I am a blogging disaster  

Posted by: Maria

I never seem to take the time to update my blog even though I have good intentions and am always learning new things that I would love to talk about.  Every year I say I will be better and I never am.  Oh well.


Thanks to the folks at the Kenton County Library crafting group I have finally tried felting.  When the new Joann's store opened, I bought some Bernat Felting Natural wool

this color is crocus

 and took the plunge with a pattern from a free leaflet from Interweave Crochet.  The pattern worked up quickly as it was basically just half double crochet. I bet I didn't have more than 5 hours of crocheting time in it to finish.

 
 I ended up running it through my front loader three times and ended up with this:

The ribbon I am going to use is at the top.  Right now it is drying stretched out over a box so the top stretches a bit.  I am surprised at the difference in the look and pleased at the outcome.

In another part of my project pile ummmm rotation. I am working on Guirlande  I am using Knit Picks Stroll in Springtime and I just love it!!  Of course, I ran out of yarn and had to order another skein which should be here this week but here is my progress so far:

And there is my Knit Picks Chroma Galapagos duo.  I have completed a Felicity according to the pattern but think I still want to add a row or so across the top just to firm it up a bit.  It is so light and soft it is perfect for summer.

My second shawl in this colorway is Persephone.  This was almost complete when (you guessed it) I ran out of yarn. I have gotten more though!!  It is great how the two shawls, even though they are exactly the same yarn look (and feel) so different!

In the spirit of not having a project pile, I have declared the last week of the month as a finishing week.  so this week I will be working my way though the WIPs in my bag.  There really aren't too many.  April 1st brings some new "a-longs" at Ravelry's Crochet Shoulder Wrappers group.  The one for sure that I am doing is Neptune's Tears (another Anastasia Robert's pattern as is Persephone).  I already have the perfect yarn for that...it has been sitting in my box patiently waiting for the right pattern to call it's name!  The Join-a-long is a gorgeous Lily Go pattern Piquant. I have the perfect yarn waiting for that too if I don't have too many other things on my plate.

OK, that catches me up pretty well for now.  More pictures of my bag after it dries and I have the ribbon in it.  Would I do that again? I don't know.  It was fun but probably not really the sort of thing that catches my attention for too long. 

Keep Hooking!

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