WIP's Crochet and Knit

First let me say look past any yarn that you see hanging on, out of my wip's (works in progress) of which I have way to many, that is why I am listing them out, so I have a visual to see, and so I can make a plan on working on these wip's to get them to the complete F.O. (Finished Object)  I have a very bad habit of leaving weaving of my ends till I finish a project.  Which can be very overwhelming when you are complete only to look at all the ends to be put under.



Okay here I go, above is a granny rectangle that I started, after I came across a pattern.

Granny squares, two color, joined in white, I think it was going to be either a cushion cover or my footstool cover.  I still need both!!!

 Again more granny squares, probably after I had found instructions about how to put a border on joined granny squares that stayed flat instead of rippling.  This could be cushion cover or even a small blanket.

This would have to be for a cushion cover, as I don't have much more of that varigated purple, and purple is my favorite color.

This is a chair cover for my kitchen chair.  It is plastic and it makes me sweat and in the winter it is cold.  Still using a beach towel to sit on, and when my husband sits in my chair I have to pick up said towel from the floor and put it back on my chair.

I had an idea that I would like an afghan of this type square done all in white, as you see I have two done so far, this was started in the beginning of 2011.

Here is a shawl I am making for my mom.  I was going to use a flower hexagon, but somehow decided on this star instead.

Here is a round ripple that I started I don't remember when.  I did complete one as a baby blanket.

Here is a more recent wip, just started Wednesday for the Wool Eater CAL by Sarah London.  It took me Wed, Thur, Fri to complete the 6 round for the CAL for this week.  Above is the front (right side), and below is the back (wrong side).  I've already had some people think the back is the front.

Below is a granny ripple, that I added one triangle to, I'll take that out, want to put a row of granny squares there instead.

Below my attempt at the Japanese Flower Blog Explosion, due to seeing Lucy (Attic 24) Shawl , then from Suz's Place came the idea to fill in the gaps.  I hope I can remember what I did because it fit in there so nicely.

This was laziness, I was bagging up all my wip's and I bagged this one up and forgot to take a picture first, and I still had more pictures to take, and had already taken quite a few at that point.  I folded it in half and in half again for it to fit in the bag.  The date on the bag is just the date I attempted organization of wip's.

Don't remember what I was making out of this, but here are some lovely hexagons.

This is going to be an owl pillow cover, my mom likes owls, and this is the crochet version, there is also a knit version.

Below is a panel for a on the go afghan, after complete it rolls up and has handles for carrying it.  Stopped working on it when I ran out of one color, will have to find another yarn that works with it, or redo in a color that I have enough of to make the afghan. 

This is a scarf that started because I had this yarn in my room and I wanted to see how it was to knit with.  So I cast on stitches and just started knitting, also just grabbed some handy knitting needles.

Below is my first attempt at Lucy's Granny Stripe.



Here is another very current WIP, this is a belated Christmas gift for a male family friend.  I believe he will appreciate this.

I still have more works in progress to add, have to get some more pictures uploaded...I'll try to post part two on Monday.

Hugs, and a Happy Weekend to All!!!

René

Happy Thanksgiving

Just a quick post to share with you what I made for my Grandma for Thanksgiving

Here is the link to the turkey coaster/ornament

I owe several posts, received items, and a pay it forward post, also have several items to show that I have made.

Hugs,
René

Finally, a F.O. (Finished Object) Crochet

 Hello,

I finally have a finished crochet project to share.  This is a wheelchair wrap that I made for a friend's friend.

It is such a nice pattern to work with.  Then I made the flowers.  The one on the right is from Bunny Mummy's website, she links to where she found the pattern.  The other one I made a flower shape (the largest first, then made one a little smaller and stitched it on, then made one more smaller one and also stitched that one.  Today I found the buttons to put on the front of the flowers.

 

I went searching for what edging I could use, ended up back at Bunny Mummy's and used her v-stitch edging.  It went perfectly with the wrap because at each point in the wrap there is a v-stitch.



Here is the back of the wrap.  I was trying to show the pattern in the wrap.  It has open holes all along the bottom and also up the side, but it wasn't very easy to show in the pictures, and it was very sunny outside when I took these pictures.

I tried folding the wrap too, this might be the picture where you can see the holes in the pattern the best.

Here are close-ups of the two flowers and the backs.  I did not use the same yarn to make the flowers that I used on the wrap, but I believe they coordinate very well, I didn't know how well until in these pictures the flowers blend in so to the wrap, especially the backs.  Again I went searching about how I was going to put the pin backs on, looking for different options, seemed I remember seeing somewhere where the pin back where it gets sewn didn't show or was covered up after, but I couldn't find that way.  Again Bunny Mummy and Attic24 had examples of pins they made and showed the backs (thank you ladies) so that is how I finished my pins, and I am very happy with the way they turned out.

I need to turn my crafting attention to making crochet items for a bazaar in November, and hats and scarves for the homeless, and any gift making I am doing.  So I hope to have many more f.o to share soon.  I will return to my WIP's in January, and see what I can turn into more f.o's!!!!!

Hugs to all,

René

small crochet tada

I finished a small project.  Too bad it wasn't one that I had already started.  I started this on Monday and finished it yesterday.

Done in fall colors, followed Jacquie's hexagon tutorial part one and part two (which is wonderful)

To make a small pillow, wouldn't mind making a bigger pillow, I really like this pattern.

Ta-Da, finally one finished project, hopefully more to come soon!!!

Hugs,
René

Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Plus Knit/Crochet/Paper Craft

Here are some pictures of my grandma's pepper plant.  All these stages were taken on the same day on one plant.  These are some kind of long sweet pepper, they turn red, orange, or yellow.

 Here are her two tomato plants, I can't believe how tall they are.  It is hard to show because there is a evergreen tree behind them.

 Here are some that were just picked this morning, YUM!!!

 Fresh cucumbers from somebody else's garden, made into cucucmber salad by Grandma.

 My Dad and Grandma went Peach Picking--YAY (Peaches are one of my favorite fresh fruits)  This one grew together, makes an interesting picture.

 

Here was one of the Fresh picked peaches cut up, Fresh Picked Blueberries (a gift of two huge zip bags full) Yummy and a necterine (that was not picked fresh--store bought)

Still working on my projects, had to try out something with this wool.

 Crocheted using the above wool

 Here is my knitting project, this is what I learned to knit on.  It is  Lion Brand Shawl of Gratitude pattern.  I have now completed almost 2 skeins of Softee Chunky yarn--it is grey and white twist.

 It is a little over half way done.  This is my carry with me pattern because I don't need to look at the pattern, you do one pattern on the first row and then you do one stitch across the second row and keep repeating.

 Lastly I needed a creative way to present $7.50 as a prize (Bee Theme) So I made two flowers by folding one dollar bills.  Four dollars on the first flower, 3 dollars on the second flower, the two quaters are crocheted into the yellow center of each flower.  Then I put both flowers in a vase.  And to enhance the bee theme I crocheted a yellow and black granny square and sewed it around the neck of the vase.  I wish I took pictures of that but I didn't.