Another Create A Christmas Aghan Swap

I am hosting my first swap at swap-bot.com

I decided to run another Create A Christmas Afghan Swap since it's working out so well on my Yahoo! Swapaholic_Crocheters Group!

If you join the swap, you have a choice between Victorian or Traditional Color Schemes.

These are some of the Traditional square that I have made to send out.












Here are some of the Victorian squares I have received so far.








Traditional colors are:
Red (e.g. Red Heart Worsted Weight in Cherry Red)
Green (e.g. Red Heart Worsted Weight in Paddy Green)
White (e.g. Red Heart Worsted Weight in White)

Victorian colors are:
Dark Red/Brick Red (e.g. Red Heart Worsted Weight in Burgundy)
Dark Green (e.g. Red Heart Worsted Weight in Dark Sage)
Cream/Ivory (e.g. Red Heart Worsted Weight in Aran)

You DO NOT have to use Red Heart Worsted Weight.... these are just color examples. But please make sure you match the colors as close as possible.

63 Square Afghan Finally Complete

So............. In March, I finally completed it! I gave it to my dear friend and coworker Bev, pictured below. It was a late Christmas/Birthday present. She is the one that I mentioned in a previous blog about this afghan.

I am very happy with the way this afghan turned out. The border is amazing, and hides the slightly uneven edge. I don't think I will ever attempt this afghan again though.

63 update

I have finally completed the last squares :-) Now just have to finish joining them all together. I have about 6 more squares and then I can start the border. It feels great to have it almost finished after working on it for about 5 years LOL. Now I just have to decide what I am going to do with it. I could keep it for myself, but one of my girlfriends' birthday is this week, and she just loved the squares and colors when I showed her. She keeps telling me how much she would love to have it. We will see !
Below are a few more dishcloths and have been doing to keep from being bored.

Spiderman Round Ripple DONE!

I finally finished this Spiderman Round Ripple for my nephew last night. I used RH WW yarn & a j-hook. Thank you to AngelCrafts for the pattern. It was really easy!

The afghan that I am working on now is from "40 Favorite Ripple Afghans", it's called Aztec Sun. I am using RH WW in Soft White & Monet. It is working up pretty quickly. The pattern in the book called for three colors, but I decided to use what I had on hand and not buy more yarn...... I really like the way it is turning out.

2008?!?!

Finally, the holidays are over, and the kids are back to school. All of the company has returned to their own homes and I can get back to blogging & crocheting! :-)




I already have many projects in the works that I didn't finish before the end of the year. My New Year's Resolution is to complete the 63 square afghan that I just haven't been able to finish for the last 4 years (or 5.... I forget)

Here's a picture of my Grams with the Halfmoon Shawl (Red Heart Kooky Fuschia) that I made her for Christmas.

The giant granny below was a Christmas/Housewarming gift for a friend. Crochet with 2-strands of RH WW Cherry Chip & Brown.

I am still not finished with my Spiderman RR......... but hopefully this weekend. :-) Now over to Crochetville to catch up on everything..... I've been absent from posting for awhile :-(

Victor's birthday

I finished this blanket late last night. It is for my nephew's birthday, which is today! Talk about cutting it close. Used 2 yards of Tony Stewart Polar Fleece and RH WW Orange & Black. I think I used a J hook. Fleece is cut into 10" squares.

2 down......... lots more to go!

I finished this baby blanket for a family friend. They had a baby boy the day before I finished, so it worked out perfectly. This is my first none pattern project. I just started crocheting and this is how it turned out, I must say that I am pretty happy with the results!


This wonderfully colorful blanket is for my "nephew" (my best friends son). He was admiring an afghan I was making one day and asked if he could have it when I finished it. I told him he couldn't have that one, but that I would make him one, and asked him what colors. He said he wanted something colorful............ so that's what I gave him :-)
I watched a freeform crochet class on "Uncommon Threads" yesterday Prudence Mapstone was the guest. I am now inspired to try my first freeform purse, I plan on getting the stuff for it today!

Pink Multi Round Ripple

Well, another christmas present down!! YAY! I used Mainstays worsted weight in Pink Multi and a K hook. It's 66 inches from point to point. A good "drag around" size for a kid :-) I finished this in a couple of nights. I finally used up most of this I had laying around, I have just enough to do a motif or two for my Motif Scrapghan that I have been working on. I bought myself the Stitch n Bitch Crochet Happy Hooker book, so I think I will look through that and see if anything inspires me. I am also going to attempt making a shawl using the Delta Crochet technique. I will let you know how that is going as soon as I find the right yarn.

Progress?

Well.........I finally picked up my 63 square afghan again. Only 5 more square to go, maybe I can finish it up in the next week or so. I've been working on this thing for over 2 years, I lost interest in it so many times I can't count. BUT NOW............there is light at the end of the tunnel.

I went and bought a new camera today, getting ready for my trip to Hawaii in October. I can't wait :-) Just me, my mom, and my daughter (she's 11). Just the girls............a special trip I know my daughter will someday tell her daughter about.

I checked my ravelry.com status today :-(

"You signed up on July 21, 2007
You are #19312 on the list.
10462 people are ahead of you in line.
5789 people are behind you in line.
34% of the list has been invited so far "

UGH....

DD's Shocking Pink Ripple

Well, after several weeks of hounding and pleading, I finally finished DDs ripple afghan last night!
And boy is it a bright one.......she picked these lovely colors out on her own!

Sage Box Stitch Afghan

I just finished this afghan and took pictures.

I used the pattern on the link below using a j hook and RH WW yarn

I think I chained 150 to start, the pattern says 100, but I wanted it to cover the top of a queen bed, so I made it a little bigger.
http://www.citiusa.com/boxstitch.html

My first post

I am sooooo excited to start my blog! DD is gone for the weekend. So it's a great time for me to get started, as she won't be hovering asking me how long before I am finished with the computer.
Here are a few of the projects I have completed recently.

Baby bibs and bottle cover

A Dale Earnhardt Sr. fleece/crochet afghan for my dad (birthday present).

Queen plus Granny Afghan

The size of this one kind of got out of control one me :-)










Baby cradle purses. I started making these because my grandma made one for me when I was a little girl, and it is one of my fondest memories of her.