Apparently...

I'm a yanker!

By that definition anyway...not that that's a bad thing.

Last night I tried to hold my hook overhand (like a pencil) whereas I normally hold it underhand (with the shaft of the hook totally enclosed by my fingers) and I seriously don't understand how people can crochet like that!!  I felt like I had little to no control over my hook...it was a disconcerting feeling.

I have started bordering the assembled little-into-big squares.  I'm probably going to have to block them before I whipstitch them all together.  I'm thinking also of adding little teeny ruffles on the right side, to give it a little more texture...I guess we'll see when we get there!!

Progress is progress :)

I've finished putting the little squares into bigger squares.  Then they get a few rows of border, then those get whipstitched together, and the whole thing gets another few rows of border...

p.s. Cruising Ravelry is FUN.

The baby blankie...

Here are pictures of the individual blocks for the baby blankie I am working on - just the other night I finished making up the green ones.  I made 20 of each of them.  They're relatively small (2.5 x 2.5 in) and so they worked up in a snap.  Then one of each color is combined into a larger block, has a few rows of dc added, and then the larger blocks are joined to form the body of the blanket.  It's one of the most fun patterns I've ever done.

Some applause please!

3:21 am, 03/22/09

I just finished Mom's sweater about 15 min ago.  I will post pictures tomorrow.  Right now...I'm going to go fall into bed!

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8:27 pm, 03/22/09

And here are some pics :)

Sleeve detail...either I made them too long, or my mom's arms are shorter than normal.  In any case, she opted to have me put in these deep cuffs.  The detailing around the armhole was also another addition she wanted - it's not called for in the pattern!

Here it be, hanging on a hangar!  Mom had me make it one size bigger than her normal size...for whatever reason...and it looks pretty awkward hanging on that little hangar *lol*  It doesn't actually have any front closures; I pinned it together for the sake of showing the border.  She wants to wear it around for a while before she decides whether or not she wants fasteners for the front.

Here is a close-up of the pattern, which was achieved by alternating rows of dc with rows of blo (back loop only) sc.  It creates an interesting ridged effect.

All laid out on the floor, ready to put together!

And so she finally has her birthday present, a month late...on the upside, she loves it.  She calls it her Blueberry Pie jacket.

Pictures of Alien!

Well, here he is, in all his strange glory.  He is supposed to be a giraffe, and I suppose he looks a bit like one, but he sure doesn't look like the picture from the pattern!  *lol*  My camera's flash has washed out the colors a bit.

Here's a close-up:

Bookshelves are an awesome place to hang out.

Wouldn't you agree?

Finally!!

I finally have my laptop back!  

A few years back I decided I was going to make afghans for all my siblings - I'm the oldest of seven. I think I've mentioned this before, but I'm too lazy to check.

This first 'ghan I made for my one of my three sisters.  As usual, she picked the pattern and the yarn.  Hers was fun to make, if only by virtue of her color choice.

This next 'ghan I made for another of my sisters.  She has an amazing sense of color and it really came through with this 'ghan. :)  It was a mile a minute, and I'll admit I got sort of burned out on darn thing...it seemed like it worked up really slowly, and I ended up making more strips than I had originally planned.  I messed up my calculations somehow.  But it still turned out nicely.

This 'ghan was for the last of my three sisters.  It was pretty frustrating.  The yarn she chose was Simply Soft Brites, which is really soft, but also very slippery!  It wasn't a good fit for this pattern.  Hers is largely misshapen because of that...and also due to the fact that I gave up on the pattern halfway through and just used a standard ripple for the rest of it.  Still, she says she loves it - it's snuggly and has a surprising bit of weight to it.  It was worked holding 4 strands together, and a Q hook.

This last 'ghan is for my youngest brother, and it's actually the one I made first.  I went in backwards age order - haha does that make any sense?  Another mile a minute - the criss cross pattern over the color background was fun.  His color choice was a bit weird to me - I liked the one in the pattern book much better, but he likes it.  The red looks really washed out...it looks better in person.

Hooking along...

First, I'd like to share this with you...awesome!

As for me, I seem to be in a rut as far as my mom's cardigan is concerned...I've been having so much fun with this baby blanket pattern that I've kind of neglected her present! It's like...I can't quite bring myself to make myself finish it. My mom though, bless her heart, is a patient person. She knows she'll get it soon enough.

In the mean time, I keep adding to the stack of photos to be posted...I'm such a procrastinator!

I can almost finish!!

I bought the final skein I needed to finish my mom's sweater - I'm about a third of the way through the last sleeve so hopefully I can finish it today...I can't remember if I mentioned it or not but I have started Alyson's blanket. The pattern is so much fun, and it goes really quickly too.

On a side note, still not having my laptop functional is really starting to get to me...there are so many pictures I need to post! AHH!

I have a Ravelry site!

This is super exciting for me. I've recently become enamored with online crochet communities - I don't get out much aside from work, and while I realize this is mainly due to my own laziness/mild social anxiety, I still really enjoy connecting with people, especially over something I have such a passion for.

If anyone wants to find me on there, I'm cleverbritches. :)