Year of the Blanket

Welcome to year of the blanket, ladies and gent-

wait.

no men check this blog- Welcome LADIES!

I'm not thinking the chinese had this yarnage in mind for one of their years, but I'm making it an official one for me. Here's the rundown of what, when, who, why.

The how? Crochet, my dear friend. lots and lots of crochet.

Granny Square blanket:Completed for personal use. May- June 2011

Gray, Black, Blue & Cream

May -July 2011Created because... I had LOTS of yarn in these 3 colors.

Probably going to Kim, but it's not complete as of today...

Linda's therapy Blanket

Created for a dear friend who needs all the love we can give
Created BY the Roanoke Craft Club--Kelly, Johanna, Cate and me. woot!
February-May 2011

Virginia Education Association Art Auction Afghan

Created by Kelly, Cate and me

March-April, 2011

Debbie's birthday afghan
Created across 2 states by me and da Seester!
Feb-March 2011

And, the little creation which started it all ...

Elle's 2 year lap-ghan.

(You do know that the year 2 anniversary is cotton, I'm sure)

Created January -Feb 2011

If you do the math, it's about one per month and a week.
That's not too bad...
and that's a lot of yarn!

Plans for the future? If anything, Ive learned that saying out loud "This is a blanket" never works. I won't get it done in time. But, keeping everything very vague, WORKS.

Feathers!

Hi all. Been a while, I know. But, it's officially my summer now, so let's get crafting!

My final school responsibility has just ended, and Ive just returned from a rockin' teaching conference in Chicago. As I'm walking around the city, there are LOADS of feathers everywhere. Scarves (winter? who knew!), ears, necks, wrists... feathers were the thing. Thus, I'm all about trying my hand at them in jewelry.

This spring I made 2 prototypes for feather hair peices, but I was the only person who seemed to love them. Thus, they haven't gone into production. I'm hoping the earrings, etc, are gonna be popular.

The Kelly band

Ive got a good friend who is as addicted to crocheting as I am. She brain childed these lovely hair peices, now dubbed, "the kelly band" after her. Ive got 3 variations below. The middle is closest to her originial design.

Snappys!

The aunt of a friend gave me a pattern (ME? follow a pattern--puh-shaw!) and the final product is so adorable, Ive got a little crazy. Below are SNAPPYS! They are hand clutches, perfect for money, cellphone and any other little thingy you need.

The best part is the closure. It SNAPS. I'm not gonna give away the pattern's secret, but I'll tell you what, I'm sure you got the means to make this snappy closure sitting in your house, right now...

Random crafting, at its finest.

This little green graduation worm was made for my most dedicated crochet student, Cassandra. She got this on the 8th grade graduation day.

Johanna has a book of all these cool, sassy crochet patterns. Using a half hairbone (ODD stitch) this is my new dominoes bag, for all the chicken foot and muggins. (aka, muggles, but that's only me trying to be funny with an incorrect name).

The major success of Spring was this necklace. I wasn't trying new designs, just making something to jazz up my boring shirts (i don't love patterns on tops). Easy easy easy necklace with antique bronze filligree, hand made pearl necklace and 3 different flowers.

The VEA art quilt

Auction blanket

Roanoke Craft Club (which needs a better name) is making this for an auction...  more about this project later, but at least here you can see one square's measurement, the pattern, and the first two rows bound and whipped.

T-minus 3 days. We can do it ladies!