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Old-Fashioned Sampler: Still Chuggin’ Along

It’s coming along slowly, a square at a time.  At one point, I tried introducing a medium-dark turquoise into the mix, but after 1 and a half squares, the second thoughts won out.  (So there’s one completed square kicked out.  An orphan square.  It’s waiting, along with another rejected square from a previous project, for… […]

Old-Fashioned Sampler Progress Pix

I’ve been crocheting a few more squares for the Old-Fashioned Sampler, lately. On the one hand, it’s pleasantly casual, just flipping through the book (or referring to a list of favorites I jotted down at the beginning of the project), picking a square, and hooking it up.  On the other hand, it can be difficult […]

Chit-Chat

Most of this was written a few weeks ago, while I was bored and in a chatty mood.  – – – – – – – I’ve yet to take photos of the things I was supposed to photograph.  So no photos of the bag.  No photos of the scarf.  No photos of my current most-active […]