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mystery solved – now what???

Friday, July 9th, 2010

Thanks to Kyliie and Elle for solving the mystery of this square!
It is the PUMPKIN PATCH SQUARE, click here for the free pattern
So, now that I’ve finally found the mischevious square… any ideas on what I could use it for???
The first thing that springs to mind is to make a cushion to match the afghan, [...]

columns…

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

So I’ve started joining.
I’m using what I call a ZIG ZAG join.
Don’t know if that is the proper name for it or not, but you simply work a zig zag of stitches back and forth between the two edges which you are joining.
It’s a bit hard to tell in the photo below, but all of [...]

let’s get it together

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Alrighty then…
I feel like I’ve sickened myself of this afghan.
It’s been a Work In Progress (WIP) for such a long time… and I must have written a bazillion blog posts about it!
So…
If you’re as sick of it as I am, then you might as well stop reading right now.
Just walk away.
I won’t take it [...]

home again, home again – jiggidy jog!

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Actually… I’ve been home all week, but it’s just been kind of crazy around here…
The retreat was fabulous… magnificent… marvellous… tremendous… excellent… wonderful… superb… phenomenal… amazing… spectacular… awesome… brilliant…
Enough said – I’m sure that you get the idea!

The plan was to assemble my 2009 BAMCAL afghan while away… but I somehow managed to only pack [...]

that block-a-month project…

Monday, January 11th, 2010

You might remember that at about this time last year, I was all excited about the 2009 Block-A-Month Crochet-A-Long, otherwise known as the 2009 BAMCAL.
The general idea was that at the beginning of each month, you would be given the link to a free online pattern for a 12 inch crochet square. By working one [...]

hometown square

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

I feel like all I seem to be working on at the moment is these squares… It’s not that I’m not enjoying them, it’s just that I’m no longer inspired by them. But the end is near, and I’m really excited to see the finished project.
Not only that, but I have signed up to do [...]

octagon medallion

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Wow!
Where did the time go???
It’s been ages since my last post.
I could tell you that I’ve been spending every spare moment at the gym, and that’s why you haven’t heard much from me… I can’t very well work out and blog and craft all at the same time now, can I? But that wouldn’t be [...]

lovely in green

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

This square is called Lovely in Green, by Dayna Audirsch. It is a free online pattern, click here for the link.
It actually worked up quite quickly and easily. I’ve used a 4.5mm hook and recycled 8ply/DK yarns. For the first two rounds I used the same colour, and after that the colour was changed at [...]

bright and cheery

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

One of my main reasons for chosing to work on the ‘block-a-month’ project, was because I wanted to learn to read patterns properly. I figured that if I was working on the same squares as the rest of the group, then there would be plenty of people ready to help when I needed it.
Well, [...]

how’s it looking?

Monday, July 27th, 2009

As you already know, I’m working on a block-a-month project with a group over at Ravelry. The idea is that you make one 12″ square each month, and at the end of the year you join them all together to make an afghan.
Since I’m after a larger afghan, I have been making two squares each [...]