Pretty flowers!

On the sun-warmed porch this afternoon while listening to Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris, I glued rhinestones onto the centers of some of the millefiore flowers that I crocheted. Very pretty!




Here's my gradated half double crochet blanket. I finally finished weaving in the ends which made it an official blanket. I use it while I sit on the couch in the living room.











I like making these multi-colored blankets with scrap yarn. I just tie the ends of extra yarn together to form a ball. The ends that hang out are a design feature. Exciting to make because you don't know how all the colors are going to look together. I used a second strand of white throughout for this one to make it extra warm. I'd like to try one like this with black when I have enough black to make a large lap blanket like this. This one is destined for a nursing home.

I have a ravenous appetite for making blankets! This is the one I'm working on now using two and three strands at a time. It's double crocheted and destined for the charity of my choice. It's going to be different from others that I've made.











I just need to make one more baby washcloth to finish this set which I mentioned in a previous post. Here you can see the blue, peach and white variegated baby yarn that I mentioned.





I've been working on other things. Man, I crochet a lot! If I didn't have to go bed at night, I'm sure I'd do it even more.





You know what? I also started knitting my first hat on straight needles rather than on a loom. I've cast on in Simply Soft Heather Grey for the knit 1, purl 1 band. I'm thinking about making the main body of it in Soft Yellow. We'll see what color I feel like when I get to that part.

I've got lots more to tell you and more pics to share. I'll have to make a second post for sure this week.