I've been making things that I don't usually make, learning new patterns. I made this motif a little while ago. It's called "Briar Rose" and it called to me from the pages of the Reader's Digest book, The Ultimate Sourcebook of Knitting and Crochet Stitches that I own.









Items that I sent to the winner of Rockford Crochet's BINGO winner last Monday.










This thing I can only call a swatch of some sort. Started off as a scarf, but the simple half double crochet stitch pattern was going to take too long with that yarn so I did single crochet around it and gave it away.










My spider plant is thriving. It continues to shoot out runners, flower, and have babies.

I have made many, many small flowers from a very simple pattern called "Millefiore" in different colors over the past couple of days. They can be used as appliques. They are very easy to make while watching movies or listening to audiobooks. Because I have made so many, I have many ends to weave in. I think I'll start embellishing some of the things that I make more. Depends on how many steps I want to take.

Yesterday I finished crocheting a Soft Blue scarf that I'll use three of the flowers on. I missed a stitch and there's a small hole that a flower would conceal perfectly. I'm going to glue rhinestones in the middle which will look cool with the icy blue. I've already cut some fringe for the scarf. Added steps. Think a hat with the flowers would go nicely with it too.

I finished listening to Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris on the porch then started listening to Tick Tock by Dean Koontz. Worked on that yellow thing as seen in a previous entry with the bunny. Was going to be a blanket, but Paris/Bushy Stitch just takes too long to make a large project!