Day 3 – Temptation thy name is Leisure Arts
I received a purchase from eBay today – the 99 Floral Motifs book. There are so many beautiful squares in it that will adapt wonderfully to 12″ afghan squares for Heartmade Blessings. Look away! Back to the shawl. It’s now measuring a whole 4″ wide! Had some issues with tangled yarn tonight, but I wrestled […]
Day 2 of the Shawl Project
Phew! This sucker is going to take the full month I fear. Wee tiny yarn, plus an inability to concentrate on my part leads to much frogging! I had to rip out two entire rows. Normally this isn’t a problem, but when you consider that the foundation row had 354 chains and I’m using a […]
Mother-In-Law to the Rescue
My Daughter-In-Law asked me last night if I had a shawl she could borrow for a wedding. I didn’t have the right colour one, so I volunteered (as a really early Christmas present) to make her one. Then I found out it was for a formal wedding. In June. Less than a month away. In […]
Happy Mother’s Day
It’s difficult for me to include the word Happy in the title. For those who still have their mother, I’m glad, but a little jealous. I lost my mom in February 2003 to a sudden heart attack. I never got to say goodbye or tell her that I loved her, and that haunts me to […]
Back to Christmas Presents
Next week it’s officially May. That means only 8 months until Christmas. Normal people do not have a problem with this timeline. Those of us that handcraft gifts are already in a panic. I had originally started this afghan for someone in my family, but after the first square, decided the colours were wrong so […]