Hello, My Name Is Kashi And I am A Yarnaholic

Hello,
 I promised everyone the stash post. Moving has made me face the fact that I am not doing as well as I had thought about not buying anymore yarn until I have used what I have. I know I don't have as much yarn as some of you out there, but I really do have too much. I need to finish my WIPs and find ways to use up what I have. I had seven boxes of yarn when I unpacked it last night. I also have several baskets full, several bags full and quite a few projects with lots of yarn attached. Here we go.

This drawer is just the beginning.

This is my dk that is not Stylecraft. I am partial to Stylecraft.There is enough here for at least three baby sweaters.

This is from a sweater that I never made for myself. I have been using it in many different projects. I had 9 balls of it to start with.

Fun fur. Really?

The purple yarns were for a hat and scarf I haven't made. The pink pom pom yarn was for a poodle I haven't made. The thread crochet angel has not been made (I have had that for 10 years). The cabinet has some brown and green bulky yarn leftover from a gift blanket, red and green worsted wt. from Christmas, and worsted wt. cotton. I use the cotton all the time. Then the shiny yarn is dk cotton that I love, the above photo is more dk cotton that I really love.

There is lots more cotton in here. I love cotton for bags, totes, decorations and toys. I don't feel guilty about the cottons, I use them all the time.

Sock yarn.

Stylecraft leftover from my Stylin Ripple.

Stylecraft that didn't go in the ripple.

Both baskets are for sweaters. Top for a baby that was born yesterday and bottom for me.

Granny Love.

The rest of the yarn for Granny Love. We are almost finished. I fear that only my most devoted followers are still with me. Lol.

This one is my own design and pattern. I need to finish it, but it takes a lot of concentration. I am writing the pattern as I go. That was all in the living room. The basement has some in it too.

I can't show close-ups of these, they are going to be gifts. There are also three more baskets full of WIPs that are also gifts. Then there are the two boxes I donated to the local Goodwill Store. I realized I had a problem when it took two car loads to get all of my yarn to our new house. That is my stash. I vow to not buy anymore yarn until all of my current projects are done. This is going to be very difficult, but I have enough to last me for a really long time and enough for many projects that I may want to start in the future. I hope everyone has been having a nice week. I must get back to unpacking. :)

Tuesday's Tallies

 

Hello,
 Time for Tuesday's Tallies. I have 41 squares all made and joined together. I have been working on this for 21 days. Not too bad when you consider I have moved house in the last week. Here are my photos for the week.

 Sorry, but I am not showing more than the floor of our new house until it is finished. Lol. Here are some closer shots of the squares.

I have been sewing the ends in as I go, except when I join with the cream. I finish a row and then go back and sew in. I am using the join as you go method and it is nice and quick.

 Here is the last photo for today.

I have 2 rows of 20 squares done and one for the third row. There will be 18 rows of 20 squares to make one big blanket for our bed. I got the inspiration from my friend, Tracy. She was my Christmas Swap partner with the We Love Lucy group. We became good friends and continue to talk all the time. She saw a blanket here and wanted to make one. Tracy doesn't have a blog though. Maybe she will share hers on Ravelry. I am loving this blanket though.
 Thank goodness for Ravelry. I love that site. Gingerbread Girl started the One-A-Day group there and she has a link party every Tuesday. Go check out her blog to see what everyone else is working on.
 That is it for me for today. Moving has made me assess my stash situation. I will share tomorrow.

Year Of Projects List Update and Progress

 How is everyone this week? We have finished moving everything out of the old place and are now in the middle of unpacking. I kind of like this part. The worst part, when we actually moved our things over here, was Monday. It was over 100 degrees. The whole week has been over 100. Today it is finally down to 88. Still hot, but nothing like it has been. During the unpacking I found a couple of more WIP's that I am adding to my list for the Year of Projects. Here is the revised list:
1. Sidewalk Shawl
2. Japanese Flower Scarf
3. Multi-Stitch Blanket
4. Mom's Blanket
5. Granny Love Blanket
6. My Cardigan- photo below
7. Amiga Cowl
8. Sock Yarn Motif Scarf-photo below
9. Sock yarn slippers
10. One completed knit item

I had packed my projects so I went ahead and started my cardigan. It is called a Ribbon Yarn Jacket. I am using really soft worsted wt. yarn that I just happened to have enough for. I love the stitch.

I also found this project that I had been working on when I needed something small to carry with me.

This is theSock Yarn Motif Scarf. It is a third of the way to being done.

The motif is from this book by Edie Eckman. I love this book.
 I have also started on the Sidewalk Shawl, but don't have photos yet. I will post photos of the Granny Love Blanket on Tuesday's Tallies. I would like to say that I won't add anything to the list until I have finished everything, but we will see.
Go check out everyone's lists for the Second Year of Projects. I will talk to everyone on Tuesday. :)

Year of Projects

Hello everyone,


 I want to join in on the Year of Projects. I mostly crochet, but it looks like I can join anyway. Almost everyone in the group are knitters.
The projects I want to make this year are:
The Sidewalk Shawl http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sidewalk-shawl
Tincture of Spring Purse http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tincture-of-spring-purse
A cardigan for myself. The pattern is not here on Ravelry, but I will post as I go.
My Granny Love blanket. 360 squares. I have 40 done. I started it two weeks ago.
This blanket for my Mom. Don't click on this link Mom.   http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/80208AD.html?noImages
My Japanese Flower Scarf. I have 12 flowers done. I need around 45 I think.

