Pretty sure I came home from my conference with either attendee germs or airplane germs. I feel like poop. I have a ton of everything to work on but I decided to come back to my lingering granny stripe scrap blanket.
I have added much since I last picked it up. But perhaps my method of resting with warm tea and Duke snuggles I can add length to this. Happy Crochet and stay healthy!!
I had the itch to clear out some more scraps the other day. It’s getting a little more interesting to dig through my bag of leftovers and find cohesive coordination. I mulled my options and went with yellows, oranges and reds.
I am working the Musselburgh style pattern though I am not bothering with stitch counts or gauge. This hat will be what it will be and it will fit someone. I always dislike the tiny cast on and messing with so many needles in a small area but it always works.
I did use my darning needle to close up the cast on hole while it was this little. I hope future Rachelle thanks me! Happy Knitting!!
My second Frankenstein Hat has reached the point where it is falling off my needles. I cruised through two more brown scraps and nearly reached the total length.
I am just now attaching the final green color. I didn’t weigh my cast on like I should have to know how many grams I need for the cast off. So I am embarking on yarn chicken. Worst case, its worsted and I rip back and redo. Or it could work out great and I will have a finished hat!
Happy Knitting!!
My scrap bag wouldn’t close again so I decided to start a second Frankenstein Hat. I culled my leftovers and found a nice fall color scheme.
I decided to start with the orange color since it was the boldest color in the bunch and I will work through the browns and end with the green. Why….it sounds good to my brain.
Happy Knitting!!
I have been so concentrated on my new cast ons that I almost forgot to share my recent FOs! First up is the Musselburgh in Blues!
Pattern: Musselburgh by Ysolda Teague
Needle: US 8s
Yarn: Six different worsted weight scraps (Rav Link)
The first “half” of the hat looks certainly more purposeful and color blocked than that last half. I used up 6 bits of worsted weight scraps to finish this hat. It weighs 98 grams and came out to 209 yards total.
The hat isn’t for everyone but the double layer is cozy and I feel quite accomplished by using up every last bit of this wonderful yarn!
Happy Knitting!!
Time for a scrappy granny stripe blanket update. Especially after I got all those warm minis to add to the project!
The blanket is impressively big now. I can still travel with it, but just barely. The riot of color is starting to look cohesive and almost on purpose. I do try to be mindful in my selections as I change colors.
For this latest round, I let PB pick and of course she picked teal. She came with me to the marketplace and helped choose some of the colors. She wore my conference badge and talked to the sales ladies, she was loving every minute of it. So another memory woven into this project!
Happy Crochet!
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!!
I gave into my cast on urge and started another crochet blanket project. And this one goes WAY faster than fingering weight, lol.
I had a random assortment of Lion Brand Nature’s Choice organic cotton from my early crafting days. It is an Aran weight 100% cotton that is VERY soft. I am just winging it with this project. I pulled out a size K hook and whacked a bunch of stitches in a chain and started granny striping.
I do have a general plan on how I want to color block the yarn. I don’t want to change yarns a bunch so there will be big chunks, little chunks and colors starting mid row. But I have a plan to make it progress somewhat logically.
It will feel really nice to get this out of my stash! Happy Crochet!!
It’s definitely getting colder here in Kansas. I decided to pull out my scrappy memory blanket to work on in between my 2022 Advent Socks. Since the daily stripe on my socks doesn’t take much time I thought this was a perfect companion project.
Based on the project keeper, I have added roughly 16 blocks to this since this past April. The bonus factor is that this keeps my lap quite warm while I am working on it. This piece is large enough to cover me from toes to shoulders. And the multi-colored stained glass look is really making my knitting soul fulfilled!
Happy Knitting!!
My memory blanket has seen some knitting time this early. I treated myself to a professional pedicure and then snuggled up under my WIP while watching podcasts. It was an all too short self care session but every little bit helps.
If my schedule and daylight cooperates, I will try to get outside and take some pictures of the full blanket in natural light. My mom commented when she saw it that it looks like the Technicolor Dreamcoat from the musical, lol.
Happy Knitting!!
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