Pick a Winner! (Work in Progress)

The Sunburst Granny Blanket is nearly d-o-n-e!

I don't have pictures just yet, but they're coming. Promise.

In the mean time, it's time for some visual inspiration for the final touch: the border. And where else does one turn for visual inspiration, in this year two thousand and twelve, than the wonderful world of Pinterest? I should note that a winner has already been picked by the Sunburst Granny's recipient - the lovely Stephanie. Still, it doesn't hurt to show the crochet enthusiasts some crochet eye candy with their original sources. It's for the good of the people, really. 

Image courtesy: Muita Ihania

First up we have some lovely, basic scallopy borders. Fuss free, yet fantastically finished. (I wholeheartedly recommend visiting Muita Ihania to see the full blanket. What a wonderful way to arrange basic granny squares! It's on my to-do list.... one day!)

Image courtesy of: Ellen Bloom

This beauty is very pineapple-y fabulous. It's got more pizzazz and visual interest than the scallops, for sure, but may not be what the Sunburst Granny needs. Sunburst is awfully pizzazzy all on her own.

Image courtesy of Attic24

And of course, where would we be without Lucy? I'm sure a great many people have learned their methods from Lucy's tutorials. And here's one, for the Granny Blanket Edging. It's very similar to the scallops (first picture), but there's an extra round of chains in between to give it a ruffled, lacier look. Mhm, lovely indeed!!

Of course, these are just the first 3 that caught my eye. The possibilities are endless (or at least include 150 more options).

If you know of some nice 'n simple borders (perhaps that you've used for your own blankets?) leave me a link in the comment section! I'm all about hoarding inspiration, specifically on my pinterest page: Crochet ♥ 

Have a Lovely Day!
~Jess

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I *Heart* It! (Finished!)

I finally gave the Heartsy stitch a whirl! Here it is, an easy little washrag for my kitchen.

What I'd mention about this pattern is that the hearts "disappear" on you while you're working it up. I kept double checking the pattern, and repeatedly hung it directly in my husband's face and asked in an angsty tone, "Do they look like hearts to you?? They're supposed to look like hearts." He replied that they did not look like hearts. "But I'm following the pattern," I whined. (Hey, I had a long day behind me.)

Finally I decided it didn't matter. I yarned over and drew through speedily and reached the end, fastened off and hastily weaved those excessive ends in.  Zoom-zoom, good enough, I decided.
"They look like hearts if you look at them from this direction," I tried to convince Charming Husband (and myself). "Sure, I can see that. They look more like butterflies to me," he replied, making an appreciative effort. "Oh. Okay." I was disappointed.

Then this morning I spied the little washrag sitting on the purple chair, waiting for me to create some sort of ruffle-fruffly border before I put it to work. And, ya know... they do look like hearts. Surprise!

This pattern is like spelling a word correctly but being convinced you are in error. (Mine are: Vacuum, Perennial, Parmesan. They just look wrong. But they're not, I spell checked it. No red-squiggle line.)

 

Hopefully you've been inspired to give this beauty a go and my little anecdote didn't scare you off. Check out the image sources below for oodles of eye candy- the original crocheter used this stitch to create a blanket (so many beautiful photos!!). Goooorgeous! :)

Image courtesy of Char Ami

Image courtesy of Char Ami

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Fat Bottom Bag (WIP)

There I sat, doing my Pinterest thing.

Click, pin.

Click, pin.

Click, laugh, pin.

When I scrolled across this:

Image courtesy of winkieflash

This is the Fat Bottom Bag. It's beyond beautiful! So incredibly simple! Immediately smitten, I followed the source of the picture to a Ravelry page. (If you're a knitter or a crocheter it's essential for you to create a username and password for this gLORious website.) And -woohoo- as luck would have it the pattern was available for free.

So if you feel like a quick project that's beautiful, handy, fast and fun....

The Fat Bottom Bag

also known as 29-210-44 Striped Bag

(but that's not a very catchy name)

I'm using left over yarn from the Berry Smoothie Berry Beautiful Star Blankie I just made for my cousins soon-to-arrive daughter. I'm super excited! And I have to get back to crocheting. I'm 10 rounds in, 20 to go and then the shaping begins!

My work in progress as shown by my crummy camera phone! 

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Give Me Color! (Inspiration)

Lately, I've been pooping out on my crochet projects.

I start in a frenzy of optimism.

Then I get bored.

Set them down.

And haven't had the drive to pick them back up.

I was pondering this lately, 

trying to figure out what the common theme was in each of these projects.

They're

all

one

color.

I think part of the drive to 

FINISH!

something is changing the colors.

Some of the projects I haven't finished are:

The Bed of Roses blanket (2 colors- gorgeous, oh my, yes, but pretty monotonous)

2 Purses - both a solid color. One is navy blue, the other a pretty peacock purple.

Gorgeous yarn all around, 

but alas,

no color changes.  

I've decided, therefore, it either needs to be

COLORFUL

or

fast!!

And I'd prefer both, since I'm on the subject. ;) 

A stack of squares- colorful and fast.

A flowery chandelier- colorful and fast.

This beauty needs some better pictures to show off it's bright side.
That'll be in the works, methinks. :)

A scrappy granny throw

colorful

and

fast.

=)

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Whew, glad I got all that out. 

No more boring, tedious, unending crochet projects for me.

Give me c o l o r with my Crochet ♥

Hope you have 

a

Lovely Day!

Sharing (Pinterest)

Crochet ♥ 

Click that link (that one, right there, see?? ^^^) to have my Crochet Love Pinterest board automagically appear before your eyes! I'm having a lovely morning crocheting a scarf while I slurp my coffee and the boys play nicely (!) with their cars in their bedroom. Can't lose momentum, but I don't want to leave you all without crochet eye-candy either.




Here's a favorite image from today, just for fun:

Image courtesy of clothogancho

Oops, I've spent too long on here and the crying has begun! This puts my scarf making in jeopardy. Time to sign off!

Oh, How Pinteresting... (Pinterest)

So I got sucked into Pinterest like everyone else in the world. So far it's not much different from what I've always been doing- finding an inspiring picture and saving it in a folder. The folder has simply moved from my desktop to my Pinterest Board where I can see everything at once, add captions, share with friends and find a ton more things quickly.

Especially, crochet things. ;)

Of course you knew that was coming, this is a Celebration-of-Crochet blog. Duh. So, here goes:

My Pinterest Crochet Finds!

 

Image courtesy of Graça Paz

 (This blanket is knit between the flower puffs. Easy to replicate with a nice HDC-knit-look stitch though, don't you think? ;) I do.)

Image courtesy of Flickr - no name given

 Pineapple scarf! I still haven't made any, this seems like a nice way to begin.

Image courtesy of peaceofshell

Impractical. But, um, so?

Image courtesy of yarnbites

I've made a ruffle scarf very similar to this one, but with a less poofy yarn (that's a technical term, I'm sure). I really like the look of the poofy yarn. Time for an upgrade...? 

Can't wait to keep on Pinterest-ing! The inspiration on there is overwhelming. This is gonna be great.