Crochet Blogs... I Stalk...I Mean, Adore...

I find myself stalking, I mean, browsing these blogs for ideas... 

Most of these blogs I have found from links on Pinterest

Crochet with Raymond

Crocheting the Day Away

Lost in Stash

Cozy Things

Little Tin Bird

Bunny Mummy

Bunte Nadel use Google Translate

Spud and Chloe

Inspiration comes from so many avenues... Color, texture, emotion, events, individuals... This post is just a little tribute to those who inspire my creativity...

On another note, my lovely new cousin Sarah, 

(yes new because be married my pain the @%& cousin Ryan bless her heart for loving him...) 

has created a wonderful blog Blissful Bucket List herself. One of her post is Flaunt it Friday where you can show off your hand made projects! 

I did and so can you!

Rub-A-Dub...

I needed a break from the big BYU afghan project... so, I made some more dish cloths... 

I absolutely love working with cotton yarn... It is so soft, and the colors are so bright and fun!

I love making these little gems up because they are finished so fast... 

and, they always come out different one from another...

I have big plans for the bright tri-colored ones... We have a wedding to attend this weekend and I already have an awesome gift! Woo hoo!

Much to my husband's dismay...

I started another project!


To all my friends on Facebook, it isn't a surprise that my husband laments my new found love affair with the crochet hook. Simply said, I think he would rather I devote all my attention in his direction... So, I thought I might convert him to crocheting by deliberately making something that would appeal to his love affair with BYU! I know it is shameless, but I just couldn't resist... 

It is hard to tell by the picture, but  this is a project with hexagons... in BYU blue... After joining my last project, I learned that I can join using the same method as I go. Once I get the third round finished I can just join it with the navy blue yarn onto the afghan... This method works up really quick and I am enjoying the simplicity of working the same hexagon after working with so many different combinations in my last project... 

I finished it!

I did it! I finished this huge afghan... Here are the completed pictures...

This blanket is huge... It covers my California King bed...

This is it folded in half and draped over our chair...

Here it is on the floor at the office...

I learned a lot about crocheting and granny squares in general...

First, I learned how to correctly change colors... 

Second, I learned how important it is to secure the squares with a couple of slip stitched when finishing them off... 

Third, I learned how to join squares into a completed blanket...

Most importantly, I learned how addicting it is working with granny squares and that there are countless possibilities... 

Sneak Peak...

The edge of my afghan is almost complete!!! Yes, I am so excited that I cannot wait to post pictures of it... 

I am on the last color... The gray will finish out the afghan's edge once then again with the Picot stitch... I am so happy with how this  blanket turned out. It is so snuggly and warm. 

I am amazed at how big this afghan is... We have a California King bed and the blanket actually covers almost the entire top, even falling over the side a few inches... I cannot wait to make more of these awesome Granny Square Afghans for all around the house... 

My New Dish Cloth...

I know, I know... you really don't want to see my new dish cloth...but I had to share since I learned a new style of granny square... I watched a little tutorial on You Tube by the Crochet Geek... It was fantastically easy to follow and I cannot wait to watch more of her awesome little videos... 


So... Big Reveal... Drum Roll Please...

I know the picture stinks... I will try and get a better one soon!

I really am addicted to crocheting... My mother brought me a huge stash of yarn and I am itching to make all sorts of new projects with it... My favorite is this thin wool yarn in natural colors... I think it might become some kind of scarf or shawl in an African flower motif... Well, maybe... I don't know... You will have to wait and see...

The Picot Stitch...

I learned a new stitch! Wonder of all wonders... The Picot stitch is so fun and easy to use to add boarders... I worked this cotton wash cloth up fairly quickly in light blue cotton and then added the edging in a fun orangy-red color. I simply love this wash cloth... Not sure if I want to use it, it is so pretty...

I made this cute wash cloth the other day and added the Picot stitch around the edge and it just makes it look complete... I think I will finish off my afghan with this cute stitch along the edge...


This stitch is so simple all you do is single crochet around your project and then single crochet, chain three and insert the hook into the first chain... then single crochet into the next space, and then begin again... (I know that might not make complete sense to beginners and for that I apologize!).

I Started...

I started joining my afghan last night! 

I actually started joining it about a week ago with the method Debi suggested in the comments below. After adding the row of single crochet around just one square I set it aside and just could n't get into it... I love the style, but the thought of going around all 50 squares with a layer of single crochet stopped me in my tracks...


Then Saturday, as I sat working on yet another project, my husband asked me when I was going to finish "all those squares." I defended myself by saying I was overwhelmed with the method I chose and he looked at me as if I was talking jibberish... 


This conversation made me realize that I certainly didn't have to join my afghan the way I had planned and set me into motion. Last night, I  YouTube'd how to join granny squares and found this other method...I only watched the second video and was on my way... and before bed I had my first row stitched together... this morning I added four more squares before heading to work... 


I am so excited! I might actually get this thing done after all!

Doily Love...

My plant...on my cool new Doily...

I figured out the flat circle...and I made my first doily. It was super fun and extremely quick to crochet. It is now perched under my plant at work. I used some left over thread yard from another project. I sure wish I had some in a bright pink or lime green... I would make another in a heartbeat... (My co-workers are jealous!)