Happy Birthday, Don

Yes, even though I broke up with Andrew, I still crocheted a throw for his father, Don. Don is, after all still my business partner. This is made out of Lion Brand Homespun with a pattern that came free in a Lion Brand Catalog. This is the second one of these that I have made. When I started working on this one I realized what I remembered about the first one. This is not a quick project. This took me about a month to complete. The problem with it is that firstly, it is all done in single crochet. secondly, it is worked on the bias which means that I had to concentrate on the pattern more and let the crochet hook fly less.

Finally!!!

I finally got all of the finished projects photographed and the WIP's photographed as well. Feels better to get that done!

This is the green afghan...

...and here is the coral shawl...

...and here are the WIP's, the poncho, the hat and the yarn for the scarf...

And to update where things are since I photographed these items yesterday - green afghan is shipped and on its way to Pennsylvania, coral shawl is sitting at home (after all, I made it for myself), purple poncho for mom hasn't progressed yet, red hat for boyfriend is now on DPN's and working on the on the decreases, the yarn for the scarf for the boyfriend is now cast on and about 10 rows into it. When I get more done or started or photographed again, I will post.

Day One

Well, day one of posting anyway! I decided to start this blog to show my friends all of my WIP's. ...and boy do I have a lot. Right now, I am working on a coral colored Homespun shawl for myself and a purple poncho for my mom. I also have a few Prayer Cloths that are being crocheted for the Prayer Cloth Ministry. It is a group of women that make Prayer Cloths to send to troops who are overseas. I am also going to be starting a few hats for the Afghans 4 Afghans project. (I do a lot of charity knitting and crocheting.)

My most recently completed project was a green Picot and Scallop Fan afghan that I made for my cousin. It was supposed to be her wedding gift. I am about 5 years late with it. Hey, better late than never!! As soon as I figure out how I am going to photograph it, I will post a photo of it. I swear that my guage must have been off on this one. It was supposed to be around 45"x65". I think it is 60 something by 70 something at least! Oh well! At least it is done!!

I also just completed 2 other afghans. They were both for a friend that just had a baby. One was for the baby, and one was for their other daughter. The baby's afghan was a green teddy bear pattern and the one for the daughter was a pink, yellow, turquoise and green afghan. I will have to post photos of them later also!