Christmas spirals

Here's my experiment with the spiral pattern in Christmas colors. It was a great break from my scrap lapghans. 

I can't believe I did this!

I can't believe I did this

I can't believe I actually bought more yarn, but, yep, I did. It came by FedEx today.

Now I remember getting a free pattern for a girl's lightweight, short sleeve sweater and I bought purple yarn for Allison, and turquoise for Abby.

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UFO uncovered

This is the contents of a plastic bin I've had in my closet, for who knows how long? There is one finished stocking and three nearly finished stockings. They seem to need just the heel and foot. The main part is done. This is something I can work on when I get bored with my scrap lapghans, whenever. There is a lot of yarn with it. Hunter green and dark red.

New spiral pattern

Here's what I'm working on today. This is the coaster version. I think I'll continue making the Christmas colored ones.

 

Bored

I'm bored with this for a while, so I tried a new pattern. I've decided that I need to go to 40" on this, so 18" more. Ugh. 

 

Tabled project

This is the project I was working on when I got diverted to the charity work. I am on the last strip. 

I am working it in Simply Soft off-white. The pattern is from "Vanna's Afghans All Through the House." The name of the pattern is Aran Fisherman. It is a pretty complicated design. To keep it straight, I made a chart of each row and which row of the pattern to follow on each row. Then I checked them off as I went, making 263 rows in each strip. It was not until the last strip that I didn't have to constantly refer to the pattern. I will probably have to refer to the pattern when I resume work on it. 

I like the pattern because it is definitely not boring. I don't think I will donate this but I may give some of my older afghans away to Goodwill or Amvets, to make room for it.

Still Unfinished

This is one of the projects I rescued from my closet while attempting to organize my scrap yarn and projects. It is close to being done.

The yarn is Bernat Mosaic Day dream. I still have a lot of this. I love working with the striping yarn. I do not like the "feel" of the yarn. It is NOT baby soft. I also have the yarn in primary colors. Maybe I should just try to sell the unused yarn  on eBay. 

Go, Bucks!

Last year Red Heart released their "Team Spirit" yarns. Each is two colors in a large striping pattern. I got some in navy and gold and made some scarfs for Allison and Charlie. Navy and gold are the Highpoint Elementary School colors. They were not very well received. The kids thought it looked like black and gold, not blue and gold. :-) I had some in the red and gray version, so when the charity group was asking for scarfs and hats, I made three hats and one scarf.

Baby granny square

This is from scraps of worsted weight yearn. My first attempt at making one large granny square. The charity group gave me a reason to actually do something I've had in the back of my mind for a long time. I am a Happy Camper (Crocheter)!

Round Baby Blanket

I made this from scrap baby yarn. The pattern is from a kit I bought, probably from Mary Maxim. Again, I will give it to the charity group.

Preemie blanket

I think this is one of those projects I started just because I wanted to. I finished it with some baby weight yarn that doesn't really match, but is somewhat compatible. I hope the charity group will be able to use it. It seems they have a distribution in November when all the items are displayed and people from different groups who assist the needy come in and take what they can use.

Scarf

I kinda remember making this last winter. I probably intended to give it to Allison or Abby. Now I think I will give it to the charity group. They are concentrating on scarfs and lapghans at this time. 

Another UFO

This is another UFO I found in the closet. I found the pattern and I hope to finish it someday. But again, what will I do with it. It was obviously intended for Allison and Abby, but they are too big for it now.

UFO Finished

This is one of the Un-finished Objects (UFO) I found when cleaning out my yarn closet. It was all done except for weaving in some ends and putting on hook and eye at the back opening. It is done now.

I think I started it when Abby was small. It seems to be a size 1 or 2. I remember getting discouraged because I ran out of thread with just a little left to finish. I bought more thread and it didn't match very well. It is not real noticeable, but it bothers me.

The question now is, what am I going to do with it? 

Sampler Afghan

I enjoyed doing this so much! There is a different stitch on each round. The pattern is from "Afghans For All Seasons." 

A member in the Crochet Partners group in Yahoo referred to the pattern and posted a picture. I was intrigued and started to search for a copy of the book on Amazon and eBay. Ultimately, I discovered I have the book in my own collection! 

I used all scrap yarns for this. I would like to try one with all new yarns. For now, however, I am concentrating on using up my scrap yarns on lapghans for the charity group.

Ripple Scrap Lapghan

This is done, too, but I'm procrastinating working in the ends. :-) This is all single crochet worked in the back loops only. There are 10 sc between the peaks and valleys. I used black every 12 rows (there are two rows of each color). The black really makes the other colors "pop." If (or when) I do another one, I think I will do fewer sc between the peaks and valleys. 

Large Granny Square

I finished this on Sunday July 7, 2013. It is 40" square. I'm going to turn it in to the charity needlework group. The next meeting is July 15. This was very easy to work on while watching the George Zimmerman trial. Some more scrap yarn used up! 

Another scrap afghan

I started this yesterday, using the three balls of scrap yarn. I changed tactics after the first couple of rounds. I started out with a bone color, planning to use it every 6th row. Then I worked from a scrap ball, using up all of one scrap, then attaching the next where ever the first one ended. Then I switched to changing at the beginning of each row. But now there are too many loose ends to be worked in. I think I'm going to go back to finishing out each scrap, while still using the bone color on each sixth round. The scraps are being used up faster than I expected.