FO Friday 12.7.12

Two items to show you today. One is my usual amigurumi but one is a little different for me. Another Fresh Stitches Owl, this time made with bulky yarn and I extended the body a bit too so it's a bit bigger than the ones I have made in the past. She stands about 11" high and the yarn makes her super plush and soft, I used KnitPicks Brava Bulky.

The next was a kind of no-thinking-easy-keep-my-hands-busy type of project, and I really like how it came out! I have had some really pretty Cascade Pacific yarn in my stash for a while now, left over from the purple stitch project. It just so happens to be in some of my favorite colors and matches my winter jacket (go figure). It is a chain stitch infinity scarf. I have to keep this one for myself, however there may be some more made to sit under a Christmas tree sometime here.

Checking in with Tami's Amis to see other finished projects. Happy Weekend! (I'll be working)

Year of Projects, Week 12

Year of Projects List

• Crochet Purse

• Floor Poof

• Mom's Wrap (Christmas)

• T-Shirt rag rug

• Crochet clock

• Yarn bomb something

• Crochet dress for Adult Prom 2013 (June 2013)

• Purple Stitch Project

• Akita Amigurimi

• Liam's Blanket (June 2012) (In Progress)

• Carson's Blanket (November 2012)

So I sent off the Papillon Scarf to the Purple Stitch Project, had there not been a huge line at the post office I would have taken a photo of it going into the mailer and with it all addressed, yes I am strange like that. But this means I can cross the first item off my YOP list! Yay!

I also worked on Liam's blanket a bit this week as we found ourselves taking a spur of the moment road trip to Belfast & Bar Harbor on Sunday & Monday. Which meant lots of car time. I probably could have utilized the car time for more crochet but I enjoyed talking with the husband and watching the scenery go by -- it was like a trip down memory lane as we have been to Belfast many times (I grew up there and my parent still live there) but I probably haven't been to Bar Harbor or any of the towns between Belfast & Bar Harbor for 10-15 years, and never with Kevin so I was pointing out different things to him.

I even went ahead and started a new YOP project! But only because all my WIPs were left in the truck the day before and Kevin took it to work with him yesterday so I found myself with time to crochet but no current WIPs.... So I started on my Crochet Purse. I do have to say though, I am not impressed with the way the pattern is written. I don't believe english is her first language and there seems to be a lot missing. Lets just say had I started this pattern when I bought it, right when I began crocheting, I probably wouldn't have continued with the purse or crochet even. Now I am a bit more experienced and able to guess as to what she actually means -- or what is missing from the pattern. I will crochet the next motif EXACTLY as the pattern is written and will post the comparison.

No work has started yet on Carson's Blanket crochet wise, however I did use my new ball winder and would up all the skeins into center pull cakes/balls.

That's it for me for this week. Check in with other's progress here.

To-Do Tuesday, 9.18.12

An update for the To-Do Tuesday, gives an idea of what's on the list, what is slow going, what is getting done, and what I need a kick in the ass to get working on! What's on your To-Do List?

Crochet Queue
• Owl for KK (In Progress)
• Liam's blanket (In Progress)
• Kira's Birthday Present
• Giraffe x2 (one for Amanda, one for Bianca)
• Hippo (for Tracy)
• Moose (for Jodi)
• Elephant for Drew
• Pink & Purple Giraffe for Dani
• Monkey for Conrad
• Rag Rug (from t-shirts/sheets)
• Crochet Clock {like these}
• Square Curtains (will have to find the pattern for these again...)
• Wool Eater out of my scraps {found here}
• Floor Poof from scraps to use at the Studio for Infant Poses
• Post Patterns?

Home
• Laundry (In Progress)
• Dishes (In Progress)

Business
• Post Crystal & Bryan's Wedding Photos on KaitLavinPhoto.com
• Make a coffee table book for Crystal & Bryan
• Post Melinda & Chad's Wedding Photos on KaitLavinPhoto.com
• Post Charest Family Photos on KaitLavinPhoto.com
• Work on Amie & Craig's Wedding Photos
• Post Amie & Craig's Wedding Photos on KaitLavinPhoto.com

Other
• Mara's Birthday Present -- Got a new idea for this, it includes a doily, now just need to find one.

Finished Items
• Boy & Girl Baby Stuffies, only requirement is cute (See them Here)
• Mosquito (See Him Here)
• Lion (See Him Here)
• Cheese from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (See Him Here)
• Owl (See Her Here)
• Pig (See Her Here)
• Owl #2
• Hat for Sage
• Lobster (See Him Here)
• Post Joe & Julie's Wedding Photos on KaitLavinPhoto.com (See them Here)
• Headband & Scarf for Mara
• Duck (See Him Here)
• Work on Crystal & Bryan's Wedding Photos

• Skunk (See Her Here)
• Owl #3
• Clean out Fridge
• Work on Melinda & Chad's Wedding Photos
• Work on Charest Family Photos

• Purple Stitch Project Scarf (See it here)
• Hippo (See him here)

What's on your To-Do list? I will check in next week to give an update!

