WIP Wednesday ~ 1/17/2024

 

I thought I'd do a weekly post listing my current crafty works-in-progress (WIP).

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As of the moment, I have a Valentine Bear started that I'm not sure if I'm going to finish or not...  I'm so disenchanted with it that I didn't even bother to take a picture!

Other than that, my only WIP is a Think Pink Prayer Shawl for my Etsy shop.  I'm almost halfway finished with it at this point and would really like to complete it this week as I didn't even touch it last week.  The pattern is based on Attic 24's cozy stripe blanket that I've modified.

I have been creating all week and finished quite a few items but you'll have to come back for Finish Friday to see what I've completed  :)

What are you working on?  How many WIPs do you currently have?

Colletta 





Work In Progress ~ Cheers! ~ 1/11/20

 



 

I decided to jump into some crochet alongs but I didn't want to go out and buy new yarn (well not really that I didn't want to but that I SHOULDN'T buy new yarn :).  I'm using up some skeins leftover from various projects so this will be a "Scrappy CAL".

 

 

The first (January Main) block of Ravelry's BAMCAL 2020 is called "Cheers!" and was designed by Polly Plum who is a marvelous pattern writer!  The pattern says that it is "Advanced" and I had no problem whatsoever following along.

Do you like the pop of red?  I'm not quite sure about it but the hubby said he likes it. 

 

I'm going to add a round of white to every block and crochet them together with the red (probably) to tie them all together.  Here it is finished off:

 

Well, finished off except for tying in all those ends.  I'll get around to it sometime :)

 

The block turned out to be 12.5" before the border rounds.  Polly Plum created a new stitch that she called the Treble W Stitch (Tr-W) which is tr, ch1, tr, ch1, tr.  It was fun to learn :)

 

I was pleased with how it turned out! 

 

Are you participating in any crochet alongs (CALs)?  What are you working on?

Colletta





Work In Progress ~ 12/7/19

 



 

Time to start a new project!  This will be Winter 2020 Project #1 :)

 

Once again, I'm using RH Ombre but this time in Anemone, Anthracite and Deep Teal.  I am loving these colors together!

 

I'm crocheting granny squares using Anemone and Deep Teal and bordering them with the Anthracite.  I decided to do a granny square afghan because they are very relaxing and I can crochet away while watching TV without the concentration needed when crocheting from a pattern.

I do have to deal with all those pesky ends that need to be tied in though :)

The good thing with doing solid squares is that there aren't TOO many ends.  I do love a little pile of cut ends, don't you?  hehe

I also love when the blocks are nice and tied off in a pile.  Even better is when they are crocheted together into rows!  Two rows down, 5 more to go!

I've decided that I'm going to be gifting this afghan to Shawn's Mom, Linda.  Shawn is Kaylee's boyfriend of going on 5 years now!  (Wow, the time has flown!)  Linda has heart problems for being such a young woman.  As I'm crocheting this blanket, I will be praying for Linda.  She is such a sweet lady and has raised an amazing young man.

I think I'll just be calling this afghan "Linda's Prayer Blanket".   She doesn't know that I'm making it so I hope she likes the colors!

What are you working on?

Colletta

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Work in Progress / Finish Off ~ Laken's Ombre Afghan ~ 11/30/19

 

Here is Laken's Ombre Afghan hot off the hook!  I mean seriously, I just finished it in time to write this post to publish by midnight!

 

First, I wanted to show you a picture of the finished afghan with the recipient, Laken :)  She picked out the yarn and watched me throughout the year-long process of making the blanket.

 

Of course, I didn't work on it constantly from start to finish.  I worked on MANY other projects before finally picking it up as a WIP from my project pile.

The colors are from the Red Heart's Ombre line as well as Soft White for the bordering.

I finished off the blocks with a simple border followed by a final row of scalloped edging.

My original plan was to make it 5X5 but I decided it was plenty big enough at 3X5 with bordering.  I used some of my favorite CAL blocks from Ravelry and some solid blocks to set them off.

 

On to the next project!  What are you working on?

Colletta

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Work In Progress ~ 11/23/19

 

 I've been so busy lately working on items to list in my etsy shop that I've neglected a few "WIP"s.  I decided to pick up Laken's Ombre Afghan to work on and possibly finish sometime soon!

I apologize for the pictures. Tthe lighting wasn't very good.  Such a dreary day...

Here it is in a ball...

Here it is all laid out...  The floral blocks are blocks I made in the beginning of the year when I when trying to keep up with a Block-a-Week Crochet Along.  The "Solid" blocks are granny squares made out of RH Ombre yarn in Spearmint, Coral Reef, and Violet.

I love the block shown below!  It was probably my favorite :)

 

 

I'm currently working on the border using the Coral Reef color.

I finished up the Coral Reef border and am now going to be working on the Violet, Spearmint and Soft White border rows with a scalloped edging to finish it off.

 

 I'm hoping to be finished with this blanket/afghan by the beginning of the week and move on to my next project.

What are you working on?

Colletta

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