Our House [Archive 1]

[Misa]

Tabby - You go on and rant and rave all you want....we're always here for you

 

Heather - Looks like you got lots of squares done! Great job

 

Linda - Wow! The LotL is shaping up great! I'm so proud

 

Well, I finally got the newsletter sent out. I swear the photos were giving me fits this month. And I'm still not happy with the cuddle quilt photos Oh well maybe one day Big Daddy will set up that photo studio for me

[QueenOfCrochet]

Thanks ladies, you're the greatest.

 

Heather~Great job on your square progress. You'll get em together in no time.

 

Linda~Love it, it is going to be one colorful ghan. Great job, I can't wait to see more.

[busy-bee-lmt]

Krystal, I converted a patchwork quilt pattern that I found in this book so that it could be done as a quilt afghan. The pictured quilt is 90" x 90" and my afghan should be about the same size.

 

[Krystal16]

Oh, wow! That is going to be beautiful!

 

Great job!

[Misa]

Yep, Krystal, I agree Isn't that something that Linda took the time to convert her own pattern? Pretty darned impressive

[Aussie]

Linda thats amazing. :clap

 

You are so clever to be able to do that. Was it hard to convert it.

[Skysmom]

Good Morning. I hope you all are having a good weekend!

 

Cara ~ I went to your site and the Cuddle Ghan pictures look great! They're turning out so cute and I can't wait to see the Penguin, too.

 

Hi Wendy!

[Misa]

Good morning ladies

 

Yes, my weekend is off to a good start I didn't get hardly any crochet time Thursday or Friday. So I went to take a nap at 9 o'clock last night and got up at 4 a.m. Everyone's asleep now for several more hours so I get time all to myself and my hook With a little luck I'll finish this baby blanket today :yay

 

Have a happy day everyone

[busy-bee-lmt]

Good morning, all. I have a lot of cleaning and straightening and laundry to do today, so don't know how much time I'll have for crocheting.

Wendy, I didn't think it was terribly hard once I got the idea on how to do a quilt in crochet from Cara. I looked for a pattern that I liked in quilt books. One that didn't have curves in it. Then I thought about how to convert the lines into solid and bicolor squares. I followed the colors in the patchwork quilt pretty much for the yarn colors. The hardest part was figuring out what to do with the places that were lots of skinny strips of cloth. My rule of thumb there was to simplify while keeping the overall color scheme more or less intact. There were a couple of places that I modified the placement of squares or alignment of bicolor squares, because I thought the result was more in keeping with the overall pattern. Oh, this sounds so much harder on paper than it was when I did it!!! Grrrrr..... For me, it wasn't nearly as hard as it sounds here. I am beginning to realize though, that some of the things that are easy for me, aren't as easy for others. Maybe this is one of those things. I have always been able to visualize in my head how colors and things will go together before actually putting them together. In fact, they usually look even better when they are actually done than they are in my head. I do the same thing with spices and other ingrediants when I'm cooking. It's just something I can do. I've done the same thing with a cross stitch pattern to come up with a child's quiltghan with a lamb on it. That one has pink accents for a girl and blue accents for a boy. Yellow or green could be used if the sex is unknown.

[Krystal16]

Linda - *I* know what you mean! I have that same thing with cooking and spices! I can read a recipe and tell you if it will taste good or not - my tongue seems to be able to envision the flavors and my brain processes the words... and if I get to the end with a good taste in my mouth, voila! A good meal! LOL!

[Misa]

I can do that with crochet, sewing and painting. That's it Now if I could get the hang of this winging it when you cook thing you ladies speak of maybe there wouldn't be so many tummy aches around here I've had to do all the cooking for the last 25 years and we still have to throw things out and order pizza more often than I like

[QueenOfCrochet]

Linda~That is beautiful (i'm sure you showed us before & I just don't remember) *DOH* You are one talented lady to convert that. I would've stuck with plain & simple.

[busy-bee-lmt]

Tabby, that's just another thing I do. Jump in at the deep end of the pool. If somebody tells me that you start doing this with the easy stuff and gradually work your way up to the hard stuff, I might do one easy or medium project, but then it's on to the hard stuff right away. Go figure!

[Krystal16]

Hey, there's nothing like an advanced project to keep me in the game! If it gets to easy, I get bored!

[Skysmom]

Hi Ladies! DH just left for the airport and won't be back till Wednesday; the kids are at their new house waiting for the movers to unload...so here

I am with crochet time and I can't wait! I'll have to get this place back in order, but would rather crochet.

 

You all are so creative and I love to read about your projects. Krystal, your RWB ghan is beautiful.

 

Julie ~ If you're checking up on us, hope you're having a great time!

[Misa]

Mary - Grats on your gaining well deserved hook time Bah, he isn't coming home for a few days....you can clean closer to that time

[Skysmom]

Thanks, Cara! I am having fun crocheting this afternoon.

[Aussie]

Hi there Mary. have fun crocheting, its nice to have time to yourself to just hang around and do crocheting and watch tv or movies.

 

I have been busy with the crochet cake and havent done anymore on the casa and I really wanted to get more done. This cake has to be finished by this thursday for a lady at work who is retiring.

[Skysmom]

Wendy ~ Can we see the cake when you're finished? I bet it's really cute!

 

Cara ~ I have enough Bus ghan squares for 4 rows, I think. Now that you have put yours together, do you suggest rows or blocks? I know the rows are 19 squares, so am thinking it may be less bulky (and warm!) to do blocks.

[Misa]

Mary - I did mine in rows but boy howdy did I regret it in the afternoon So blocks just might be the better path And do the border early in the a.m. when it's cooler

[Skysmom]

Thank you, Cara! Of course it just dawned on me that if I do blocks, I don't have enough squares to put together yet. So, more squares it is!

[busy-bee-lmt]

Ooooooo, Wendy. A crochet cake. Makes me hungry for cake just thinking about it. You just have to take a picture of it and show us the end result. I looked at the pattern for one, but haven't ordered it yet.

[Misa]

Hurray!! The baby blanket is finally finished and I can deliver it on Monday Here it is

 

[Skysmom]

Cara ~ That is precious! What yarn did you use? The color is beautiful.

[Misa]

Mary - Thank you very much It's the RH Classic "Maize" that I order a while back. It's the same color as RHSS Pale Yellow though