Magdalena is making
Thursday 2 October 2014
Another level
Thursday 25 September 2014
Getting ready for Yarndale
I waited so long and now it is just a few days away: Yarndale. I am so excited!
Preparing myself for long hours of yarn fiesta I bought myself a travel mug and to make it worth this adventure I made a little sleeve.
Now the obvious downside of knitting or crocheting rainbows is there are always minimum 14 ends to weave in.
Sunday 21 September 2014
Nearly there
All joined and a little border of half trebles added. Now the gruesome task of weaving in all these ends...
Monday 25 August 2014
Going strong
Well, finally I feel I am getting somewhere with this blanket.
I finished all white rounds and found a perfect basket when the squares wait for the final grey round.
The finished ones found a cosy spot on the bookshelf and wait patiently to be joined.
And I have already joined six of twelve planned rows :)
I love when my crafting is so organized!
Monday 18 August 2014
Making slow progress
I am working on a blanket for my youngest. I have no idea why this one is going so slowly, I was making solid granny squares before and it was a breeze, and that was a big blanket. This one only has 96 squares and it is aaaageees since I started.
Maybe it is because I keep counting the squares and sorting different stages, moving them from piles to boxes and back...
So, I think I am going to challenge myself to finish it in the next two weeks. And I will post photos of this blanket finished here, on Monday, 1st September.
Ha!
Saturday 26 July 2014
Nearly finished
These blissful moments when the blanket is nearly done, all the ends are sewn in and you just have to make the last round of half trebles.
The extra bonus today is finding out that my hook fits right in the yarn ball making a lovely nest for my little owl :)
Tuesday 17 June 2014
Crazy nine patch
So, first you choose your fabrics and I have a very colourful one with letters, black and white with numbers and matching fabrics with dots and simple patterns.
I have made six big nine-patch blocks, black on white dots always in the middle, numbers and letters in the corners.
When they are laid out you can see that this is not the best design...
Every block was cut into four. See how number and letter fabrics are not cut, but the black dots are cut into small squares - this is exactly what I wanted.
And then came turning, shuffling, turning and shuffling again and again until I was happy with the layout. And I tell you, it was FUN.
I love how the quilt top looks, now I just need to buy wadding (shame, it refuses to just grow in my stash...), and quilt it. Bright orange thread, me thinks :D