Tuesday's Tally Time

                                                                                

Hello,
 How is everyone today? Time for Tuesday's Tallies. I love looking at all the projects in this group. Some have finished the first projects and are now on new ones. And some are working on huge projects that will take up to a year to complete. This was the first group I joined on Ravelry and I still love it. Time for some updates. Here is my granny ripple, I am calling this the Stylin' Ripple. I used Stylecraft. So I am a dork.

 Here is a closer shot, you can't really see the green on the one above.

Where did that foot come from. I am not the best photographer. I am really enjoying the Stylecraft yarn. I am going to order more next time I buy more yarn. I might get two packs next time. It is really soft and lighter than the worsted wt. I am so used to working with. I think I like it more.
 I mentioned in my last post that my daughter had gotten the flu and that all the linens in the house were messed up. Well, unfortunately, my beloved Grandala blanket was one of the things that was messed on. It was nasty and thankfully I used acryllic yarn. There was no way to clean the blanket without putting it in the washing machine. I have never had a problem washing acryllic blankets before, I have not made a granny blanket before this one either. Needless to say, a whole lot of it came unraveled. I want to cry. It took so long to sew this thing together. If I had known how to join as you go when I started it, I don't think this would have happened. Now I have a lot of mending to do. I was thinking of adding to the border anyway. I have a pillow that I am making with the leftover yarn and it is the same as the blanket, except bordered with dark purple. I will show it in tomorrow's post also. So after I mend it, I think I will go ahead and put the purple border on it.

There are holes like this throughout the blanket. A very valuable lesson learned. Weave the ends in with a much longer piece of yarn than you think you need. That will be my weekend project.  I am not sure if there is a link up for all the One-A-Day projects, but I am off to see what everyone else has been up to. Talk to you tomorrow.

Monday Makes

Hello,
 How was everyone's weekend? I didn't do much of anything. My little one had the flu, started Thursday evening. It was awful, one of those where you end up washing all the linens in the house by the time it has gone. So I left work early Friday to tend to her and ended up getting a lot of crochet time in this weekend. I never got the flu, but I didn't feel that great either. It was nice to sit with my snuggly daughter and make things.
 The first thing I made is a prototype of something I am making for the nursery where I work.

Autumn wants this one to hang in her room. Fine with me. You make 6 of these and turn it into a mobile. The magazine has patterns for 9 little animals that fit in the baskets. I haven't made any of them yet. The magazine is the February edition of Crochet World Magazine.  Their web site is Crochet-World.com
 Then, like thousands of other Lucy fans, I made this Happy Flower Decoration. The pattern is here. This was a lot of fun to make. I stuck to the pattern for most of it. I put my own flowers on the bottom though.

 Lucy posted this pattern and within hours these were popping up on Ravelry. I have to wonder what it feels like to have people rushing to make your patterns.
 I am almost finished with another blanket too. I know, I am a woman obsessed. I am bound and determined to use up the rest of the stash ( I was determined to use it up on the Happy Ripple, but still have some) I have around here. Then I can go yarn shopping again. Wait, I think I said I wasn't going to randomly buy yarn anymore, only for specified projects. Lol. Anyway, I will do the ta dah on Wednesday for that one. I will also post tomorrow for Tuesday's Tallies. I will talk to everyone first thing tomorrow.