Injuries and Sunshine
By Susan | March 12, 2010
Boo! I sliced my right pointer finger on a poorly designed pen on Wednesday, so I haven’t done much crafting this week. The potholders have made no progress since the photos I posted on Tuesday, and I really wanted to have them completed prior to the weekend. Hopefully I can bust out some progress tonight and get them finished and washed in time to mail out next week.
In other news, it’s finally started to warm up around these parts this week. Wednesday night was so pleasant, I walked to the local mini-mart to buy some milk. What a beautiful night it was! I can’t wait until spring is here for good, and I can do this more often.
TGIF, and Happy Weekend, everyone!
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Potholder Progress
By Susan | March 9, 2010
As promised, here is a progress shot of the potholders that have been consuming all of my crafty time for the past few weeks:
For the pattern, click here.
These are two-sided, so this is four completed potholders, plus the front of the fifth (the green one still needs the back done, I’m about halfway through). Then I have to finish the loops, give them a soak, and they’ll be done! I’m shooting for this weekend to be absolutely 100% complete.
Each side takes about 2 hours or so. I know this because I did one complete side while watching a movie on Sunday afternoon, so there you go. You can’t really tell, but they’re about 9″ across, which is at the wide end of the preferred Potholder Swap guidelines.
I’m pretty pleased with them! I tried to vary up the five colors I had on hand, to account for various tastes of the potential recipients. But I definitely have a favorite. Care to guess which one?
And because the light was so nice yesterday afternoon, another photo for your viewing pleasure. I had to adjust the colors a bit, so the light blue isn’t exactly right, but it’s pretty close:
Happy Tuesday!
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Busy Busy Busy!
By Susan | March 5, 2010
Wow, is it Friday already? How did that happen?
I wish I had more to report! I’ve been crocheting like crazy on my potholders for the swap. I’ve completed 3 of the five, along with side #1 of potholder 4. Just one and half to go! I’m enjoying making these more than I thought I would, but I admit I’m hitting the crocheted potholder wall.
In other news, I’m keeping busy with other plans for crafty adventure. I think my motivation has a lot to do with the longer days. This winter really was tough, and the last few weeks have been super-cloudy and cold. It was amazing yesterday that by the time I got home from work, it was still so light outside:
I must be solar-powered, because I always manage to get more done on days when it’s sunny outside.
My plans for this weekend include more baking, and some more crocheting. Hopefully I’ll have some finished potholder photos to share on Monday.
Happy Friday, everyone!
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