Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 9:16PM has long since been finished and delivered (of course quite belatedly), but here are finally a couple of snaps of the wrap I made my sister in law for her birthday.
I probably should have blocked it, but in the interest of time, didn't. It actually works up fairly quickly, once you've got the pattern in your head...for me the problem was just finding time to work on it :)
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at 11:30PM I'm actually working on something! YAY!! I can't say what it is right now, because it's a gift, so no pictures either until it's done and been given and received. For the first time, however, I tried doing a foundation single crochet, instead starting with a bunch of chain stitches, turning, and sc across. I didn't realize the pattern was written that way, but luckily I had just watched a video courtesy of futuregirl a few days ago about doing the fsc, so I was able to figure out the written instructions. The pattern did include directions for doing it without an fsc, but I wanted to try it and am glad I did; I like the way it turned out.
The top stretch of it shows how it looks from the side, and the bottom shows more of the top of the stitches.
I managed to get about 1/4 of the project done, so that was a good dent!
I have also one finished project I haven't shown yet, a blanket I made for Harry. I finished it a few weeks ago already but I still haven't taken any pictures of it. One of these days I'll get on that!
Sunday, January 2, 2011 at 11:18PM One of my Christmas gifts from Jared was an OttLite lamp, which are advertised a lot in crochet magazines, and most likely other craft publications. These lamps/bulbs are supposed to provide a more natural daylight-type of light, making reading and close work easier on the eyes. I also just picked up some yarn on sale to finally make Harry a blanket, so I wanted to see if there was a difference in photographing it under the lamp over our kitchen table, or using the Ottlite. I'm curious to see how this lamp could be used for photography, especially for macros in my light box. In any event, here is the yarn, first under our regular light....
and under the Ottlite...
There is definitely a difference in the way colors show up! It'll be nice to have that sort of light to work with when I do get back to crocheting. I don't have a specific pattern chosen for the blanket, and I'll most likely make something up...so I hope I bought enough yarn!
The other crocheting I have on the go are some small stuffed animals I originally started with the intention to give to my niece for Christmas, but as always I ran out of time...well, actually I finished the crocheting, I just didn't finish the detail work, like sewing the pieces together and sewing on the facial features. So I'm hoping to finish those this week so she can have them as a gift for Ukrainian Christmas, which is just a few days away! Eeeek! Wish me luck!
Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 11:53PM I am embarassed to say that despite all of my intentions of crocheting things for baby while I was pregnant, I didn't get around to much of that...and never even made him a baby blanket! YIKES! I don't think he minds, but I'd still like to do it. Since he arrived I haven't had time to pick up any projects for more than a very few minutes here and there, but I'm getting the itch to do it...my mind is swirling with images of toys, small projects that could actually get finished! Christmas will be here in no time, so maybe if I get those few minutes in here and there, I can get a few things completed. Wish me luck!
