I started a new craft blog last year for the upcoming Craftic site. Since I find it redundant to post in 2 craft blogs, I’d like to invite you to check it out! The Craftic blog is filled with inspiration for your knitting, crochet, sewing, felting, and other projects. I try to focus more on the materials rather than the selected craft. So yes, photos of yarn, buttons, fabric, more yarn, beads and yes, more yarn :) Hope you visit!
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Granny Blanket
Last year, I decided to tackle 2 large craft projects – my first blanket and second sweater. Since I already showed a preview granny square, I thought I’d follow up with the blanket :)
These are the progress shots I took over the course of last summer. I can’t say how long it took to start and finish since I started making the circles around 6 years ago. Yes, that long ago! I made about a dozen and then 2 years ago, made the rest of the circles. It wasn’t until last year that I sat down, figured out the joining pattern, and got to work.
All in all, this was a great project to work on. I used cotton yarns – the circles are mostly Lily Elite except for the lime circles which are from random yarn I found in Argentina and the cream border is from a cone which I got on Etsy years ago but can’t seem to find any markings on it. So, lots of mystery yarn went into this project :)
Since it’s a cotton blanket, I mostly use it as a throw and sometimes as a lap blanket in the summer. If I were to make another blanket, I’d definitely go for wool or at least an acrylic/wool mix. If you’d like to give it a go, I highly recommend it. It’s a really beautiful pattern called Flowers in the Snow. Happy crocheting!
Beginnings of a Granny Blanket
More to come :)
Leafy Scarf
Ah, Spring is only a few weeks away. It’s hard to remember that since there’s an upcoming snow storm this weekend here in NYC! I’m looking back at some cheery projects I’ve worked on. This is based on the “Leaf Scarf” pattern on the Martha Stewart site. It’s a little tricky but I posted several in progress shots for future reference.
Pattern: Knitted neck scarf
What’re you working on?
Thing-a-Day: #1 & #2
I may be a bit late to the posting bit of this… I’ve been working on projects since the February 1st but have managed terribly to document this!
For Days 1 & 2, I decided to work on 3 smaller projects (of varying time effort):
– sewing on a missing button
– crochet last couple of rows on pocket scarf
– knit crown on red hat
[Free] Pattern: 3×3 Scarf
I recently “published” a pattern on Ravelry called Eton’s Scarf. It’s free of charge and uses a simple basketweave pattern.
Since then, I have modified the pattern to have a more defined “weave” look with a nice border. The original was a 2×2 basketweave w/ no borders. This is a 3×3 basketweave with a 3 stitch garter border.
It’s a classic pattern so it’s adaptable for guys and girls (a tip: use solid, darker colors for the dudes. you have a little more color freedom for girls).
Pattern:
Yarn: Classic by Ella Rae (100% wool yarn; worsted/10 ply; a cheaper alternative to Cascade 220)
Needles: Size 8
Dimensions of finished scarf: Appox 5′ long and 6″ wide.
Cast on 36 stitches. (You can make it narrower/shorter by using another number divisible by 6)
Rows 1-4: K36
Rows 5, 6, 7: K3, (K3, P3) 5x, K3
Rows 8, 9, 10: K3, (P3, K3) 5x, K3
Repeat these 6 rows til happy with length of scarf.
Last 4 rows: K36
You can find it on Ravelry under “Three by Three Scarf“