i got my longest row done and get to start building up the other side
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march 19
dreaming of summer
while looking for crochet hooks at michaels’ today i spied these cute metal chairs in the spring decor section. since they were buy one get one free i figured we should snag a couple. with the sale they were only $9 each, quite a bargain, since they are pretty much a perfect size for my minifees and i think, my littlefees, though i haven’t shown the chairs to the ltf’s yet.
there is still snow on the ground, but they have meg dreaming of summer!
crocheted amigurumi bear
once again this year i decided to try crocheting a teddy bear for my girls using lace weight thread. i started with a bunch of patterns, used bits and pieces from each and did a lot of improvising
For a yarn that normally felts if you look at it wrong, this was surprisingly hard to felt. I tried several sessions of wetting then tumbling inn hottest dryer with lots of balls/towels to agitate, then spent 1/2hour+ wetting and rubbing till my thumbs were raw just to achieve a slightly fuzzy look. Moral of the story to keep mal lace from felting badly, crochet with a small hook!
he also came out a lot bigger than i had planned. i was hoping for a 3 inch bear when i started, but quickly realized he was going to be at least twice that size. i like him anyway, but he’s def too big for my girls to play with
feb 28
not the end of a row, but here are the first two months done
feb 24
another row done, i’m running out of interesting things to say about this project..
monumental
i needed to take pictures of a monument in my hometown for the esk yarnathon but i don’t live in a town, and i didn’t want to post where i actually live, so i am starting a series of pictures within driving distance instead.
in all these pictures meg is wearing a hat made from esk yarn last year, a cowl made this year and a jacket made from one of my first orders made back in 2010…
here are the first three…
milk river ab
commemorates the fact that many dinosaur fossils were found in this area, digs are still going on
vulcan ab no explanation needed i trust? this is my dh’s home town!
this is a stagecoach marking the site of the only stagecoach robbery in alberta history
feb 14
the rows are getting longer and now take over a week
meg’s new cowl
i made a new cowl for meg and i love how this one came out. it was kind of a pain to knit, linen stitch on 1.5mm needles (i was using the wrong length for most of it too) but in the end it was worth it. i like this one so much i want to order more yarn and size it up for me!
i’m not sure she was super impressed with me for not clearing the snow off the stump before i had her sit down though
feb 5
got to use some of my colder temps this row