Blankie

A small lap blankie that I made on the trip down to Ashland.

Blanket and to donation

A friend of mine was looking for donations for a charity auction she is organizing for A Loving Spoonful. I sadly could not go to the event, but made this for her to auction.

A crocheted granny blanket, good for a care seat or stroller, and a toy owl rattle. I made it from the yarn I got during Little Miss Glitz, from my secret friend. It nice and bright for a new baby :)

Baby gift

Here is a baby gift I made for my cousin, who had a baby boy!

It's for Monica's little brother who, last time I checked, didn't have an official name yet.

But he has a nice blanket and a happy penguin to welcome him to the world :)

Blue blanket

It's been difficult getting back to my blog, after my Pa's passing. But, even if no one reads this, it's also been helpful to write some things out, and get some of my thoughts out. I find this blog also acts as a time capsule, and I'm reminded of all the things I've done or made in the past. I will try and continue to post, so here goes.

Here's a blanket I made with the yarn I picked up in February.

I made the first few squares while I was sitting at Pa's bedside in the hospital. I picked a nice bold blue as the main colour. Yellow is my mom's favourite colour, so I paired it with that.

This is my niece Leyna, who helped me with the blanket over the next few days. She counted squares for me, stacked and organized, and helped me cut off the loose ends.

I made a wee bear to go with it, and here is Leyna posing with the finished product.

And here she is again, posing with her Lolo.

The blanket isn't very big, but I wanted to finish it in the days following Pa's passing and before the service, and I got it done! It would be a nice lap blanket or a nice baby/toddler blanket. I'm not sure if I will give this one to Handmade Hugs, I might just hang on to it for awhile. 

Shamrock Granny all done

I finished another blanket, the green granny one I was working on.

I love how it turned out!

It's so nice for spring, with all those lovely shades of green.

I'll call it the Shamrock Granny :)

Green progress

More on this greenie.

Getting there…!

Weaving in ends

Weaving in ends...

is better with Gilmore Girls.

Spring grannies

I have started another blanket with some of the yarn my hubby picked up from Handmade Hugs. I couldn't go over this time, so he sent a bag of finished blankets and picked up more yarn for me. What a guy!

I don't have much of this yarn, but I love the shades of green they gave me. It makes me think of spring, which is a welcome thought since we've had a lot of rain lately. But it'll make the spring grasses grow :)

Baby set

My dear friend Mike is an uncle again. I made him this baby set for his new niece.

I used this pattern from Daisy Cottage Designs, which is so simple and lovely. I added a fourth colour and a few more rounds.

And I made her a little polar bear, with a hot pink scarf.

And there was still more yarn left, so I made her a stripy hat. Yay, baby things for wee babes!

Orange Blanket done

Over a year ago, I posted about the wool winder I got. I used it to wind up some vintage yarn I picked up from Handmade Hugs.

Then I started making up squares. I had a lot of help from Pinterest. Because Pinterest is da best!

I had a stack of them done for awhile, but didn't put them all together...

until last weekend. This one is HUGE, a lot bigger than the other blankets I've made. It's a bit itchy because it's pure wool, but it's SO warm! It will go into the pile to deliver to Handmade Hugs. Whee, another one done :)

Blanket and Birdie

I have been making baby blankets lately. They're great for me - they're finished before I get bored with it - the perfect size. I found this pin from Daisy Cottage Designs and just loved the colours. I made my own version, with taupe yarn instead of grey.

I made a few more rounds so that the blanket was bigger.

And I made a matching mobile.

It's a little birdie and heart, that you can hang off the doorknob or from the ceiling.

I love the colours, I think they look great together.

Here is the set, all done. I think I will re-open my etsy store and list this as an item! Well, I've been talking about re-opening my etsy store but maybe I will actually DO it!

Sneak peek

Here's a sneak peek of something I'm working on. It's a gift and I don't want to ruin the surprise. But it has been nice working with such springy colours.

Shades of Pink - all done!

I finished the border on my Shades of Pink blanket! The border added a lot of length and width overall, so I was glad about that.

Here is the hubby, holding it up. I'll take some pictures of it in better lighting.

They hubby was very impressed, he loves it! I think it will end up in the "put on etsy one day" pile, so he had better not get too attached to it.

Shades of Pink - coming together

I finally finished all the square for my shades of pink blankie.

I lay out a few options for the final blanket.

I ended up with 48 squares in total.

I decided on the middle picture for the layout, and then decided to do a join as you go method. I had this pinned for a long time and finally put it to use. The instructions are great, and the videos are very detailed and very helpful. The joining row gives it a lot more length actually, which is nice. I thought I would get it done quickly but had to leave it half way through. But it should be finished soon :)

Some crochet

It's not all Zumba and work around here, I also got some more done on my shades of pink blanket. I just love the look of granny squares, they're so pleasing to me!

Grape and Lemon Owl

I made a grape and lemon owl to match my grape and lemon granny square blanket.

S/he has some green wings and eyes, to pick up the green in the blanket:

There's a little bell rattle inside, so it will hopefully make a nice set for a baby.

Grape and Lemon Granny

It took me FOREVER to weave in these ends, but I did it! And looking here, I have another blanket done. Here is the layout I decided on:

I love the grape outline of each square and the lemon border all around. So I'm naming in the Grape and Lemon Granny.

It's nice as a lap blanket, but would also suit a baby or toddler. I will keep it in my gift pile for now, or maybe put it up on Etsy if and when I ever get around to re-opening my store.

In any case, it feels nice to have finish a product every now and then!

Pink beginnings

I started on my shades of pink blanket. But er - not with any of the pink yarn, with grey.

This is how far I got crocheting back and forth. It takes FOREVER for me!

So I switched to granny squares. It's much more doable for me, to make a bunch of small things, then put em all together.

It's a start!