Thank goodness my busy week is over-I survived working an extra day and the disco/fundraiser was a huge success. Things are back to normal this week (apart from an incoming tide of birthday party invites for both children!) and so I’m hoping to get more crafting done. I did manage a few craft sessions this week in between jobs, so it wasn’t too bad.
First of all I’ll talk about the Attic 24 Cosy Stripe blanket. As it grows, it gets heavier, and so it puts a strain on my wrist. Because I can’t work on it for extended periods, I’ve decided to crochet a stripe or two a night before working in other things. Each stripe adds an inch to the length of the blanket (and 15g) so it grows pretty quickly. It’s meant to be a stash buster so I will keep working on it until it is either the length of a single bed or I run out of yarn. I’ve added a stitch marker to show where I started from when I brought it out of hibernation so that I can see I’ve made progress.
I’m also working on my Hermione’s Everyday socks, and this photo is actually the start of sock 2. (Thank you to the weather for ensuring football was cancelled on Saturday morning, giving me extra craft time!) Fingers crossed sock 2 will work up more quickly as it won’t be in the naughty corner for a fortnight whilst I decide whether I like the pattern or not.
I’ve also been working away on some cards, which I’ll share when I’ve completed them all.
What are you working on at the moment? Are you beginning to work on more spring projects or has the weather this week (for the UK folks!) left you still feeling wintery? Let me know!
I’ve been thinking about you today and your WIP. Mine got side tracked when my son came to cut trees. Your blanket is looking good. Love the colors.
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Thank you, hope you’re back on track now!
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I love your idea of the stitch marker to show your progress! On those big projects it can often feel like you’re getting nowhere!
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Thank you, that’s exactly why I did it. I’m in the middle of the project, that horrible time when it doesn’t seem to grow ever!
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Oh yes I know the feeling!
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Great progress – considering the hoops you’ve had to navigate. I’m still loving that throw, and really love the colours of the yarn for the socks. Somehow it really does say ‘Hermione’! Perfect!
Sending squidges – and hoping that ‘life’ calms down a little for you. ~ Cobs. xxx
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Thank you, they are very smart. I can’t wait to wear them under my boots at work so I can pretend to do magic all day 😀 x x
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You need a wand! Oooo… I wonder who we know who is a wand maker? Hmm. 😀 LOL
… swish and flick!
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Lol! Might have to put in an order 😉
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I remember the colors from your afghan that you made for the caravan. I still love them! Yay on getting to the second sock!
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Thank you, my son loved the colours too.
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I am so glad that the fundraiswer was a huge success!! Now you can relax and spend time with all your beautiful projects. That blanket is going to be gorgeous. I look forward to seeing all your beautiful projects. I hope you have a fabulous crafting week. =)
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Thank you, you too! Fingers crossed for making progress!
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I am waiting for a day at home to get going on sewing the 5 foot across bean bag chair I promised my second son.
Love the colors of your yarn!
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Thank you, and good luck with the massive been bag chair. I bet it will look fab!
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busy busy busy 🙂
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Indeed Lol!
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They look great! I am working on writing the pattern down of the huge rug that I shared a week ago in my blog. The first half in Estonian is ready but I am wondering how to get it to English as smoothly as possible. I should probably just Google the right terms in English and just translate.
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Good luck with it, I’ve seen some of the pattern and it looks amazing!
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Thank you! This is the same part that I was working on when I left the comment 🙂
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Ooh the stitch marker is a good idea! Feeling like you’re actually getting somewhere always helps, I find.
I’ve been thinking about some warmer weather crochet, but not managed to convince myself to get started considering there’s still snow on the ground in some places!
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Thank you, I think the sunshine today has definitely cemented my spring craft feeling! Hopefully the snow near you has now gone too.
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It has, but apparently there will be a bit more later this week! There should be laws against snow in spring :p
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Definitely! Hoping the snow this time is very short lived.
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Nice progress. Good idea to sometimes switch between projects sometimes. Stash busting – wow – need a project too!
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Thank you, it’s nice to have a choice of things to work on.
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I’m still feeling wintery and the eagerness to knit winter stuff is the only thing that makes me dread the end of winter. Just a little bit because beside that I am really waiting for spring 🙂
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I agree there, winter warm projects are lovely to work on.
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Great progress on the blanket and I LOVE the colour of your socks!
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Thank you, I love them too! The pops of really intense colour are so pretty when they appear in the working yarn.
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Love the socks. Great progress.
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Thank you 😊
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I love the stitch marker idea. I think I have too many projects on the go right now. Sometimes I waste valuable crafting time just trying to decide which one I want to work on.
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Lol, that sounds familiar!
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I feel you on the hands thing. I am up against the clock and determined to use up my stash, even if my hands give out and I have to learn to crochet/knit with my feet!
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Lol, I bet it’s possible!
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