More Wool Yarn

What to do with it? should I dye it? and then what?

S.

Wool Yarn!!!!

Helloooooooo!!!!!

I finished my mom's hat, but I haven't take a picture of it, so that'll be in another post...

I want to show you!!!!!!!!!!! I'm incredible excited!!!!

I have a friend that has a ranch, and he has sheeps... so not to long ago he sheared them and sent the wool to be spined........................

Isn't is delicious?? scrumptious? beautiful??? comfy? warm??? maybe a bit itchy, but that'll be ok...

I'm planning on make a carpet... and the BeSt ParT of All is that he will sell it to me for a really really cheap, low price!!!! it's a total bargain!!

1 Kg, it's a bit more than 2 pounds................... ready????

.............. just............ for.............. 9......... dollars!!!! less than that!!!!!!


Woooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhoooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Join me in the happy dance!!!!

See you soon!
S.

Today in my Creative Space...

A LOT of WIPs!!!!!

Well, maybe not a LoT... but it feels like it, if I think that I just came for a visit and I've started one and another and another...

Here they are!

Sleveless top in pumpkin orange for me!

 Bag in process with scraps-leftovers of the Ripple Blanket...

Granny shrug for ??? who knows!

Lattice Hat made with a free pattern from here, for my mom!

That's it! See you soon!
S.

Quick Share - Tunisian!!!

Just wanted to show you......... isn't it beautiful???? I liked the colors at the end, even when they're not what I'd use for myself... but that is what MG asked, so he is getting "earthy" tones...

All made in Tunisian Crochet... my first project!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm happy happy happy!!!!!!!!

I think I'll make a cushion with this block... it's not really a square, or a rectangle... it's wider on one side than on the other... well, first trial...

The dark brown edge is made in regular hook-crochet tecnique... and it is a *back post double crochet, front post double crochet*...

See you soon!
S.

Straight Edge on the Ripple

Of course you remember my Ripple... it was only yesterday!!!
I thougth I should tell you how I worked the edge to make it even and straight instead of leaving it zig zag...

Well, you can see in the picture above what I'm talking about...

Here's what I did...

I crocheted all the ripples following Lucy's method of Neat Ripple at Attic24.  (I love her blog and colorful inspiration)
140 chains to start I think... all the way up until the desired size of the blanket...
So the edge of it...........

Starting on the top part of the zig-zag, the "Mountain" as Lucy call it, I worked sc's... and on my way down to the "Valley" I worked 2 hdc, 2 dc and 2 tr (one on each decrease of the valley), then up again:: 2 dc, 2 hdc and 4 sc (one on top of each of the V increases, as there's 2 increases, that makes 4 dc to work on sc)... then down and up again....

I got to the corner and worked a sc in the last stitch, then a chain and another sc in the same stitch... sc all the way down, making 2 sc on each dc (4 sc by color stripe as my stripes are 2 rounds of color).
Again to the corner:: sc, ch 1, sc...

And continue with the lower part of the blankie... now the valleys are the mountains and the mountains are the valleys if you know what I mean... this is because you are holding it up side down...
But you work the same as before...

I have to confess that I didn't worked the same as the top part... here I worked sc on top of the mountains (4 of them), 3 hdc, 4 dc, 3 hdc and back to 4sc...
It just worked like that for me... I don't know if the first group of stitches is better than the second one, but both my edges are straight now... and I like the look of it... a LOT!!!!

Here's a closer picture, I hope you can see it...

I upsized the picture in the hope of giving you a little zoom...
I finished the row going up on the other side of the blanket 2 sc on each dc... and made 2 other rows, one in sc and the last one in hdc... and then the sl st row in green on the top row of purple...

Hope this is useful for you!!!

See you soon!
S.