So Close And So Very Far

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I am getting ready to put the Super Scrappy Granny Stripe Blanket into hibernation. But I also wanted to see it’s progress. So I plopped the whole thing on the queen bed in the basement.

It looks so very close when viewed from this angle. But I want it to cover the whole bed so the top can be folded down. It’s easily as tall as me now, I’m 5’7″.

But when you look at this part, I easily have another 15-20 inches left to crochet. Which is very doable especially if I sneak a row in here or there during the winter and my KAL. Of course, I could blow off the KAL and just go ahead and finish this. We will see where my whims take me….

Happy Crochet!!

Hand Sewing

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I’m trying to trick my brain into doing tasks I have been avoiding. Usually by promising myself a reward or by putting the task somewhere I can see it and it will annoy me. Today’s was to hand sew the pile of things that had been collecting my dresser.

First up, was sewing a label into my latest sweater finish. This was my Bibliophile 2 and my very last tag from my Etsy order from back in 2011/2012. I have different tags now and I will kind of miss these old ones!

Next up was reattaching the button to my strawberry pajama set. It popped off after it’s latest wash. I must admit that I am rusty at buttons. I forgot to leave some room under the button so the fabric has somewhere to lay. So this button fits rather snuggly.

Alas, it’s functional so I am gathering that I will not redo it. Happy Mending!!

Kirby Wirby Sock Club – September

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Turns out that past Rachelle signed up for the KirbyWirby sock club, lol.

This lovely skein showed up in my mailbox and it was a great surprise and delight. She is calling this one “Fade into Fall” and its 75% superwash merino and 25% nylon. A nice sturdy sock yarn. And as this is a 3-month club, I will get two more skeins yet this year!

Happy Stashing!!

Family Time

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Here I go again, sneaking in a few rows on my Super Scrappy Granny Stripe Blanket.

A few stolen moments with Jellybean (who is taller than me now, btw) on the couch before bed. He had completed his school “must do” list and we both a few minutes before screen time ended. So I crocheted and he watched Minecraft videos.

Not a bad evening at all. Happy Crocheting!!

Cast On: 2019 Cozy Knitter Advent Socks

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I have my first cast on for the 2026 Pigskin Party KAL. These are some self striping socks from the Cozy Knitter. I am still working on the backlog of previous advent calendars. This newest pair is the 2019 colorway.

I used the contrast color (white) to cast on the toes and then after some school events and sitting at sports practices….I have several rows of color added! This is my “recipe” for my own toe up vanilla sock with an afterthought heel. It’s 68 stitches on US 1 needles. And I’ll work the afterthought heel with some added depth for my high instep.

Happy KAL and Happy Knitting!!

Blankets In Hotel Rooms

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The Super Scrappy Granny Stripe Blanket has grown a lot this summer. Turns out two solid months of focused work can really lend itself to progress.

Jellybean and I took some trips this summer and so I could take advantage of the hotel bed to “measure” my progress. Turns out this random cast on that I made is turning out to be a queen sized throw!

It can hang nicely over the sides and I’m just working on length now. I would say, based on eyeballing this, that I am roughly 2/3 done. I will need to put this down when the 2026 Pigskin Party KAL starts. WIPs are not allowed in that competition. I have several other projects planned but it does feel a little melancholy to put this down after so much progress.

I may still sneak a few rows in on this here and there…. Happy Crocheting!!

Helpless For Books

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The heat of summer and back to school busyness has tampered my crafting. I am pretty much only working on my Super Scrappy Granny Stripe Blanket. But my book consumption has gone WAY up.

My current book mojo is definitely detective fiction. I have been binging Anthony Horowitz (Magpie Murders and Hawthorn & Horowitz series), Robert Thorogood (Marlow Murder Club series, and Richard Osman (Thursday Murder Club series). Very British and very Sherlock Holmes-esque.

I had a coupon from the local Summer Reading Challenge so I wandered into the bookstore close my work and picked up some new detective and mystery novels. I have mostly been consuming audio books but I like collecting physical books and switching between pages and audio on my books.

But today, I just needed a pick me up. And some books a nice coffee really did the trick! Happy Reading!!

Same Room, New Layout

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The Scrappy Granny Blanket is my solo obsession lately. And it’s been spurned by a new living room layout.

Our 10 year old sofa and loveseat had become threadbare and the foot rest cords were breaking. Well worn and well loved but superbly annoying.

So now new seating has been sorted and the old are on their way to college rental unit in the next state over. Duke is mad that he can’t stand on the foot rests without getting dumped off. But I am happy that this fabric collects less dog hair and that there are more cupholders.

We shall see if I can find the motivation to work on anything else but this crochet blanket. Happy Crochet!!

All The Little Pieces

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I did it! I finished the entire ziplock bag of all the tiny yarn scraps! My Super Scrappy Granny Stripe Blanket is now about 5 rows longer.

My next phase is to move on to the next bag of scrap yarn in the next size up. I will continue on with sorta randomly selecting colors and knitting across a full row in a single color. Any leftover from this then I will start adding to the recently emptied ziplock bag of scraps. And then when I get a wild hair, I can go back and finish the tiny scraps again.

I will likely keep working on this project this month until the next KAL starts and when I can’t count WIPs. I really should get off my butt and plan for that….

Happy Crochet!!

Finished: 2018 Advent Socks

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The 2018 Advent Socks are done and dusted!

Pattern: My own 68 stitch toe up vanilla sock “recipe”

Yarn: The Cozy Knitter 2018 Advent Stripe skein and The Cozy Knitter Bliss Sock white mini skein

Needles: US 1s

I used about 15 grams of the white contrast for the toes and heels. While I used exactly half of the advent skein. The Cozy Knitter sends hers with two full repeats of the 24 color design. So I can get two pairs of socks out of these skeins for my US 9 womens shoe size. I did mess up one sock slightly as the heel and toe are just slightly off alignment. But that doesn’t affect their wearability so I’m rocking it.

I do have the remainder of the skein to do something with. I think I will move on to the 2019 skein and save all the second halves. And then I will take all the seconds and send off to be cranked into sock snakes. Then I can batch create the second pair of each color.

Seems simple right? Happy Knitting!!