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With the heat in the high 90's and the humidity at an all time high I had to stop working on my scrap-ghan. But before I put it away for cooler temps I thought I should show off the progress.

There was enough scraps to do about 2 and 1/2 skeins. Once that was done I moved on to full skeins. So far I have used 6 1/2 full skeins. With no end in sight. I will keep working until it hits the right length.

That won't be until Autumn sets back in... LOL! Good thing I got two huge skeins of cotton yarn by Bernat.... At least I won't have idle hands... I can still knit wash clothes!

Yart

Flamboyant Afghan

I decided that I didn't want to talk about the camping trip just yet... Instead I wanted to share something that made me happy!

This is the newest creation of mine.... I found the pattern in "The Woman's Day Book of Granny Squares and Other Carry-Along Crochet". Copyrighted 1975. This is one of the books Grim bought me for my birthday. I only need to make 99 of these squares total... So it will be awhile before I get to show off more of my mad skills... LOL!

Yart

Hello!

Anybody still here…. LOL! I can’t believe that we are almost through April and this is my first post of the month. I have just been so busy doing absolutely nothing that I haven’t had time to post. You all know what I mean.

I finished the pillow…. I just love the way it turned out. Most of the border around the flowers is just a double crochet. The pillow ended up on a 24x24 pillow form.

 

The leaning tower of coasters is now finished…. I know I made way to many…. Guess a giveaway might be in order?!?

My poor Tulips are all but done. That’s alright because I am going to plant them. Then I will have them next year. I actually have 2 bags of bulbs that I didn’t have time to plant in the fall that are going to hit the ground running this Spring.

We still haven’t finished the trunk yet…. We have all the wood just not the time. I was able to spend some quality time with the inside of the trailer. One of the benches is out and the staples holding the front wall are all out. Just need to take out the other bench so I can replace the front wall and the wall at the door.

Of course I am still doing the household stuff like making bread. I am kind of happy that the weather can’t make up its mind. I like the smell of bread baking and right now I have bean and ham soup on the stove cooking down.

Yart

Household Update

Things have been busy here. Like I said we got back from the college visit. Who would have thought that we would be on the beach in March and loving it.

I love the surf coming in… But it was way to cold to swim. It was lovely to look at.

Doesn’t this rock have the cutest face. I left it there for someone else to find.

I have been working on a couple new projects. You know it can’t all be fun in the sun….. LOL!

These are from the yarn I had leftover from the rainbow afghan. This use of the yarn looks way different then the afghan.

This is what they look like with the square around them.

I love how they stand up like flower petals.

Once they are sewn together they will make a pillow for the camper.

Last night I couldn’t stand it anymore. I got started with this years seeds. There are roma, brandywine, red cherry, yellow cherry, rainbow cherry tomatoes. Then I did spinach, swiss chard, pumpkins, radishes and tomitillo’s. As soon as they sprout I will take the lids off. I am hoping that I get a good germination. Half will be going over to my mom’s. I am hoping to get a better crop over there this year.

Yart

Transformation

I was able to get the afghan done!

It ended up about 6 feet long. It is folded in half in the pictures. I love the thing so much. Funny how I started making it before I had the trailer and honestly it doesn’t match a thing in the house. How things work some times.

I even was able to put together a coaster. Not sure if I like it or not.

I think that it’s the second row that’s throwing it off for me. It is a variegated and it really doesn’t change, except for the yellow. I will try again without the variegated and see how that looks.

We got a ton done of the trailer over the weekend. On one of the most high holy days in this house we worked. Even had to have Teenage monster make the corned beef and cabbage. ( She did a fine job, even if I say so myself. ) The entry door needed to be rebuilt.

As you can see from this picture the frame was broken. This is just one of 3 breaks.

Of course we had company during this renovation and I forgot to take pictures of the new insides of the door. But it was pretty and clean…. new wood and white Styrofoam.

This is a scrap sketch page of ideas for the trailer. I had to do something while Grim took care of the door.

We already started on the trunk and the trunk door. Those pictures will come in the next few days.

Yart

Since I’ve been gone

I have been busy doing a ton of stuff. I even have pictures. But first let me tell you that my uncle is doing quite a bit better. Thank the Gods for that. Next I am doing great now that, the nasty tooth is gone. I have an appointment today with my GP. I need her to refer me out for my foot and I have a lump/bump inside my nose that I want to have looked at. *update* The GP took x-rays and said I have a heel spur…. so big she wanted to show me the x-ray. As soon as I figure out how to take a picture of the thing I will post to show you. So now I am officially known as chicken foot… LOL! Bakaaaaaa!

I have been working like crazy on wash clothes. They are made from 100% cotton. They will be used in the bathroom…. And the cheap, crappy wash clothes will be moved over to rags. I bought 8 ~ 2oz skeins of sugar n’ cream, that should be enough to make 12. I have 5 done so far.

I made two jar hats… LOL! They are the cutest things. I have one in the fridge on the sourdough and the other one is on the kefir on the counter. I didn’t have enough scraps to do this so I had to go and buy more… darn! This is actually only the second pattern I have learned on my own. Thank the Gods for you tube!If you want the pattern it can be found here at Le monde de Sucrette

I wanted to switch over more store bought items to homemade so I started with makeup remover. And of course who needs cotton balls when you can go to the thrift store and get to flannel baby blankets and make your own reusable wipes. That’s just what I did. I can’t say that I came up with this myself…. I got the idea from “One Good Thing from Jillee”

Here are pictures of the curtains that I made! I had this material in my stash for a couple years with the intention of making these just never got around to doing it. I am really happy with the way they turned out.

I have even learned how to do a ripple stitch in crochet. This is great since I know have all this yarn to use up that I bought for the jar hats. Here is my attempt. This pattern can be found at Le monde de Sucrette also. I am making it big enough to be afghan size. The two oldest monsters both have put in their request for new ripple blankets…I told them they had to wait to see if I could manage to get this one done…. Considering that I am starting a new afghan the beginning of March.

That’s about it for now… I need to get back the rest of the projects before Spring shows up and I don’t want to be in the house any more.

Yart