Two New Starts

I was a crocheting fool yesterday. I started two new projects. 

First was a ripple throw of random colors alternating with black rows. I made good progress using up some of the scrap yarn I cleaned out the closet last week. It was so fun. I started it approximately 36" and plan on going to 48" length. 

Then I looked through my pattern books and found "Afghans for All Seasons." This book has a pattern called "Stitch Sampler." One of the posters on CrochetPartners yahool  group referenced the pattern and posted a picture of her interpretation. I searched on Ebay and Amazon for the book. In the back of my mind, I thought I had seen that book somewhere. Finally, yesterday, after I looked on my book shelf and found it. This was after I had already started the scrap ripple. 

I had been thinking about how I could use up my scrap pinks and red. So, I had to do it. I started it, finishing 21 rounds before going to bed about 11 p.m. Oh, my. It is so fun. I have it out this morning, but I have to stop. I need to bake a batch of cookies for Faith Mission and go to the church to pick up a sewing project for Vacation Bible School. 

Another UFO....

Another UFO... I wonder if I can find the pattern so I can finish it. I put a note in that says "Size 7 steel hook." I think the separate piece is a ruffled cap sleeve. 

OK!! It took me an hour of looking through pattern magazines, but I found it!!

UFO

Here is one thing I uncovered in the closet. It looks beautiful, but I got discouraged that when I had to add a new ball of thread, it didn't match well. Guess. I will give it to charity.

Cleaning up

I'm cleaning out my yarn/craft closet.

Log Cabin progress

I am happy to report that I'm on track to finish the log cabin throw. It has been on the back burner while I worked on some other stuff. I am within minutes of finishing the last of the 36 squares. I'm hoping to get the squares assembled during the Democratic National Convention starting Tuesday, Sept. 4. I think it is going to be beautiful.

I am also using a Red Heart pattern for it, named Autumn Log Cabin Afghan. I bought all the yarn as required. It is Red Heart Super Saver in #256 Carrot, #332 Ranch  Red, Light Thyme, #360 Cafe, #320 Cornmeal, #378 Claret and #334 Buff. All were listed with the pattern except the light thyme, which was supposed to be #4361 Frosty Green Fleck.

The special stitches were long-dc,  and long-hdc. LONG-DC: yo and draw up a loop in next sc, yo and draw through 1 loop on hook, [yo and draw through 2 loops] twice. LONG-HDC: yo, insert hook in sc directly below the ch-1 and draw up a loop to height of row in work, yo and draw through all 3 loops on hook.

Each motif is bordered with 1 row of sc in Buff. The Outer Border is 6 rows, including the two pattern rows of Long-HDC as in Section 7.

I'm excited!

I've been so excited about crochet these past two weeks.

On Monday, May 27, I went to a meeting of  a knitting and crochet group out of St. Matthew's Catholic Church. I learned about it from M.J. at Peace. We were at a meeting of the Peace "Quilting" group last month and I asked around about a crochet group. So M.J. told me about this meeting they were having at  Panera's, so I went to it. About 10 women showed up. The learder/organizer, Glenda, showed up with bags and bags of yarn and every one grabbed some yarn and began crocheting or knitting. I picked up a skein of Bernat worsted weight yarn in bright colors and white. I started a lapghan in a pattern from my Vanna White book. It is a riged ripple. I got a good start on it and  put some of my own stash with it in a couple of the ombre colors--yellow, lavendar and white. It was so fun! and I looked forward to meeting with them again.

Turns out they meet every Monday evening, once a month at Panera, and the other Mondays at Glenda's house off Cherry Bottom Road.

They were not meeting on Memorial Day Monday, but I went to Glenda's last Monday, June 3rd. Monday afternoon I found some Red Heart Spirit yarn I had in red and gray and started making the Red Heart Spirit Hat Pattern. I took the yarn I had, about 2 and a half skeins, with me to the meeting and finished that hat and started another one, which I finished just as the meeting ended. I left the two hats and the lapghan I started two weeks before and another bright colored child's throw I had made just for fun earlier this year (or was it last year?). Glenda had a big table full of donated yarn in the living room. And her dining room table was loaded with finished hats. The group has made and donated thousands of items to charities in central Ohio.

Tuesday I made another Spirit hat and a matching scarf.



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