A Lot Has Happened & Something New!

 Hi Everyone!

It is amazing what all has happened in the last year! Not just Covid19, but all the crocheting I was able to do, my move into my own space again, finding a job after over 10 years (and one that I love), only to loose the job again nearly 3 months later due to lack of work. It seems to have come full circle.

Now I do have a little more time again to finish off some projects I had started last year. One of these projects was something I had never done before and wanted to try out. A jacket made out of Granny Squares. The funny thing about this project is that I had intended to gift it to my daughter here, for Christmas. I had asked her what colours she liked to normally wear. She said neutral earthy colours. So I went through my yarn stash and then went out to get a few more colours to add to what I already had.

In the following photo are the colours I put together for her. I made all the squares I needed following the diagram I had drawn out and started putting them together.

It turns out that when I asked her to try it on, she seemed disappointed. So I asked if there was anything wrong. It turned out that she had seen me crocheting other squares and was hoping it was for her. You see I had decided to make all my girls a Granny Square jacket in the colours they liked. I had also been working on a smaller square that had a yellow centered white daisy with green for leaves, and a royal blue. Now these colours are much brighter than what she had told me. So, I said I would make her one like it too. That left me, however, with what I had been working on. But for who? I put it aside. 

Now that I am not working I decided to pull it out and finish it. But again, for whom? My sister likes these kinds of colours, but I was sure it would be a little too small for her, and I was past the point of being able to add squares to it. Then I though of my new friend from work. We started on the same day and became instant friends even though she is younger than my oldest daughter that I had started this project for.

I pulled it out, hung it on a hanger, and decided I would finish it for her. I think the colours would be good for her too.

 I still had to finish the edging, add the green all around, make belt loops, add a collar, and the cuffs.

Last week Jaymie came over to help me put together my new microwave unit. It took a lot longer than we thought it would, and I was sure grateful for her help. When we were done, I gave it to her. She was thrilled. Because of the lateness of time, and the not so great weather, we did not take photos of her wearing it. But, today we did.

 I think she looks great in it! Next she shows you the back.

You can see below how I made the underarm of the sleeves allowing for more freedom of movement.

 Next is our favorite photo of the shoot. It turned out well.

I'm now thinking maybe I would like a Granny Square jacket too!

Anyway, I have too many other projects on the go and need to finish them. Hope to have another project to share with you in a a couple of weeks.

In the meantime hope you are enjoying your creativity even if not in crocheting or knitting.

Happy Crocheting!

Testing My Crochet Skills on an Advanced Pattern!

Thank you for stopping by today. 

I am so excited to share something with you. Have you looked at some crochet or knitting patterns that you really like, but then find out it is rated 'advanced' and only tell yourself you aren't good enough to do that pattern? Well I have. I have a board in Pintrest with all these beautifully crocheted patterns that just seem beyond my capability.

Last night I was looking at them again, and clicking on some to view their origin. Some do not have written or video instructions, just these beautiful images. Quite a few are accompanied by written instructions, but I am a visual person and sometimes the instructions do not make sense to me. But last night I found one with a video showing step by step, row by row, instructions that were easy to follow.I can't tell you how excited I was at finding this. I watch it for a bit, and knew that I could do this if I followed along!

The square that I wanted to try is the Tropical Delight Square. You will need to scroll down a fair bit to find it, but if you want to give this a go, the instructions are easy to follow.

Before I show a photo of my finished square, I need to let you know that I only had these colours to work with in a #3 yarn. Although the end result is not bad, I would choose some different colours. I was just practising to see if I could do it, so mixing types of yarns and colours were not a priority.

So here we go, my square!

I am so happy about being able to do this, that I plan on making something in the future with this pattern. Have any of you caught my mistake yet? There is a pretty major mistake, but I wasn't worried about it as it was a practise piece.

A blanket made with several of these squares would look quite beautiful on a bed. or even as a smaller afghan.

Any way, I am ready to see if I can tackle another one of these advanced creations I love! I guess the saying is true; you never know until you actually try.

Thank you again for having a peek at today's post.

Happy crocheting!