A Brighter Outlook

It's time to have a brighter outlook!  Put away the gloom! Ignite that creative spark!  What would it take to revitalize your interest and zest for creating?  A tiny bundle of yarn with metallic fiber did this for me. 

Baby Booties -- Finished (FO)



 It is nice to finish a project in a very short time.  I used crochet hook to bind off the ribbing since I don't know how to make a stretchy knitting bind off on ribbed stitches yet.  I used (slip st on next st, ch1)rep to end method to make the top edge of the booties stretchy.  It made the top edge flare which looks ok.

                                                                                                                                                                      

FO--Fan In Winter

Here are  photos of  Fan In Winter shrug:

Fan in Winter

I'm making a scarf that is quick to make for a friend.  This is my second day of doing this and a 6 oz. skein of Caron's Simply soft is halfway gone.  For the record:  I'm using crochet hook "Boye" F/5-3.75mm.  I used a bigger hook for the foundation chain "Boye" F/5-5.00mm to make the foundation chain very loose.  These skeins of white yarn have been waiting for sometime and I hope that I can fulfill their full potential and provide warmth to someone this Fall/Winter season.  I should write the pattern, I suppose, but then if I try,  I lose the creative impulse to just work and finish the project.  I wish I have someone who would jut down the detail as I work but this is wishful thinking.  For now, my goal is to finish the project and that is all!!!

Just a side note for those who are learning to knit or crochet:  http://knittersreview.com/forum/
is a good site with lots of friendly knitters/crocheters willing to answer your questions pertaining to these art/craft.

Knitting WIP Basket Weave Afghan

Knitting WIP Afghan

 I'm more than half way done on this and I've worked on it for 4 months now.  Knitting is much slower than crochet.   I loved that I'm finally comfortable with both knit and purl stitches.  There are quite a few bobo's on this afghan, but it is my first big knitting project so I will not be too hard on myself.  The main thing is that I'm now proficient in making both purl and knit stitches and I have something to show for my effort.  I want to make another project of the same stitch pattern and when I do it, I want perfection.  In the mean time I need to finish this one.

Baby's First Play Rug - Finished

This is a reversible afghan.  For instructions on how to make the squares, please see my older post with the same title.  The individual squares are joined together using a yarn plastic needle and using a herring bone joining technique.  All yarn ends are tucked (woven) underneath the crochet stitches and worked towards and within side A and B layers.  The border is worked in 4 rounds of sc(s), starting with side A up first round, side B up, for second round; Side A up for third round and Side B up for 4th round. Since the border is not worked in a continues fashion,  after connecting with sl st (slip stitch) at the end of the round,* I turn the afghan, then ch1, then sc all around and connect with sl st to the beginning ch1. to complete the round*.  Then repeat * * the same for remaining rounds.  The reason I used this technique is to prevent the crocheted fabric from curling up towards one side of the crocheted fabric (usually the right side, side B).

Side B

Side A

Rose Curtain Tie Back on a fleece drape

Tada! How do you like it?  I was going to remove my winter drapes that are made out of fleece to keep heat in and cold out during winter time, but I think I'm just going to keep them open with these tie backs instead of removing them and hanging them back again during Fall and Winter season.