Like Lists? Check out my Year Of Projects List!

Year of Projects, Week 11

Year of Projects List

• Crochet Purse

• Floor Poof

• Mom's Wrap (Christmas)

• T-Shirt rag rug

• Crochet clock

• Yarn bomb something

• Crochet dress for Adult Prom 2013 (June 2013)

• Purple Stitch Project (In Progress)

• Akita Amigurimi

• Liam's Blanket (June 2012) (In Progress)

• Carson's Blanket (November 2012)

And the first finished YOP project is....

.....drumroll please.....

..... The Papillon Scarf for the Purple Stitch Project! It is currently being blocked. I will have my husband take some photos of me with it once he wakes up. I made it around 40" long as it's for a child. I also added some tassels. I really like how it came out and will use this pattern again, it is very simple to memorize the repeats. This was my first attempt at blocking, I don't have any blocking pads, but I do have a blanket over the foot of the chaise lounge that KC has claimed that worked just as well. It grew from 3" wide to 4" wide. I will check the length once it is done. Stay tuned for photos!

I also picked out the pattern and ordered the yarn for Carson's blanket. It came in the other day but I haven't started on it yet as I am waiting for my ball winder to arrive so I can ball these skeins up.

There is this Fiber Arts College in Searsport every year. This was the first I had heard of it, and it was too late for me to get the days off. However, my mom lives 20 minutes from there and she went. They have vendors & classes. She took some classes and I asked her to talk to some spinners about spinning dog hair & she got some good leads for me! I will start collecting KCs brushings and hopefully have some yarn spun from her soft soft fur. (Maybe make the Akita Amigurumi from it.....???) Next year, I will take the days off and go with my mom for sure!

UPDATE: Papillon Photos:

To-do Tuesday, 9.11.12

So the blog has been a little light lately. I think it's my new job and its schedule. With my old job I used to leave the house by 8 at the earliest, so waking up at 6 and blogging while I had my coffee still let me sleep a bit and also left me time to get ready for work. My new job has had me leaving the house at 6:30, so to be able to blog w/ coffee and get ready to go by then I would have to be up for 4:30.... Yeah, that's just too early for me. So I will have to get in the habit of either setting up my blog posts the evening before and scheduling them for the next day, or writing them when I get home, usually around 3:30-4 in the afternoon.

An update for the To-Do Tuesday, gives an idea of what's on the list, what is slow going, what is getting done, and what I need a kick in the ass to get working on! What's on your To-Do List?

Crochet Queue
• Owl for KK (In Progress)
• Liam's blanket (In Progress)
• Purple Stitch Project Scarf (In Progress -Just being blocked now, watch for it on Friday)
• Kira's Birthday Present
• Giraffe x2
• Hippo (In Progress)
• Elephant for Drew
• Pink & Purple Giraffe for Dani
• Monkey for Conrad
• Rag Rug (from t-shirts/sheets)
• Crochet Clock {like these}
• Square Curtains (will have to find the pattern for these again...)
• Wool Eater out of my scraps {found here}
• Floor Poof from scraps to use at the Studio for Infant Poses
• Post Patterns?

Home
• Laundry
• Dishes

Business
• Post Crystal & Bryan's Wedding Photos on KaitLavinPhoto.com
• Make a coffee table book for Crystal & Bryan
• Post Melinda & Chad's Wedding Photos on KaitLavinPhoto.com
• Post Charest Family Photos on KaitLavinPhoto.com
• Work on Amie & Craig's Wedding Photos
• Post Amie & Craig's Wedding Photos on KaitLavinPhoto.com

Other
• Mara's Birthday Present -- Got a new idea for this, it includes a doily, now just need to find one.

Finished Items
• Boy & Girl Baby Stuffies, only requirement is cute (See them Here)
• Mosquito (See Him Here)
• Lion (See Him Here)
• Cheese from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (See Him Here)
• Owl (See Her Here)
• Pig (See Her Here)
• Owl #2
• Hat for Sage
• Lobster (See Him Here)
• Post Joe & Julie's Wedding Photos on KaitLavinPhoto.com (See them Here)

• Headband & Scarf for Mara
• Duck (See Him Here)
• Groceries
• Work on Crystal & Bryan's Wedding Photos

• Skunk (See Her Here)
• Owl #3
• Clean out Fridge
• Work on Melinda & Chad's Wedding Photos
• Work on Charest Family Photos

What's on your To-Do list? I will check in next week to give an update!

Like Lists? Check out my Year Of Projects List!

