Monthly Archives: March 2007

log cabin afghan

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Do you remember this? Well, I finally widened it up, and we call it officially finished.

This is the log cabin afghan, #4, made with stash, scrap, acrylic yarn, and is destined for the nursing homes, like 99.9% of my ‘ghans. It was knitted on size 10.5 circulars. Half of the ghan was one log cabin, the other half was four smaller log cabins, joined, and then the whole thing was worked round again. Sort of like making individual squares, except that the whole thing is much more totally random — just the way I like it.

And yes, we took the photos with one yarn end still dangling, that I somehow missed, and yes, that’s Zorro, just “helping!”

Granny Square Afghan finished

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This is just a quickie granny square afghan that I recently finished. It’ll be for the nursing home. It’s mainly ”traditional” granny squares, with some solid grannies, and some other mis-matched squares thrown in for good measure. Each square measures 8″, and was made with an I crochet hook, and was crocheted using various scrap acrylic yarn, with one full skein of Red Heart from my stash, in the darker purple thrown in as the main color.

The squares were joined in my usual fashion – sc in the ch 1 spaces, ch 3, skip the 3 dc’s, and continue joining in the sc’s across. It’s much faster than sc in every space/stitch across.

Thursday Thirteen #5

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Thirteen Things about Zorro (our beloved furrbaby)

1. He’s a 15 pound cat
2. He’s an orange cat
3. He’s allergic to “normal” cat food & can only eat certain things
4. He also is allergic to ragweed & pollen
5. He adores his mommy
6. He loves yarn as much as his mom
7. He loves to get his belly rubbed
8. He loves to go for walks, on his leash, like a dog
9. He thinks he’s human
10. He sleeps cuddled in my arms every night
11. He loves “picking on” his daddy
12. He used to be an outdoor cat, but is strictly indoor now, and has been for 7 years (since we got married)
13. His best friend was my parents dog, Princess… RIP Princess

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More Hats

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Hats are almost as much fun as granny squares or improv squares – you can’t make just one!

Blue hat is from JP Fun Crocheting Club – is that place even still around?? I believe it was called the Addison hat. The green striping one is just a combo of sc & dc, free formed basically….

Knit Picks order

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My Knit Picks order finally arrived. Jon ordered some items for me for my birthday – which was March 6 – and my order finally came in on Friday. He got the KIP bag set for me, a 40″ cable for the Knit Picks Options needle set, some yarn for a stripey spring top, and a few other odds & ends.

As you can see, Zorro was a big help — and enjoyed the box!

March sweater #2

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Here’s the other sweater I finished for March.

This is the pinwheel, using up odds & ends of wool yarn, and the light gray on the sleeves is auction yarn I got last year from a field auction in CT. It was definitely a fun knit, but I’m not totally convinced about how it fits. I think I should have made it a smidge bigger – or maybe I should be a smidge smaller. But I think I’ll keep it anyway. I debated about ripping the sleeves & kitchenering the hole where the sleeves were, and keeping it as a circular shawl, but… nah… it’s fine the way it is. A house sweater, if not else, wooly and warm & fun to wear.

Can you see Zorro in the photos?? My little helper.

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