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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!!

Projects and Project Runway

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I’m in a project lull and a little bit of an end of summer funk. I don’t want to start major things until the Pigskin Party KAL starts next month and even then I don’t know what I want to plan besides some hats.

So I have grabbed my Super Scrappy Granny Stripe Blanket and I am working on this hibernating project. I am currently focusing on using up the teeny tiny scraps of yarn. Those that don’t even get across a full row. I want to finish out a ziplock of those scraps before opening any new mini skeins or the larger leftovers. And it’s pretty zen working the same stitch over and over and over again!

I have been listening to audio books and crocheting at night instead of TV or playing Switch games. These are the whims of mojo and I’m just following it.

Happy Crochet!!

Maybe It’s A Queen?

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I have been doing some cleaning in the basement and unearthed my Granny Stripe Blanket and wanted to see it all spread out.

This is a California King bed in our bonus room. It doesn’t quite stretch across the top but does go a decent length. I think that this would lay nicely across a Queen? For sure would hang over on a Full size bed.

I picked up some brighter colors on my Alaska trip and KITH 2026. I think this summer before the 2026 Pigskin Party KAL I will add a few more rows to this project!

Happy Crocheting!!

Knitting Nest

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After walking about 4 miles being a tourist in Nashville, my dogs were barking so I settled in for a cozy night in my dorm at SSK.

I admittedly WAY overpacked my crafting plans for SSK. I took my spinning wheel and like 5 projects and I still bought yarn there. For this night I pulled out my Super Scrappy Granny Stripe blanket. I binged some NCIS and added two rows before sleep overtook me.

And while shopping I added several new mini skeins to stash for this one. More on that later!

Happy Crochet

Newest Blanket Obsession

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This blanket has followed me everywhere lately. Many many golf lessons, some doctors visits, and a lot of TV binge sessions. The rows are long as this crazy lady chose to chain on 300 stiches for a bigger blanket than last time.

I have used up a TON of my smaller bits and bobs. I am trying for planned chaos where I let the colors flow but try not to let same colors touch. Hopefully by the time its finished it looks like a joyous riot of color.

I am going to need to start using some of my larger leftovers to break up some of the colors. And I think for the larger amounts I will just work one row and save the remainder for later in the blanket to help break up future colors.

Happy Crochet!!

Cast On: Super Scrappy Granny Stripe Blanket

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I still have a blanket itch leftover from Scrappy Cotton Blanket and Granny Stripe Advent Blanket. So I started a huge new granny stripe scrape blanket, lol.

I opened up my bag containing my Mitred Square Blanket and fished around for the TINY balls of leftover and the larger balls that I had already knit into the blanket. I then carefully chained on THREE HUNDRED stiches and started off.

I have been just pulling little bits and bobs and crocheting them into the blanket. No plan, just a general process of trying not to put the same colors next to each other. Eventually the chaos will grow and start to blend into multi colored glory.

Happy Crochet!!

Cottony Progress

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The Scrappy Cotton blanket is growing nicely. This is 1,000% faster than a fingering weight granny stripe blanket, lol.

I am not going to have to enough yarn for even a tiny baby blanket. So I am pivoting, this will be a fidget blanket for a coworker who likes to stick her fingers through the spaces to feel the fabric. All of this yarn is very soft cotton so it give a very nice sensation.

I’m down to the last skein of the green that I will add to balance out the “pattern” I made with the color blocking. When it’s done I will wash and block the crap out of it to see what the finished size is.

Happy Crochet!!

Knitting And Watching

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I have been having a TERRIBLE time balancing life and work during this financial audit season. It’s my second year as audit lead and we are onboarding a new auditor. There is just so much to do all the time. This means my insomnia has been rearing its head that last couple of weeks.

It’s nearly midnight and instead of tossing and turning in bed I am knitting and watching podcasts. Still plugging away on my mitred square blanket/memory blanket. It is very soothing. All this has taken my pulse rate down considerably already. I think I will do some easy stretches and drink some chamomile tea and try to get some restful sleep.

What do you all do for insomnia?

Blanket Update

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I decided to show my memory blanket in its full glory after starting my new square this week. I’ve been plodding along on this thing since 2016…..

I sent a photo of this project to my friend who recently started knitting. I had shared some of my hand knit socks with here and she spotted the squares that match her socks! I’m doing my best to convert her to a knitter with a capita K! So far its going swimmingly…..

Happy Knitting!