Back from our trip

I wasn't able to get as much crocheting done in the car, but I'm almost finished with my rainbow blanket.

I don't know what I was thinking when I packed for our trip to West Virginia. Up on the top of the mountain was much cooler than I expected. At least we had a couple of sweatshirts and long sleeved shirts for nighttime.

Here's a picture from one of our site-seeing excursions - Blackwater Falls.

Very pretty scenery in Canaan Valley. I wish I took my camera out more to get some photos of the mountains. The kids loved hanging out with all of their cousins. I had a lot of fun too, but it's always nice to come home.

Onward to finish some projects and start some new...

Multi-tasking

I've been working away on my rainbow afghan, and when I need to take a break from it, I do a few squares for the daisy on blue blanket. This one will be slightly different than the pink daisy blanket.

I'm going to have a ton of weaving in to do, but we will be road tripping to the mountains of WV in the near future, so I will have some time in the car to lock in those little, pesky tails.

Over the rainbow

I have an overflowing basket of end-of-skein yarns that have been sitting around for too long, and now that I have some extra time, I've begun work on a scrappy rainbow-flower baby blanket. It's nice to use up these scraps, and I really like how cheery and colorful it is coming along.

Photo tutorial of how to create the daisy

To beg - chain (ch) 5 and join to form a circle

Round 1: ch 2, 11 double crochet (dc) into ring

Round 2: change to new color with a slip st in any space between dc; ch2, * 3 treble (tc) in same space; remove crochet hook and insert it into the top of the first tc; hook and pull last tc through first loop - petal made - ch2 * and repeat * to *. make 11 more petals in this fashion

Slip st into first petal and finish off.

Sorry I didn't include the steps and photos side-by-side, but I thought by including some photos, you could at least have a gauge for how it should look! Good luck!

You can see photos of my finished blanket here.

To see how to add rounds go here.

New pink flower blanket

I seem to have a love affair with pink, and since the daisy blanket was so well received, I'm doing a new version in pink for a little baby girl.

I'll try to work up a tutorial for this flower in the next day or two, so stop back.

It's always a treat to finish a project

I finished the little blue cabled hat yesterday. It's a small hat for a baby, but I always get a sweet sense of satisfaction when I finish a project - no matter how big or small. It was especially important that I complete this one as it was my first knitted piece I've done in quite some time - over a year or so!

I wanted to brush up on cables specifically because my sister has hinted about a cabled blanket for her daughter Lorelei. I'm envisioning big cables in pink! I'll let you know how it goes...

Dusting off the old knitting needles

I came across a sweet, little cabled hat pattern awhile ago, but was so obsessed with my crochet hook, that any knitting projects went by the wayside. I pulled some light blue yarn for my baby daisy afghan, but instead, started working on the hat...

It's nice to put one project down for a bit, and switch it up with another - AS LONG AS, they all get done! I hope you have a wonderful week!