Finished blankets

My hubby kindly picked up the yarn I needed to finish the little heart blanket and the larger one.

Here's the blue one. Finished size is about 29" x 32". I used the birthday hook (shown in this entry) for all squares.

Here's the larger one. 43" x 48". The black border is I Love This Yarn. The rest are leftovers from my stash. Do you see the error? I didn't see it until someone pointed it out to me. 

Happy crocheting!

Sandie

heart squares

I know it's been a while but I'm still crocheting. I'm still dealing with health issues as one does when one gets to be my age. I've continued to make heart squares though as I mentioned in my last post. The pattern is Mayhem & Majesty's.

Here's what I've done with them so far. 

I had enough of the blue and cream to make this small blanket. I still need to add a border but I need to get a skein of yarn.

This is a true scrap blanket in progress. All the squares are made and joined into strips. Apologies for the photo. You can see the long tails I left for assembly and my messy bed. The strips need to be assembled. I haven't decided if I'll put a border on each strip and then around the whole thing (I'd need to buy yarn) or just around the whole thing (I have one 3 1/2 ounce skein of black which might do for that.)

I'm still working from stash yarn. For the squares if a ball looked like it might be large enough I weighed it on my postal scale. If it was an ounce or more it was good. 

One problem I had was a self-made one. I don't have the habit of keeping labels with my leftovers and I couldn't always tell if a yarn was worsted or DK or sport. I have bins specifically for each size but my yarn closet was recently overhauled and things got mixed up.

I still have a few squares that came out too large which I may do something with later. 

Happy crocheting!

Sandie

heart squares

I thought I'd pop in and share what I've been doing.

I've been working through my stash yarn as I may have mentioned before. These heart squares by Mayhem & Majesty take less than an ounce of yarn. The pattern is very simple. It's called the Filet Crochet Heart Granny Square.

The hook is the birthday hook given to me by my friend Fran.

I plan to continue making these in between other projects.

Happy crocheting!

Sandie

afghan and snowmageddon

I know I've been away a while. Lots of health issues but I continue to crochet as I can. Here is the scrap afghan I just finished. 

Yarn: sport scraps

Hook: G/4.0mm

Pattern: straight dc. Two strips with foundation chain of 50 and one of 100. I tried to get 10 rows of each color and succeeded with the 50 stitch strips. For the 100 it was whatever I had.

Size: 44" x 54" 

Louisiana is currently having snow issues. There was even a blizzard but not in my area. It has been snowing since this morning - it's almost 4pm now. We expect a few more hours of it.  I've not gone outside as it is cold and I'm not steady on grass, much less snow! Louisiana is not equipped to handle snow, especially of this magnitude, so everything is shut down. We've been told not to get on the road but to shelter in place.

Here is a picture of my backyard this morning at 10am. There's a lot more snow here now.

I hope you all are warm and cozy in your homes.

Happy crocheting!

Sandie

Merry Christmas - Happy Birthday

I received a box of goodies in celebration of Christmas and my birthday, which is in January.

This gorgeous crochet hook by Hooked by Holtby

This cute mug is a design I'd never seen before. There are a number of Etsy sellers that offer it.

This package put a smile on my face which is still in place. :-) I can't wait to use this beautiful hook and mug especially.

I haven't been doing much lately as I've been having health issues, the latest of which has been pneumonia. I'm slowly getting back into my regular activities.

I did finish a scarf but haven't taken a photo. It's just a plain straight dc scarf.

Happy crocheting!

Sandie