To-Do Tuesday, 9.4.12

An update for the To-Do Tuesday, gives an idea of what's on the list, what is slow going, what is getting done, and what I need a kick in the ass to get working on! What's on your To-Do List?

Crochet Queue
• Owl (In Progress)
• Owl for KK (In Progress)
• Liam's blanket (In Progress)
• Purple Stitch Project Scarf (In Progress)
• Kira's Birthday Present
• Giraffe
• Hippo
• Elephant for Drew
• Pink & Purple Giraffe for Dani
• Monkey for Conrad
• Rag Rug (from t-shirts/sheets)
• Crochet Clock {like these}
• Square Curtains (will have to find the pattern for these again...)
• Wool Eater out of my scraps {found here}
• Floor Poof from scraps to use at the Studio for Infant Poses
• Post Patterns?

Home
• Clean out Fridge
• Laundry
• Dishes

Business
• Work on Melinda & Chad's Wedding Photos (In Progress)
• Post Crystal & Bryan's Wedding Photos on KaitLavinPhoto.com
• Make a coffee table book for Crystal & Bryan
• Post Melinda & Chad's Wedding Photos on KaitLavinPhoto.com
• Work on Charest Family Photos
• Post Charest Family Photos on KaitLavinPhoto.com

Other
• Mara's Birthday Present -- Got a new idea for this, it includes a doily, now just need to find one.

Finished Items
• Boy & Girl Baby Stuffies, only requirement is cute (See them Here)
• Mosquito (See Him Here)
• Lion (See Him Here)
• Cheese from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (See Him Here)
• Owl (See Her Here)
• Pig (See Her Here)
• Owl #2
• Hat for Sage

• Lobster (See Him Here)
• Post Joe & Julie's Wedding Photos on KaitLavinPhoto.com (See them Here)

• Headband & Scarf for Mara
• Duck (See Him Here)
• Groceries
• Work on Crystal & Bryan's Wedding Photos

• Skunk (See Her Here)


What's on your To-Do list? I will check in next week to give an update!

Like Lists? Check out my Year Of Projects List!

Year of Projects, Week 10

Year of Projects List

• Crochet Purse

• Floor Poof

• Mom's Wrap (Christmas)

• T-Shirt rag rug

• Crochet clock

• Yarn bomb something

• Crochet dress for Adult Prom 2013 (June 2013)

• Purple Stitch Project (In Progress)

• Akita Amigurimi

• Liam's Blanket (June 2012) (In Progress)

• Carson's Blanket (November 2012)

GUESS WHAT! GUESS WHAT! GUESS WHAT!!!!!

I actually did something on my YOP list!!! At least started something. And not even just one thing, but two!

I got the yarn in for Liam's blanket and started working on it! Have 7 squares done as you can see. I am using this Retro Circles Blanket  Also started a scarf for the Purple Stitch Project, the Papillion Scarf. 

I also found the pattern and ordered the yarn for Carson's blanket.

Come blog-a-long with us!

WIP Wednesday, 8.29.12

Sooo.... what's wrong with this picture? I'll tell you what's wrong, I have more than one WIP... that hardly ever happens. I have been a bit ADD in my crochet this week, I started the skunk last week, but as I am not going from a pattern and am going to concentrate on the next two parts of it -- tail & stripe -- I have put her down when there is something else to concentrate on and picked up something more mindless. Like when watching a movie or tv with the husband. I wasn't going to start on something other than Liam's blanket but as the yarn had yet to arrive Monday night when we were watching some tv I started on the Pappilion Scarf although there was a bit of concentration when I started as the pattern isn't as clear as I would have liked (I try to follow what patterns I use to the T). So...

Row 2    Chain 3, 2 double crochets, chain 6, skip 4, 3 double crochets, chain 6, skip 4, 3 double crochets. Row 3    As row 2

...leads me to 3 dc starting at the 5th chain from the last row but that's not what you actually want, you want to start those 3 dc in the 3dc's from the last row. Easy to figure out once I got to the end of the row and things just didn't look right. Also easy to memorize the repeats and just go from there. This will be one of my Purple Stitch Project donations. I am using Cascade Pacific in colorway 37 -- some of the special yarn I bought just for the PSP.So the PSP donation is part of my Year of Projects, go me! I finally started on my list, only took me 10 weeks.... Oh, but lookie here I got my yarn in for Liam's blanket yesterday so I have started not one but TWO Year of Projects projects! I am doing the Retro Circle Blanket for Mr. Liam. As skeins I was unsure of how the colors would go together, but stitched up I really like them! Hopefully Liam & Sonia (his momma) will to! Bernat still has baby yarn on sale until tomorrow, maybe I can figure out colors for Carson's blanket and purchase by then.

That's it for me this week! Check in with Tami's Amis for more WIPs!