Encouragement for Making Gifts, 2016 version ;)

[Tampa Doll]

Very nice blanket. 

 

When I use Variegated yarn, I look at the colors and decide which is the prominent one.  Then I usually go with one that is sort of hiding.  

[Charis]

Cute blanket.

 

Well done Holly on your sweater! You are very good to be able to do clothing! I tried fingerless gloves once and frogged it after I finished the first one! So Great Job!

 

Also, I. Forgot to mention it earlier but I love the mermaid tail! Those are so popular now! Cute cute! I guess I was overcome by how adorable Chewy was. Haha!

 

Judy! What a lovely blanket! I love the trim! I am the same with variegated. I love it but have a hard time using it up! I usually get it in cotton and then by the time I get to the border of whatever dishcloth I'm working on, I'm stumped! I think it works nicely as a border actually. I've had some things turn out nicely that way.

 

Only got 2 squares done before bed last night.

[judianne]

Mary Jo, that's an easy way to decide on a border color.It will make my next destashing project easier! ...I still have some other odd variegated yarn...lol!

[Tribble79]

Finished the main body of the mermaid blanket.

I will add a sea shell bra ( the recipient is a 22 yo young woman with a good sense of humor)

 

 

Love it! The shells look awesome as well.

 

 

Chewy is done. He did not turn out the way I thought he would. I should of used boa yarn, instead of fun fur. But Tampa Guy likes him and that is all that matters. Later I will get a picture of him.

Oh my, chewy is adorable! I love him.

 

Chewy is too cute!

 

I finished a sweater that hubby asked for. It still needs the buttons, but that's easy.

I finished a simple blanket last night. The yarn is an old batch of off brand acrylic and when I was looking through stash and figuring out what I could use up the green helped me decide. I always have a hard time deciding what to do with variegated ...though I'm always drawnto them!

This was made with Cindys Peek a Boo pattern and the picot border pattern from Carons one skien baby blanket.

The sweater looks great. Grey is one of my favorite colors to wear. I haven't tried any type of loathing yet.

 

Judianne, cute blanket the colors are gorgeous.

 

I crocheted myself a scrubbie that did not turn outo like it was supposed too luckily, it really doesn't matter what it looks like, lol. I am sure it will work perfectly. It was my first time using scrubby yarn.

 

Currently working on two cat orders and a weenie dog order. Should be finished tomorrow. I ran out of yarn for the dog and our local store doesn't have the correct color so will have to make a 30 min trip to wal mart tomorrow.

 

Then maybe I will crochet myself a dishcloth that I hope turns out better than my scrubbie!lol

[judianne]

Tribble, was the scrubby yarn hardto work with? I was wondering about the texture.

[Apak]

1. Shepherds, kings and sheep for my Nativity

2. Star wars toys for my brother   Yoda   Princess Leia   Stormtrooper

3. Shawls or wraps for my nieces

4. Ami - cat for my friend's daughter     

5. My daughter's hat

6. Hat for me!     

7. Snowflakes! Lot of snowflakes!

 

 

I'm proud to have three Star Wars characters done: Yoda, princess Leia and Stormtrooper. To be honest, that's not my favourite things to crochet - there are many tiny elements, changing yarn, making details. But I'm glad  I have started. I hope my brother will like them. My son wants some too… He asked for 4 stormtroopers and Vader. Well…. maybe someday….

 

So here is my Star Wars trio

 

 

I had to change stormtrooper's face, because my son said it looked like it had a moustache  I'm afraid he was right...

 

 

 

And I finished another version of angel hat for my daughter - this time it's just the girl so no delicate wings, no knitting in angel's hands. The hat and the puppet to wear and to play with.

 

 

 

 

[judianne]

Anna what great work!

[Bailey4]

Tribble, was the scrubby yarn hardto work with? I was wondering about the texture.

I found it to be a little rough on the hands.  It makes some pretty stuff though.

[Charis]

Wow! Great job Anna!!

[Tampa Doll]

Love the Star Wars figures.  I am hoping to make R2D2 and C3PO in the future.

 

The hat is just adorable Anna.

[Tampa Doll]

Thought you might like to know that I got an e-mail from my Granddaughter about the afghan.  This is what she said.

 

Thank you so much for the comfy afghan you made me and sent to me in the mail! I really appreciate it and I think it's very cute how you put the drama masks on it. I love it!

 

Love,

Sydney

 

So I guess we can say she liked it and from what I hear of the weather, she will need it.

[Bailey4]

Sounds like it was a hit!!!!

[Charis]

Yay! Another happy recipient of your wonderful work Mary Jo!

 

62/70 squares.

I'm so close to finishing the brown squares but I think my hands have had enough for one night. I really want to finish this color so I can start sewing them together.

 

By the way, a friend of mine says she joins her squares with a herringbone stitch, it came out really pretty, does anyone know it?

[ratdog]

Bought yarn yesterday for the first shark attack blanket.

Just need to get started.

[judianne]

Charis, I don't know that stitch....unless I've seen it by another name.

[Tampa Doll]

Never heard of that stitch.  Hope you can explain it to us when you find it.  Sounds interesting.

 

Can't wait to see the shark attack afghans.

 

I am still working on my Sock Monkey wobbie. 

[Charis]

I'll take a picture of it tonight and post.

[Gardener]

Wow you guys are really ambitious.  I am trying to finish one project at a time, but I don't know what the project is until I look at my yarn.   

I'm ambitious...just not so good on follow up. I had planned to make my oldest DD a cowl for her birthday last week. I can make one easily in a couple of evenings.....she got an IOU!

[ratdog]

OH No! I have lost my case of crochet hooks!

I had to put stuff away when my son had friends over to spend the night (camped out in the family room with dungeons and dragons and the ps3)

Now I cant find my crochet hooks! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!

[Charis]

Oh no! I'm sure they will turn up thoug, where you least expect it! Hope you find them soon!

[judianne]

That's why I hate cleaning up....I lose more things that way!

They'll turn up....

[greyhoundgrandma]

I'm ambitious...just not so good on follow up. I had planned to make my oldest DD a cowl for her birthday last week. I can make one easily in a couple of evenings.....she got an IOU!

I lose track of what I want/need to work on next. I'm considering a board of some kind so I can have a very visible list of what projects I have planned and am working on. I usually have too many things going at once and too many that I'd like to do to keep up with them in my head.

 

OH No! I have lost my case of crochet hooks!

I had to put stuff away when my son had friends over to spend the night (camped out in the family room with dungeons and dragons and the ps3)

Now I cant find my crochet hooks! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!

Oh dear, that's so frustrating. I hope you find them soon. Sometimes when I lose things I can retrace in my head where I went and where I put things. DH and I have gotten to the age that I think I spend half my time looking for things.

[judianne]

The ghan..

[Bailey4]

That is amazing!!!!

[Apak]

Oh my, th afghan is amazing!