Dish Rags

I have been sewing dish cloths for the past two years.  They keep me busy and I don't have to watch the road when my  husband is driving.  When I know I am going to be on the road for a while (2-3 hours) I make sure  I have a wide variety of colors and my size K hook.

I use a size K needle and chain 24 and hope for 21 single crocheted stitches n a row when it is done.  I stop crocheting when my hand fits over the whole dish rag. They have turned out to be great hostess gifts. Atleast that is what they say to my face. When friends stop by they always ask to look in the bag and pick one out.  They are fun to send to old friends and tell them this is my latest "product line".  It is also interesting to see who picks out what design. They give me peace in chaos.

This is what my lap looks like in a car. 

I tend to stack them. I guess seeing progress is nice.

A different view of "the stack".

After the stack into the bag.

Time to crochet

The clocks have changed and it is time to crochet. This is my first project. I have been stuck in a car for a few long trips and I  need to do something in the car to occupy my time before I go nuts watching my speed limited driving husband. I am going to try and not make anything balanced when I crochet.  I'll keep you posted. (No pun intended) 

Good Bye Selvage

I have been saving selvage from my fabric for years and it has been cluttering my world.  I finally sat down and sewed all of it together and made two rugs to be put in front of my washer and dryer. They were made with a larger hook and single crocheted. I wanted it to hold together. This cleaned up such a big mess and now my friend wants to make one for her.  This was a very satisfying project!

Love it!

I finished this with a single crochet around the border to pull it together.  Fits perfect.  Warm feet here we come.

Blizz Afghan 2011

I've noticed every winter I seem to grab a hook and start to crochet.  This is my third afghan in three years.  I think after this one I need to start gving them a way or donating them to my favorite fundrasing group .."Boobs on the Move"  My friend Terri is a member of this group and they are the fundrasing females.  They do the two day breast cancer walk to raise money for our "bubbies"!So  they are on my mind for a donation for one of their raffles.

I finally finished the afghan and DID take out the white and I love, love, love it.The colors definitely speak to me.  It is long and warm and will always remind me of the Blizz of 2011.

Scrap Yarn?

On a cold, dreary, winter night I found some left over yarn and started making an afghan.  Then, I found more and kept adding it in.  I am using a larger hook and doubling my yarn.  It goes really fast until your friend comes over and STOMPS on it!  Yes I was told to tear some of it out because the color did not work.  Well I have made three trips to the sewing store to get MORE yarn.  This is not what I wanted this project to be.  Now I am "hooked" on it and can't stop.  In the mean time I am supposed to be finishing  a teen age quilt and and two pillows and two T shirt quilts a long with another queen size quilt.  Does someone out there think I know what I'm doing?

Tear this out?

  Well I did.  I tore one of these rows down to the pink because my friend did not like the PINK! So this has taken me longer and I don't want my friend to ever come over in the beginning of a project AGAIN! . PINK IS my favorite color.  This IS a scrap afghan...let the color thing go..repeat..let the color thing go...etc. etc

I like it! :(

I am going to make five stips of this and sew them together.  It is double crocheted with a large hook. This should go fast and clean up some of my yarn.  But I have a feeling this could turn into another project trying to clean up the yarn I just purchased. (So what else is new)  Maybe a gift for a special friend.

Winter Blues

I took a knitting class at a really neat place called Loopy Yarns on the south side of Chicago. After a few weeks and a little drama I finished my scarf and hat. It was very stressful for me because I had to pay attention. Knit five pearl five over and over and over and over. Ugh So I felt like I needed to have some needle success and ended making a granny afghan. I just could not stop once I started! So there it is. I made the squares larger which gave it a bit of a modern twist but it really is drab. That's OK it pulled me through January and February. Amen to that!