Showing posts with label blanket. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blanket. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Graphing

Many of us want to learn how to make a graph so we can create those amazing afghans that feature Kittens, Elmo and much more. While there are tons of sites online that easily create cross stitch graphs or knit graphs. So last night I took a swing at creating my own graph.
And boy did it take a LONG time to figure out. Not that it was hard once I got the hang of it. Here is one item I did finish last night. A name graph

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Not sure if I will ever make my own graph-ghans but now that I know how to make them, watch out Fair Isle!
 
For the Graphing tutorial go here: How To Graph

This week I joined a few link parties: Too Cute Tuesday,Hookin on Humpday,

Keep Calm Craft On {crafting on}, Party Bunch, Snappy FANtastic Friday

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Cold and Chilly

The last few days we have been sick, the changing temperature for warm to hot with three Littles isn't a fun experience. The middle Little is still sick, spending her time sleeping, and snuggled under blanket after blanket wanting nothing more than sandwiches, cranberry sauce and milk. I guess that's a good combo?  She does ask me every so often to make her something and enjoys, when awake, to look over Ravelry and Pinterest, pointing out the things she likes, things she finds 'coot', yummy or watching Dinosaur Train - by far a favorite of all three.

During these periods of wakefulness she also helps pick out colors for the 2014 Mood Blanket Crochet Along.

As she picks the colors from a bag of scrap yarn, I crochet them together using the Sunken Treasure Baby Blanket pattern by Kristin Omdahl, by the end of the year, maybe even sooner (maybe a birthday present for my little girl? ) it will be finished, no longer a baby blanket.

Along with this CAL I am also doing the weather blanket - this one has taken backseat to the mood blanket, those little medallions are so much fun to crochet!

 
While only six days finished, and not joined yet it this is a blanket for my oldest who ask all the time for something to snuggle up to, a blanket of his own as he watched me knit his little brothers blanket the last two months. He is a green lover, like his mama, but with such little green and more yellows and white than I can shake a stick at we will see where it takes us.