning: occasional rows of purling instead of knitting, and occasional rows of yarn overs after every stitch, which were all dropped on the next row.
I think this is my favorite of the four scarves, although I kind of wish I had made it just a bit longer.

Brooke's scarf:
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Acrylic yarn, granny squares, alternating rainbow on the outside with black on the outside.
This scarf was inspired by the blanket I am making. I was sewing together the squares for that and had a strip of them sewn together, and my sister stole it and started wearing it as a scarf. :)