I want to finish the blanket that I have been designing as I go. I have been working on it since last September and it has been in hibernation since the holidays.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/kashig/multi-stitch-blanket. This is supposed to be a gift too. I think that is a good start. Like some of my bloggy friends, I really want to finish up the things I have started before I make a list of new things. Oh, there is one more thing I would like add. I want to start and finish at least one knitted item. I think that will be my main goal. I like knitting, I just haven't gotten as good at it as I am at crochet. I love the versatility of being able to do both. I will really try to post before next weekend. We are turning off all electronics in the morning in order to take them to our new house and cable comes to (hopefully) hook us back up on Tuesday. Talk to everyone soon. :)

Stylin' Ripple Ta Dah!

Hello everyone,
 I finally bordered the Stylin' Ripple. I finished the body of the blanket about a month ago and couldn't decide what kind of border I wanted. I have to admit that I was also distracted by several other projects and the fact that we are moving. Carole is back with One-A-Day and that has gotten me focused again. I love that group. Here is the big reveal.

There is something seriously wrong with my camera and I will contact Kodak later. I have only had it 6 months. There are strange lines running through the photos. I hope everyone can see past that. Back to the blanket. I ended up going with a simple border. SC around on the first row. On the outer edge I did SC on the sides.

I used SC for the top and bottom with picot stitches on the peaks.

This blanket was made with Stylecraft yarn. I got the yarn at the end of November and waited months for just the perfect blanket. I am proud of this blanket. I came up with the design and pattern on my own. I went back and forth on color placement and ended up only using some of the colors from the Attic24 pack that Deramores offers. I had to order more yarn to match the colors for the second half. I now have a huge stash of Stylecraft in greens and yellows and some blues. Don't worry I will come up with something for that. I was also really happy and surprised that the pillow I made for the family room in our new home, matches the blanket very nicely.

That pillow is 3' by 4'. You can imagine how big the blanket is. Our couch is over 7 ' long. I think the blanket is about 6 1/2' long and over 5' wide. My tape measures are all packed.  We are starting our move tomorrow and our computers and televisions will all be shut down for a couple of days. Cable is coming on Tuesday to hook us back up. I don't think I will be posting for the rest of the week. Maybe Wednesday. Last time they hooked us up they came for the appointment and had to come back at a later time with different equipment. Hopefully we will be back online by Tuesday night, but you can't count on the cable companies. I hope everyone has a great week. I am super excited to get moved and will post photos as soon as we get a little settled in. I have made progress on my Granny Love blanket too, I will save that for when I am able to do another Tuesday's Tallies post. Talk to everyone soon. :)

Tuesday's Tallies-Granny Love

 

 

Hello,

 Tuesday again! These squares are saving my sanity right now. We move on Sunday and Monday and right now we are living in utter chaos. Almost over. Every night, before I go to bed, I sit down for a few minutes to wind down from packing. I usually crochet during this time. Here are my results for the week.

There are 20 squares and really nowhere to take a photo. Lol. What a mess.

There will be 360 squares when finished. As I have been packing I have pulled all the worsted wt. yarn I have. It will all go in this blanket, except for browns and blacks.

I measured this on my bed and there will be 18 strips of 20 squares.

One strip down, 17 to go. This blanket will replace the Grandala blanket, I love all the colors together. The only yarn I have purchased for this is the cream for joining. I am using an H hook and joining as I go. With that method it is going a lot faster than the Grandala blanket did. That one took 6 months. I don't think this will take as long. I hope for it to be ready by the time we get cool weather.
 Carole has set up a link for everyone who is participating in One-A-Day. Go check out her blog and see what everyone is working on. Talk to you all soon. :)

Crochet Bowl and Bag Patterns

Hello,
 I hope everyone is having a great start to the week. I am ready for our big move this coming weekend. Can't wait actually. Here are the patterns for the bowl and little bag. The first one is for the bag. It was super easy. The yarn was dk wt. and I used a 4m hook.

To begin I chained 38. Starting in second ch from hook sc (US) across. 37 sts.
Round 1: ch 1, hdc in next 37 sc, working into the bottom of base, hdc into the bottom of the 37 sc, sl st to first dc: 74 hdc.
Continue in this way until you have 18 rounds, or as tall as you want the bag. When I got to the top I fastened off and wove the ends in to the inside of the bag. If you want to line the bag then cut a pc. of fabric about 1/2 in. wider and longer than the bag. Making a 1/2 in. seam  on three sides. You will then have a little bag to fit into the crochet bag. My finished pc. was 8 inches. I bought a 9 inch zipper and hand sewed it to the lining first, making sure that the inside of the lining was the pretty part.

Then put the lining with the zipper in the bag and hand sew the crochet bag to the edge of the zipper. If your bag, lining and zipper are all the same color you don't have to worry about making perfect stitches. I went around twice so that it would be really strong.

 If you have any questions about this one leave me a comment and I will do my best to help. Hope this little pattern makes sense.
 The bowl was even easier, it has no lining. Lol.

For the bowl I used dk wt. yarn and a 4m hook.
To start make a sliding ring.
Round 1: ch 1, 6 sc in ring, sl st to first sc. (6 sts.)
Round 2: ch 1, 2 sc in each sc around, sl st to first sc. (12 sts.)
Round 3: ch 1, sc in first sc, 2 sc in next sc, sl st to first sc. (18 sts.)
Continue in this way, increasing by 6 sts. in ea. round until you have 18 rounds and 108 sts.
EXAMPLE Round 4 st. pattern is sc in first sc, sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc. (24 sts.)
Round 18 would be sc in first 16 sts, 2 sc in next sc. (108 sts)
For the next round sc in back loops only (this makes a little edge for the bowl.
Round 20: sc in ea. st. around. (108 sts.)
Continue in this way until you get to 35 rows.
To finish I then sl. st. around and then wove in the end into the inside of the bowl.
Again, if you have any questions let me know. I know I am not the best pattern writer.
I hope you enjoy these patterns, I had fun making these little things. I will talk to everyone tomorrow for Tuesday's Tallies.