Adventures of a Stashaholic

I honestly think there were sparks coming off of my shawl tonight. I was determined to finish it today and I DID! Here’s the photo to prove it I had a month to do it in, and finished it in under a week! Cathy – I told you that you had no idea what I […]

Well, I’ve reached 7″ on the shawl. Similar to the seven year itch, I’m starting to gaze longingly at the other projects languising in my WIP pile. Soon little buddies, I’ll be back to you. In the meantime, here’s the status. It’s actually starting to look like a shawl and the rows seem to be […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]