Hello Again!

Wow, It's been a while since my last post. I've been busy switching insurance companies and thus setting up a million new doctors and specialists. Super Fun! For the most part the hard part is over doctors are picked and it's just a matter of doing the appointments. School started this past Saturday the 14th. Man that was rough, I was up at 6:30 in the morning to get to my 9am class and didn't get home from school until 5pm. I didn't get much crafting done that day lol.The rest of the week begins on Wednesday, that will be a long day too 8am to 6pm. 

     Last week my roommate's church had a relief society meeting, which is basically where a bunch of ladies gather and learn to do stuff. Last week was a learn to crochet class, it was super fun to hang out with a bunch of ladies crocheting and drinking punch. The intermediate group which I put myself in learned to do the clumps or shells pattern and I'm working on a scarf with that pattern. It's much easier then I thought it would be but it's very counting intensive at first, once you get in the groove it flows easily enough. If you would like to try it the pattern is this :

        Using an I hook and worsted weight yarn

              Chain 32.   1st Row: 4 dc in 4th ch from hook. Skip next 3 ch, 1 sc in 4th ch. *Ch 3. Place 4 dc in same sp as the chain of 3. Skip next 3 ch. 1 sc in 4th ch. Rep from *to end of starting ch. Turn. 

2nd Row: Ch 5. 4dc in 4th ch from hook. *Skip next 4dc. 1 sc in next ch. Ch 3. 4 dc in same sp as last sc. Rep from * to last 4 dc. Skip last 4dc. 1 sc in next ch. Turn. Rep last row until work from beg measures about 29 inches or 47 rows. Omitting turning ch at end of last row. Fasten off, weave in ends.

    My work on my dad's blanket is a slow process indeed, I had gotten a bunch of work done at the doctors office only to see that I had missed a chain on a turning portion and had to unravel about 3 hours of work. /facepalm. Turning is always where I mess up I'm always adding or dropping chains.

   My grandma sent me a big box of yarn that I got tonight, it was a really nice surprise to get it and there is some really nice yarn in there. One of my favorites is an extremely soft brown that I think I'm going to turn into a teddy bear for my friend who is expecting to have a baby in about 7 months. Hopefully I can perfect my teddy bear making skills in that time period haha.

    I'm also looking for good heart patterns I'd like to make a scarf that looks like stacked hearts, I've found a lot of skinny V shaped hearts but I like the fatter hearts so I haven't found what I want yet. I'd like to make them into funny conversation hearts and give it away for valentine's day or sell it on Etsy. We'll see how busy I get with school.

    So that's pretty much it, my update. Hope all is well with you and let me know what you're crafting out there!

Had an idea!

Hello again!
    While on a walk tonight with Spork (my dog) it occurred to me I'm going about this blanket business all wrong.  Instead of making squares to eventually thread together into one big blanket, I should make rows. To better explain this, currently I'm making squares that start with a beginning chain of 40, and then I crochet about 14 rows of 2 double crochet lines of alternating colors. Some squares are solid and those are also made with a beginning chain of 40 and then crocheted to the height that match the striped squares. Perhaps, I would get more uniformity if instead of making squares separately I would never start a new square for a column, instead after I was done working the solid or striped square I could just join the yarn for the next square in the pattern so that I will eventually end up with columns that can be threaded together to make the blanket. I feel like this joining the yarn thing instead of making a million squares will be beneficial and will also keep my blanket looking symmetrical.

    If you have ever made a blanket like the one I am attempting, or you have any ideas on my idea please let me know. Or if you know of any blogs that could help me I'd accept links. I hope you all are enjoying your New Year so far and are sticking to your resolutions.



What are your resolutions?