Art Deco Mystery’ghan-Along

On Friday, we got our first pattern update (a.k.a. Clue #1) for Julie Yeager’s 2014 MCAL! I couldn’t resist peeking at other crocheters’ project photos before starting my own.  Maybe it spoils some of the surprise to peek, but you still have no idea how all the pieces will go together– and I prefer having […]

Tying Up Loose Ends

After the “high” of finishing the scrapghan, I decided to continue the good feeling by tackling a few “loose end projects” hanging around the house.  Unless I want to use something right away, I can be prone to procrastinating that sort of thing, and they pile up. I sewed a button the crocodile stitch “Pinecone […]

Waste Not, Want Not

I’ve finished the border for the Ugly-Cute afghan!  (And changed its name to the more positive “Waste Not, Want Not”.)  It’s taken a while, because apparently crocheting the same thing over and over again, around and around, is, well, boring.  It depends on the pattern, I guess, but the border I chose was extremely repetitive. […]

No More Slip Stitch!!

I have finished the slip stitch joining of the Ugly-Cute Scrapghan.  I have slipped the last stitch. . . . . . . . Yahooooooooo!   Well, but seriously, I was getting so tired of it!  I don’t want to slip stitch any more. Next, I’ll put a border of some kind on the afghan (and […]

Slip Slip Slip Stitching is a Snore

It’s taking two forevers to join the “Ugly-Cute” afghan.  At least, it feels like it’s taking that long.  All the squares are joined in one direction, and now I’m joining along the other direction. I thought this second phase of the joining would go faster, since I wouldn’t have to stop to arrange the next […]

Ugly-Cute Join-a-Thon

I finished two of the “Granny’s Step-Daughter” cushion cover panels, then stopped, toying with the idea of filming some of the “making” of the next one.  I’d like to remember exactly how I’m doing this, and it could be fun to put together a simple tutorial-ish video.  What I’m not so sure I’d enjoy is […]