Well, there was a lot of football to watch Sunday and Monday so I was able to finish one last project before leaving town. This will be a donation blanket for a chemo or dialysis patient. It finished to be about 38" x 65" I've made this blanket once before in 2021. The yarn is Universal Major. I got it on sale several years ago. I'm not a huge fan of pink but it was on sale and I know that someone will love it. I used 4 skeins, about 1300 yards. The pattern is the Inchworm Baby Blanket. It calls for 2 colorways of this yarn but I only used 1. If you prefer video tutorials here's one from Fiber Spider that I used to supplement the written pattern. I used a J hook but should have used a K, I think. The colors in this photo are the most accurate. OK, now we are officially off!
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January is turning out to be a crochet-focused month. Since I came back from Denver and had my sick days the only sewing was on the farm quilt. Otherwise, it's been all about crochet and that's all I'm taking on our trip. There's no space in the tiny condo to set up a sewing machine. One of the projects I have been working on is this wheelchair blanket for donation. It's about 25" x 37". The red yarn is some that I got at a Hobby Lobby clearance sale. I purchased one skein of black to add some interest. It's Yarn Bee Soft & Sleek Chunky and this is a very nice yarn. This is going to be such a warm lap blanket and the moss stitch makes it drape nicely. I thought that I would use all the yarn in that little blanket but my estimates were way off. I weighed the blanket and the leftover yarn and determined that with one more skein, I'd have enough to make another blanket. This one will have more black and the red sections will be a little shorter. This one is started and packed up to work on during the trip. This is my big pink blanket and that partial ball of yarn is all that's left to do. I'm not taking this one on vacation because it's just too bulky. Just to make sure that I have too many projects, I'm taking this yarn as options for more shawls. Finally, I'm starting a new garment project. The pattern is the Enchanted Crochet Poncho by Brianna K Designs. I found the yarn when Anne and I were on our road trip. This isn't the same weight as the pattern but I didn't want a bulky poncho. I'm taking this in case I have a day that I can sit and focus. I know I"m going to have to crochet several rounds to get the right pattern adjustments. If I can get past the first set of design rounds and get it set up properly, the rest will be pretty easy. This was expensive (to me) yarn so I want to get it right.
That should be plenty to keep me busy! We leave about 7 tomorrow morning. I'll stop in a couple of times with an update on our progress. The first stop is Nashville. It's done and delivered! The Fab Farm quilt (pattern by Elizabeth Hartman) is finished and has been delivered to the Montpelier Center for the Arts and Education. This will be their 2025 raffle quilt.
My quilt club meets there 3 times a month and part of our rent includes providing a raffle quilt. I had been looking at this pattern but didn't have anyone to make it for. Once we moved to MCAE for our meetings I knew that this quilt would be perfect to represent our rural county. I named it Hanover Country Life. If you want to see a lit of detail photos you can look at the quilt page here. In other news, I've been busy packing for our trip Tuesday. So far I've gotten my crochet projects packed, run my pre-trip errands and started on clothes. The cold that I picked up while on my trip turned into a nasty sinus infection a few days ago. But, thanks to some antibiotics, I am finally on the mend! I felt good enough yesterday to even visit my sewing room and work on the binding for the farm quilt. This cute quilt is going to be delivered today to stat it's life as a fundraising quilt for the Montpelier Center for the Arts and Entertainment. I also found the energy to dig around for a button to finish off this wheelchair cape. This was my road trip project. I got it started with 2 rows of crochet before I left and I finished it the last night of the trip. I've made 3 shawls with this yarn in brown and 3 in blue. It was a cotton/acrylic blend that I got on sale a few years ago. The yarn feels great but the patterning really annoyed me. I'm glad it's gone and glad it will bring someone warmth.
Now that I'm starting to come back to life, it's time to start packing for the next trip that will commence either Monday or Tuesday. |
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I'm Vicki Welsh and I've been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I'm into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here. Categories
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