Been Busy

Last evening of my vacation...

I really don't feel like going back to work tomorrow...

I have been busy the last few days. I have finished the shopping bag sack. Now I need to find the right colour of cotton paint so it will fit in my kitchen. I have seen the colour I like in the store, but they only had the large containers to put in the machine and I don't think it will be very wise to put this one small item on it's own in the machine. I am not in any hurry so I will keep my eyes open for the small packages. I have also been doing a lot of hairpin lace. Working on the last strip. Or at least, at the moment I think it is the last strip. Not sure yet. I have enough yarn to make a few more strips but it probably is wide enough by now. It sure is long!! (710 loops). I finished the Moebius, but it turned out it is the first attempt. That's what you get when you're not working with a pattern...It is way to small. I have already cast on a second attempt (with the second ball of yarn I had). I made it much wider, and it will also be longer. When I have finished this ball I will have the new moebius cannabilize on the other.

I couldn't help myself, hd to visit my parents this week and they live close to a great yarn shop and I needed some yarn to finisch a vest I am making so I had to go there...And bought more. This will be for a very large granny square blanket. I am using the willow square block from the Jan Eaton book, and I calculated I need at least 165 squares. I am working on the first 30 here. I decided to do 10 of each colouring at a time and crochet by color. Already this is getting a bit boring, but I guess I will have to go through it to get what I really want.

Have to get some sleep now, tomorrow will be very early...

Almost Done

Yeah.. The mini granny square blanket is almost done....Only need to weave in the ends and to make it flat. I know I should have blocked, but I didn't feel like it. I will probably just flatten it with my steamer. Makes it softer to. The leftovers are going into this ripple. Everytime I finish something and there is not enough to do something else with it, I just add it to the ripple. Guess that will be a very weird ripple in the end as I have a lot of different yarns.

I found some crochet cotton. Only one skein and it is discoloured. It has been lying around for ages, been moved 4 times. I will have to find a nice colour to dye it. I decided to crochet a bag to hide the plastic shopping bags in. I actually probably want 2 of them, one in the kitchen and one in the car. When the one in the car is empty I can change them, but then I will have to buy some cotton so that will have to wait.

I also found some of this red structured yarn. I recently bought a hairpin lace thing an I want to try to make a nice shawl with this red stuf. Have tried a little to do the hairpin thing, bu it is not going as I like it yet. Needs more practice...

The Moebius is going a little slow. Haven't done much crocheting and knitting for a while so need to watch for hand injuries. The moebius gives me cramps again. I guess that's because it is on circular needles, I don't think it is the movement...

I will just do a bit every night and the it will grow until it is big enough.

I will also need to do some more sewing soon...Fortunately I have 2 weeks of from work!!! So I can spend a lot of time on these things (well..have to do some DIY in the house, the goal is to have the house done before I have to go back to work...)

Of to the shop to buy some food...Girl's gotta eat...

Progress is seen!!

I have finished the green round for the flowers!
Now, I will need to weave in the ends before I do the white round. I am planning to join them while crocheting the white round. Never done that before, but it should work. I have some green left to do a very small border when they are all put together, and then a lot of white to make a nice border around that. Friday the book I ordered, 200 Crochet Blocks from Jan Eaton, arrived and I found a nice border for this mini blanket in there.

The mobius is growing too. At first it was very hard to knit, but as it grows it gets more relaxing. The first few centimeters my left hand got very cramped, not anymore. It is now about 15 cm and I am not yet sure

on how long I have to continue to get a nice length. I was thinking about the length of my upper arms, and maybe a little more than that. I don't think it will work if I make it much longer.

I am still thinking about what to do with the lilac hexagons. I found some black of the same acrylic wool, maybe I can combine them...
Well...I am of to go weave in ends, and do the white borders.