Crafter's Challenge February 5th---11th, 2023
- Thread starter Lana
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Hi @Lana !!
I have those socks I need to finish off. I'm still working on the cat mat for Axl. I want to to to Hobby Lobby and get yarn in White and Gray for DNiece's blanket. This is the week, I believe, that yarn is 30% off. I started a journal page of Things I Want to Crochet!
I have those socks I need to finish off. I'm still working on the cat mat for Axl. I want to to to Hobby Lobby and get yarn in White and Gray for DNiece's blanket. This is the week, I believe, that yarn is 30% off. I started a journal page of Things I Want to Crochet!
This week:
()get baby card made
() quilt blocks
() sew edges of tea towel fabric purchased for cooking/baking purpose
() start on knitting tea towel for MIL—part of Mother’s Day gift
()pull out fabric, pattern etc for DGD Easter dress and a couple 18” doll clothing items(b-day)
()get February cards in the mail—need to also get a sorry for your loss in the mail.
()get baby card made
() quilt blocks
() sew edges of tea towel fabric purchased for cooking/baking purpose
() start on knitting tea towel for MIL—part of Mother’s Day gift
()pull out fabric, pattern etc for DGD Easter dress and a couple 18” doll clothing items(b-day)
()get February cards in the mail—need to also get a sorry for your loss in the mail.
We're on a trip, so I've been knitting in the car. Hope to finish the current shawl and start another one. I also brought some cross stitch. I did some in the car today. Hotel/motel rooms do not have good lighting. I did bring a light of my own but haven't used it yet.
Got all of February cards in the mail. Baby card made and in with the gift ready to give.
Also have gotten started on the tea towel for Mother’s Day.
Also have gotten started on the tea towel for Mother’s Day.
I love warm fuzzy socks and Axl is going to love his mat.
Ornaments are done except for the hangers. Will do those tomorrow and wrap them up.
Ornaments are done except for the hangers. Will do those tomorrow and wrap them up.
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The ornaments are outstanding. I especially like the family photos.
Thank you! I can’t wait to give my cousin hers for Christmas. She’s in the white dress. My favorite is the 2 of us with grandma.
Crochet fail ... but salvageable, I think. So, at yesterday's class, I was so close to finishing the scarf I've been working on off and on since Thanksgiving. It's for me, so nothing too extravagant, primarily back-loop double crochet. I'm down to the last 2 rows and notice something's not right. Rip out 3 rows, correct error and continue on. The instructor comments that my stitching has tightened up a lot since I started (I agree!), and in the last few minutes of class, I decide to count my stitches, since it seems a lot shorter than I'd expected. Started with chain 80, my next to last row, I count 43 stitches. I think I'll add a button and use it as a kind of neck warmer inside my jacket and call it good. Maybe I'll try another one over the summer and see if I can figure out where I went wrong.
Yeah, I have been there done that @Lori K . Sorry. I know it's a bummer, but I think your idea will be good! I keep stitch markers as I go along so I can keep the count correct. When I turn my work, I start counting again, like every 10 or 20 stitches and put a marker.
Myron's Mom ~ The ornaments are lovely! What memories they hold!
Jampss ~ What cozy-looking socks!
Lori ~ Sounds like a good save on the scarf. I do hardly any corcheting, but with the little I do, it seems like it would be easy to skip stitches and end up with fewer.
I finished the shawl but should have measured before binding off (in the car). I wish it were longer. Lesson learned.
I'm going to need to set up a CCS schedule for myself since I want to make some cards but also work on some personal projects as well as the woodland animal motifs for Valentin's monthly gifts (next year). Although they will be in Germany then, so I'm wondering what the postage will be.
Jampss ~ What cozy-looking socks!
Lori ~ Sounds like a good save on the scarf. I do hardly any corcheting, but with the little I do, it seems like it would be easy to skip stitches and end up with fewer.
I finished the shawl but should have measured before binding off (in the car). I wish it were longer. Lesson learned.
I'm going to need to set up a CCS schedule for myself since I want to make some cards but also work on some personal projects as well as the woodland animal motifs for Valentin's monthly gifts (next year). Although they will be in Germany then, so I'm wondering what the postage will be.
Lori, I never end up with the same amount of stitches. Sometimes I end up with too many lol. My grandma was excellent at crocheting. She made fine lace table cloths, I didn’t get that gene. She was able to crochet even after she lost her sight. Sounds like you figured out the perfect save for that scarf. Nobody needs to know you list a few stitches.
Excellent idea! Need to grab a packet of the small safety pin-type markers.