“Pineapple Starburst” Doily

Here are a few photos of the latest finished doily: I like the star in the center– and the little bands framing the exterior of the pineapples.  The pineapples themselves are okay, but nothing extraordinary.   I gave this one to my maternal grandmother for her birthday.  It went pretty quickly and blocked out nicely.  […]

Continuous Join

I decided that I was no longer interested in finishing a “Granny’s Daughter” afghan.  You need so many of those tiny, one-round grannies, and I shuddered at the thought of weaving so many ends into such miniscule pieces… The ratio of crochet-time to weaving-time left something to be desired.  So, there I was with 170 […]

Bellingrathghan Reveal & Plans for the Next Mystery’ghan

I was true to my word.  Last night, I worked on weaving the ends of last year’s Mystery’ghan (which I ended up calling my Bellingrathghan).  There were many more than I remembered, so I had to finish them up today.   But now they’re done! The afghan doesn’t lay quite as smoothly as I’d like, but […]

In Search of Order

Last night, I finished stitching the last round of the WIP doily.  I’m trying to talk myself into weaving in the ends and blocking it.  Maybe tomorrow… If you’re just here for the crafty stuff, you might want to skip over my “Order in the House” manifesto below.  (g)  Just jump down past the two […]

Finally Some Photos!

Various and Sundry: The linen stitch cowl was put on almost-finished hold because I’m not sure how “tall” I want it to be.  Also, because I was getting a little tired of it.  (I do love the way linen stitch looks, though, and I’m saving all my smaller remnants of wool-based yarn for a linen […]