Sew Dance

 I started this a while ago. The Marcelle afghan. But I was running out of yarn on the final round. Put it away for a while. Then forgot where I put my pattern. Found it again. Frogged everything and redid it with a smaller hook. Also messed up on round 71 four times and didn't realize it until round 73... There were only 74 rounds. 2nd pic is it on my queen bed. Now to pick a new project...

As it's been cold out, I've been crocheting. This is my first attempt at mosaic crochet. Pattern it's Hobbii's Peacock Delight. I used a cake of twister and two twister solids. Pretty easy once I understood what was being asked. Also took the leftover anniversary cakes from two blankets and made these giant granny squares. Here's my last order of yarn for the foreseeable future. Ordered in December so it's not going against my New Years resolution. And Clyde, in his treetop.

 Clearly I haven't been posting too much. Lots of other things I'm doing and not as much crafting. As it's colder and I won't overheat from crocheting. I put Royal Games II away. I'm about halfway done with the stitching. Made these three Halloween shelf sitters. Using the anniversary cakes, made this blanket. I'm currently working on another one in brown and red. And this is the Western Skies afghan that's been in my stash since before I moved. And Clyde:

Her top half is done, minus specialty threads and beads. Also was asked to make two baby blankets, so I did those this week. Back to writing. I'm a little stuck on one piece, but started another. Hopefully something will jog loose for my other projects.

I'm still here. Sort of. A little more crafting recently. Finished this afghan. It took five hours just to weave in the ends (as seen by the pile on the bottom left).   Currently working on an Easter ornament. Will be done with that shortly.

Clearly, I haven't posted in a while. Mainly because I haven't really been crafting. Writing and video editing caught me and refused to let go. Also it was too hot to work on an afghan. The Crochet  Crowd's Better Together afghan is complete. Now to cross stitch for a bit before NaNoWriMo takes over my life.

Pardon the messy couch. I would have finished this yesterday if it wasn't for the fact that I had to frog the last 4 rounds before the border, twice. Unfortunately, the pattern was such that I couldn't catch the errors until the mesh round. This is called From the Middle Texture - Winter. I'm happy that it's been cooler the past few days so I didn't get overheated with this on my lap. My newly modified dice are keeping me in the front of my craft closet (of doom) and I've picked up a previously started crochet blanket. Modular, so I'll make a few pieces and put it away again.

Almost got through the first page. I would've kept going with this piece but my left index finger was protesting. The last knuckle is somewhat double jointed and I may have strained it gripping the needle to pull 6/12 strands of floss through the holes on this really stiff aida. so, back to the dice. I managed 20 diamonds for this 'ozark star mandala afhgan' pattern. But constantly repeating 3 rounds was boring. So the dice brought me to my linen closet stash and this came out, an ebay purchase of an old kit. It's billed as counted cross stitch but... Wish me luck. Contains bullions, french knots, lasy daisies, and smyrna crosses. And I know I said no stash, but I had a hard week dealing with my health insurance company and needed a present. So I bought yarn. It should arrive sometime this week. At least I have a project in mind for every skein?

I finished page 2 of Waterfall Dragons. Next project is Once Upon a Fairytale, supersized max color. What have I gotten myself into? And this is a Christmas present I made, a hooded unicorn blanket. The recipient loved it and it was big enough for her to grow into it for a while.

And the knit afghan is complete. Despite having to frog the border twice and losing 2 days of work in the process. Eventually I just started to sew it to the edge, then continued knitting it when I realized I needed more. Will be delivered to the recipient soon. And I made another 'Yes, Yes' shawl. Made with Unforgettable in Polo. Will make another one in Winery shortly. Have written over 40 thousand words so far for NaNoWriMo. Clearly, my daily word count became much more consistent after the end of my job. By the time many of you read this blog, the Lilla Rose black Friday sale will be on. Lovely hair accessories and the flexi clips can double as shawl pins. Please visit here:  lillarose.biz/khascat For dealing with my sales pitch, here's Clyde deciding to give me some entertainment during dinner.

So I'm officially unemployed. More time to craft though, but not much money to buy things. So, for the time being it's a Stitch From Stash challenge. Finally finished the main part of this afghan. Working on the border which will be sewn to the body and then crocheted around. Yay for being bi-craftual. Took a few kits out of this closet and moved them to my parents. Didn't make too much of a dent... I caught up with NaNoWriMo this week. Haven't written yet today, but I will get to that after posting. These were ordered before my stash diet. Yarn from HAED. A perk of my free time, in addition to craft time, more opportunity to see Clyde.

Finally back to working on this afghan. I'm almost done with the 3rd repeat. One more after that than making the border, which ends up being knit, then sewn on, and finally crocheted. Saw Clyde, he wasn't happy about the flash. And in NaNoWriMo news, I used up my extra words on Tuesday because election night coverage was insane. I was utterly exhausted and never quite recovered the rest of the week which made my word count miserable Thursday and Friday. Almost caught up this weekend. I like the graphs they're giving us but I don't see the little widget I used to post. Probably bought a few things I didn't need to giving the end of my current job on Friday (yay for unemployment?). Like the HAED Christmas Addicts packet. And took part in the Lilla Rose Stylists Black Friday. Want to check out my Facebook page ? I might try for a live video to show what I got.