So I’m back to my obsession with crocheting afghans. I’ve been alternating between these two. And I still have two others on the back burner, waiting to be finished. There’s a part of my brain that’s encouraging me to start some granny squares, and I’m trying really hard to resist. Plus, I’ve already got like a million yarn tails to weave in…
Last week Saturday, my cousin Joy texted me a photo of a blanket she was crocheting. She thought she’d screwed up the pattern and wanted to know if her blanket could be fixed. It looked salvageable to me. I texted her back to give some encouragement. I also was curious to see the original pattern. She sent me the link to check it out. It was called the As-We-Go Stripey Blanket and once I saw the original post and photos of the completed blanket, I wanted to try my hand at crocheting one for myself.
Even though I was in the middle of about five different WIPs, I had to start this new afghan right away. On Sunday afternoon, I’d completed this much:
And by the end of the week, I’d gotten this far:
I’m using the Attic 24 Sunny Color pack because I started this project in Ventura, and that’s the only yarn I had with me. It’s been fun to follow the crochet-along instructions, but to be honest, I am not happy with the pairing of this particular pattern with this particular color palette. At this point, though, I’ve put in too much time and color changes to start unraveling the whole thing.
I guess I’ll just have to finish it and start a new one using a different color palette.
Yesterday after I got off work, I drove straight down to Ventura, and then this morning Sean and I headed out to L.A. for my annual eye doctor appointment. Even though we no longer live in L.A., I’ve kept the same eye doctor over the last 12 years because she is the best optometrist. Our appointments are usually about an hour long, and it’s more like a pleasant visit with a friend I only see once a year. In addition to completing a thorough eye exam and answering all of my questions, she always takes the time to chat with me. She remembers details like the fact that my husband and I have jobs that are 150 miles apart and that we commute back and forth between two homes and that we are childfree by choice. She chose not to have any children herself and completely understands our decision.
Anyway, I brought a sock to knit during today’s drive to L.A., but I forgot to take any photos of my progress. I also forgot to take photos of the three different scarf/wrap things that I’d been working on all week, and I left them all at our house in Morro Bay. Luckily, my cousin J texted me a photo to show that she received the Golden State Warriors socks that I’d knitted for her. So here is a photo of that:
Also, while Sean and I were leaving my eye doctor’s office, I saw this place and had to take a photo:
How hot is it?
I’ll post photos of my other projects next time, I promise.
I finished knitting my cousin J’s Golden State Warrior Socks and right away got started on another knitted piece.
This is a chevron pattern that I got from the book Mason-Dixon Knitting. The pattern is meant for a linen hand towel, but I thought it would work well for a nice wide scarf, too.
The yarn is Noro Silk Garden Sock Yarn (40% lamb’s wool, 25% silk, 25% nylon, 10% kid mohair). After spending so much time crocheting with acrylic over the last few months, I felt like getting into some of my fancy yarn stash, which I almost never use. Last year I posted an entry to reveal my shamefully abundant yarn stash, and I have to admit that since then I’ve barely made a dent in it. (It also didn’t help that I bought more yarn over the last few months.) So this year I am going to try to use up more of the fancy stuff, and hey, maybe by December I’ll have a nice little pile of handmade Christmas gifts ready to be wrapped and delivered.
365 Days Handmade 