Afghan in Progress & Unraveling, Too

I was looking at color charts for a couple brands of yarn this morning, trying to remember the names of a couple of shades I’m using in my current afghan-in-progress (the bands of which I’ve either thrown away or stowed into a folder for the free pattern’s sake).  So many pretty colors!  Why don’t the […]

Summer in Sweden, Progress

Apart from blocking a few doilies (Treasure, Summer Splendor, and the Fancello Pineapple Oval– all of which I still need to photograph…), I’ve been spending my crochet time on the Summer in Sweden afghan. I made the first two batches of eleven blocks (each) using the assembly line method, as I described in an earlier […]

Summer in Sweden, Underway

As promised, I’ve taken a few progress photos of the new afghan/throw. Or the motifs, rather. They’re nowhere near being connected, yet. Here they are in a couple of stacks (minus a couple that I’ve worked through to the next round)… And spread out in the first of two sets… They’ll take much more room […]

On the Assembly Line

So, I started my Summer in Sweden Throw (aka the Weekend in Stockholm Throw)! I originally selected the pattern based on photos of the finished blanket– because I just liked the look of it– and until I sat down with hook in hand, I hadn’t really paid much attention to the construction (except to note […]