More glorious crochet

Decided to make my own blog post so I can go back to checking out other crochet and knitting blogs.



At left you see the two light teal dishcloths that I took my time crocheting using a half double crochet + single crochet stitch pattern. A simple pattern that gives a nice texture. I used Red Heart Soft and that yarn feels glorious. My idea is to sell the washcloths with a bar of soap for added value.



I have been reading a lot as usual. I have three books in rotation that I'm reading hands-on and one of the fiction novels is Hooked on Murder: A Crochet Mystery by Betty Hechtman. The man character is 48-year-old Molly Pink who initially gets detained by the police after literally stepping on the body of the woman who led the book's crochet group. It's funnier than I thought it would be. I do wish I could have gotten it on audiobook through the library so I can crochet while listening to it.

http://www.amazon.com/Hooked-Murder-Crochet-Betty-Hechtman/dp/0425221253

My current audiobook is Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris.

I've been wondering what crocheters and knitters in Canada have been making to survive the cold. I have been delaying getting out of bed these days just to postpone being cold for a little longer.



Yesterday I finished the grey slippers that I started months ago when I was on a slipper binge. They are quadruple-stranded; two strands of acrylic and two strands of wool. My feet have been freezing so badly that I have to warm them up several times a day so I thought the wool would help insulate them. I'll show you the slippers in progress and in action in my next post.






This is the teal & white double crochet blanket that I've been working on. The one pound skeins have been going a long way. So glad that I won't have so many ends to weave in after the crocheting is done.

I have more crochet news, but I'll save it for my next post.

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.