What a Crazy Week! 28 June 2009

Well I’m finally back here doing what I should be doing…blogging! It’s been quite the crazy week filled with visits to the dentist, lawn mowing, a class at Yarn-Love, seeing my aunt from Phoenix and a yard sale! Phew!

I have to admit that one of the highlights of my week was taking the clapochet class over at Yarn-Love. I was lucky enough to get some one on one attention with my wonderful teacher, Veralynne, although I felt bad because there wasn’t much for her to teach me. So I got off to a great start and had finished about a third of my clapochet before I left that evening. I finally finished it last night and it’s absolutely gorgeous! I used Brown Sheep’s Lamb’s Pride yarn (an 85% wool, 15% mohair mix) in the colorway Strawberry Smoothie to make this project. Here’s a lovely photo of the finished product:

Our yard sale this weekend was also a huge success, although more for our junk than for my crocheted goodies. I knew going in that it was not necessarily the best venue for selling my wares, but I did manage to sell three bath scrubbies. I also may have future interest for other projects from two ladies that stopped by throughout the day. I think that interest alone made showcasing my goodies a huge success.

Also, I have recently joined Ravelry, a great knit and crochet community and you can find me over there under the username ChezShea. If you love everything knit and crochet, then this is certainly the place for you. I know I’m addicted!

Although it’s short, that’s about all I have for now. I leave you with some pictures of my current in progress projects. Until next time, happy crafting!

A super cute, almost finished amigurumi octopus. All I have left to do is stuff this little guy and he’s done!

The beginnings of a springy sweater tee. This is being worked from the bottom up.

Much Love for Yarn-Love! 10 June 2009

Hey all! I’m back from a great weekend full of fun at Hersheypark and crocheting! I stopped over at Yarn-Love in Hummelstown on Friday night and I had an absolute blast. I met a lot of wonderful women who love their craft and who share my passion for everything yarn based. I enjoyed seeing all of the knitters there and loved that they appreciated me as a crocheter. I think I was the only person actively crocheting while there, but I did talk to some ladies who crocheted in addition to knitting. All the knitting talk did get me thinking about dusting off the old needles and taking up knitting again. I think if I would refocus myself on the basics that I could make a lot of beautiful things.

I did get to start working on a cute amigurumi octopus while I was at the Yarn-Love stitch night. Unfortunately I don’t have pictures of it right now, but I’ll be sure to add one here once it is finished. One of the ladies saw me working on it and let me check out a great book called Amigurumi Knits that she had brought with her. It had so many cute patterns and I loved how something that was originally a crochet thing was so easily transposed into a knitting thing. I’ve had that book in my mind since Friday night and it’s another reason I’ve been thinking of picking up knitting again. So who knows, perhaps you’ll be able to read about my re-adventures in knitting here soon!

I’ve also finished up some of my dishcloth sets and without much further ado I will let you check them out in this wonderful picture (which is not so wonderful…I took it with my phone and the colors aren’t quite right…I’ll try to add a better one later!).

So for now it’s back to work on my amigurumi octopus. I hope to have pictures up this weekend. Until then, happy crafting!