Well, week two has whipped around pretty quickly and I am back on Sunday update again! A few weeks ago I was on a bit of a lull with my crochet, unsure which direction to take and uninspired by my current projects. Joining the Year of Projects blog-along was the good prod that I needed to get going again. A good crocheting friend (she is both a good friend and a good crocheter!!) refers to losing her crojo (her crocheting mojo) and I definitely feel like I have mine back. Mind, before you get too comfortable thinking you are in for a few hours worth of photos and wonderful prose, I will bring you back down to earth with a bump and say despite finding my aforementioned crojo, I've done very little ;-)
I came home from a lovely day out on Thursday, to discover that the postman had brought my granny stripe yarn. This was fantastic, however, as I was going out that evening, I was unable to do anything. The anticipation during Friday was just about bearable and once the kids were in bed, out came the parcel.
Granny striping at random turned out to be quite scary, I did the first two colours and instantly regretted my choices. I wouldn't say I am a great planner, I tend to plough on in and hope for the best and I was beginning to think this was not the way to go. After much angst, I was pretty sure random was a bad idea, but by the time I got to colour seven, I was beginning to go with the flow a bit more. I have so far completed 12 of the 17 colours (Lucy Attic 24 Stylecraft pack) and feel that it is balancing out a bit better. I am really enjoying it as it so simple and very quick...........the fact I am feeding my blanket addiction can not be overlooked either!
Sticking with the granny theme, I have also started a cushion out of some Wendy cotton. I love working in cotton as I like to see the definition in the stitch. The back of the cushion is completed but I have yet to sew the ends in. The front I want to make out of small squares using the same four colours.
What I would like to do, but haven't tried yet, is to do another round but offset it, so it will be like a diamond within a square.....does that make sense? I also think I will do a join-as-you-go method to work all the little squares together.
So really, not a lot to show, but I feel like I am back with the crocheting world!! I was reading
gingerbread girl's blog yesterday and was really caught up with her idea of a 'one-a-day' blanket. I know I have a million and one things I want to do, but then could one innocent little block a day hurt? And there would be another blanket at the end of it...............
