WIP Stage 4

As you can see I am on the final round!!! I even was able to find my square stretcher! I am very happy about that. Because that means that I have 50% of the squares done and stretched. Today I will work on finishing the rest of them. So hopefully, I can get it done before this weekend.

Yart

One to Step 3 ~ WIP

I was finally able to complete all of stage 2!!! YEAH! The funny part is I told you last time that this stage was very hard for me... Well, I think I figured out why? I did the wrong stitch. I did a cross between a puff and popcorn stitch... And that's not what it called for. That's why it so tight and seemed to take forever to do. Go figure, I guess that's what happens when I think I know what to do and didn't double check to make sure I was doing the right thing. So now this is no longer the Sunburst... It's a modified Sunburst, or Sunburst-esk.

Even though I am only showing you the first one finished at stage 3 I am almost done with that stage also. Sorry I just haven't had time to get on here and post the pictures. I know its silly I take all these photos with the grand intentions of doing all this blogging and I just can't find the time. 

I love these colors they are going to make a very happy blanket when its all done. I can't wait to get this stage done so I can get the white on there and join all these squares. I still don't know if I'm going to do 4 x 10 or 5 x 8. I think that I will enter it into the fair next year.

 Speaking of the fair. It was suppose to start on Monday. I guess it did as for the judging of animals and such. Grim and I found time to get out there with the monsters and see what I won if I won anything. Well, wouldn't you know it they didn't have all the entries out for display yet?!? The woman told me that she might be all done by 7pm and if not she would be done the following day. This was at 2 in the afternoon. Girm told me I needed to get on a committee and get them people crackin'. That every thing should be done for opening day. So needless to say I'm really disappointed. I wasn't able to get back out there to see my afghan hanging, to hear what passerby's might be saying. I will be going on Sunday to pick it up and will know then the results.

Yart

WIP ~ SunBurst

I really should be working on the scrap-ghan, since the weather has turn fall like. But it was put away in favor of warmer temps. LOL! Well played Mother Nature, well played! Any who.... I did need to get back to working on this loverly WIP. For some reason all these little puffs make me want to pull my hair out. Not sure why.

But yesterday, I got back to it and got the last of the purple centers done and got 6 of the pink centers finished. As you can see I still have all those blue to do... :(

I'm hoping that the next round will go smoother.

And when I'm doing something, at least one of the monsters wants to come and play. So as you can see the toddlers (the game Mouthy was playing) were attacking my feet. LOL! KIDS!

I'm hoping to get the pink centers all done today. Maybe even get 1 or 2 of the blue done!

Yart

P.S.

I turned in the Flamboyant Afghan to the county fair people on Saturday! Keeping fingers crossed for a ribbon!!!!

Newest Addition

This is the newest addition to the family! Its a yarn eater! I so love these, I can create something new out of scraps laying around. I am using the moss stitch to make a queen sized afghan. The yarn is what what left from the flamboyant afghan I did over the summer.... (Which still needs the ends tied in). The best part is I don't have to think.... After all the counting stitches for Christmas presents its nice to do mindless work.... Bonus its so easy! I will show more pictures as I get more done.

After the ordeals of the past two months, I think things are finally starting to settle down. Christmas is almost done, minor things left to do. Grim will be getting his surgery scheduled, hopefully, for sometime in January. Both of the older girls are settling in to the new routine of having nice boyfriends.... Band is done and Bowling is in full swing! School is out on Friday so I get two weeks to just veg! I'm so looking forward to that.... I actually won't get to veg to much as I think I will teaching a canning class here at the house. A friend wants to learn and I have two freezers bursting at the seams. I think some jams will be on the menu! Strawberry, peach and blueberry! I also have a big bag of dried black beans that need to be canned for convenience. LOL, it never seems to end does it. Oh, well... I guess I better enjoy these days before summer comes back again and I find myself with no time.

Yart

WIP Flambouyant Afghan

Its done....with the exception of sewing in the ends!

I'm happy that I did a piece work afghan this summer. I was able to keep productive but didn't sweat my butt off.

Yart

WIP ~ Flamboyant Afghan

There are 32 finished squares, 18 almost done and 50 centers. By the time this is done it will be 100 squares total. Not sure how big it will be but each square is almost 8 inches….Ok…. Lets do the math….. 10 x 8 = 80 inches x 80 inches = 6ft 8inches x 6ft 8inches…. I guess that should be big enough for wherever it ends up…. See I have no place in mind for this…. I just wanted to see if I could do the pattern…. LOL! I even had to go and buy more colors because it was going to use more then I had…. That’s why the half done squares are different color… They will blend in when its all done.

Yart