This has been a busy, crafty week for me. I got the snowflake afghan done and it turned out really pretty. The next big project I tackled was another afghan that’s been in the closet for a couple of years. This one is knitted and only has twenty blocks, but each block has many tails to weave in because of the way it was knitted.
This is going to take a while and it’s boring as heck. A word of warning: weave in the ends as you go and it won’t seem so overwhelming when the project is done! I need to listen to my own advise next time. Actually, my older sister would get after me for this, and I AM better than I used to be…… unfortunately not at the time I was knitting these afghan blocks. I don’t think I’m going to finish this one in time for the fair. It’s extremely boring and I’m finding myself shoving it toward the back of my projects to finish. Soooooo, I have this other knitted afghan
that IS finished already that will probably take the place of the log cabin one.
I’ve also started a doily. I’m working on the last round now. It’s not that hard, but the directions have been a real pain to understand. I’m not going to mention the book or the author because I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. Maybe I should, though, so you can avoid it. It’s got a copyright of 1989, so if you already have it, then I’m shooting a dead animal…and if you don’t have it, you probably couldn’t get it by now anyway. This is the first thing I’ve crocheted out of it, and the other doilies are really pretty, so I may try another one just to see if I find the directions for it a pain too. If I do, then this book will not be in my library for much longer. Needless to say, I’ve spent way too much time on this doily — crocheting and then frogging and crocheting and frogging some more. But I’m on the last round now, and by golly, I’m going to finish it!!
I’ve also been cross-stitching on a little angel that will be a Christmas tree ornament. I’ve been working on it at work on my lunch hour each day. This is also a UFO. I can’t remember when I started it, but I’ve carried it with me thinking I’d work on it at work and I wind up reading or visiting with fellow associates on my lunch hour. But this week, I’ve picked it up again and it’s going fairly fast.
It’s only 16 days till we take our projects to the fair for check-in. I still have seven projects (six, if I don’t use the log cabin afghan) to finish up… and three of those are almost done. I think I can…I think I can…I think I can! Back to the craft table! Have a great week!
