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Clue #4 and Nervous Nellie

The next clue for Julie Yeager’s Mysteryghan is out, so here are my (not so wonderful) photos of Clue #4: They were fun to make– especially the first two styles of flower.   I made a mistake on the ones in the top photo, using two colors for the textural rounds where I was supposed to […]

Mysteryghan, Etc.

Mysteryghan Update: I’m all finished (ends even woven in) and ready for the next clue, which is due out tomorrow. Clue #3 (“Happy Flower”) was for four larger squares.  Slightly trickier to crochet than the other clues, so far.  Here’s one of the squares… (There are photos of the others on the project page.) I […]

Big Round

Big Round, a photo by MossyOwls on Flickr. This one turned out wobbly, but I think it’ll straighten out after afghan assembly. 

Mysteryghan – Clue #2

The 3rd clue for Julie Yeager’s 2013 Mysteryghan is officially available, so I’ll share the photos of my squares for last week’s clue, “Blooming Pair”. To make the loopy flowers a little bigger (to match the other square in the clue), I substituted trc for dc in the second round.  (It was one of a […]

Afghan Progress

Isn’t this always the way?  I’m here to report on afghan progress– but not the afghan that you’re probably thinking about.  No, the Cheerful Afghan is still snoozing away in a corner, somewhere, undisturbed for weeks.  Meanwhile, I’ve been working on two other afghans.  (And I won’t even pretend to be ashamed of myself.  It’s […]

A Doily

Doily, a photo by MossyOwls on Flickr. …made for my maternal grandmother’s birthday last month. :o)

Another Doily

144/365 – Doily, a photo by MossyOwls on Flickr. …also for Granny’s birthday. I wasn’t totally thrilled with how this one blocked out, but it’s ok… and once you put something on it, it’s almost impossible to see incongruities, imho.