Crochet and more coasters!

3/27/2020

The penguin is loaded on the longarm and getting quilted. I want to work on the binding this weekend and have it done Monday for a March finish. I forgot to take a photo so you'll just have to take my word for it being quilted.

The crochet project is moving right along. My goal is to have 3 sections of the variegated/ I haven't decided if it will get a border yet.

What I know for sure at this point is that I do not like Caron Simply Soft yarn. I'm so glad I've avoided stashing yarn because I'd be really unhappy if I had bought a lot of this yarn. It's really soft in the skein but it stretches like crazy and is splits.

I don't know if splitting is the right term but this is what I mean. This happens all the time and it's really annoying. I know I won't use all of this yarn on this project so I might have to do one more project to finish off the yarn. After that's done I'll explore some other types of yarn. Like fabric, there are TONS of options to choose from. Right now I'm trying to keep myself from doing a bunch of online yarn shopping. That would be really dangerous.

Back in the sewing room I found the last pile of strips (for now). These are cut offs from the Groovy quilts.

I decided to split them into color groups and make a set of rainbow coasters.

I do like having several projects going on at once. I can work on several in a day and I just move from station to station (or more accurately, pile to pile) to switch between projects. This weekend I'll primary focus on Penguins on Ice but will probably also work on postcards, coasters, crochet and maybe even start thinking about something new.

I hope you have a safe and creative weekend. Try not to watch the new too much. It causes way too much stress. Once a day is enough for me.

karen link

3/27/2020 10:47:41 am

I don't like it when yarn splits. The sweater I am making right now isn't soft as I would want it and I'm hoping it won't be scratchy

Sylvia Anderson

3/27/2020 03:01:14 pm

Hi Vicki. I bought some of that yarn about 10 years ago and decided it wasn't for me, because of the reasons you mentioned. It's probably still sitting in one of the cartons of yarn stashed away, for when I get the urge to crochet again. My children, grandchildren and GG all have oodles of things I have crocheted for them over the last 41 years.
I am missing my library, and running out of books to read, since they closed. I'm sure when they re-open, I will get about 8 or 9 books at once, so will have to speed listen for awhile. I was at Aldi a couple of days ago, and the people there were very observant of the distance they kept from one another. If someone was in a refrigerated case, I waited a distance away, till they had left, and everyone else was doing the same thing. so I felt very comfortable, but sanitized my hands before putting the groceries in the van and before entering the vehicle. Times, they are a-changing and we are living life so different to what we are used to. You be careful, and stay safe.

Tina in NJ

3/27/2020 07:06:22 pm

Check out your library’s website. Many public libraries subscribe to online libraries for audiobooks. They simply disappear from your device when they are “due.”

3/27/2020 07:09:30 pm

I’m currently knitting a baby blanket out of Caron’s One Pound acrylic yarn, only each blanket needs more than one pound. I’m having no trouble with splitting and it comes out soft. And it’s washable, something important when making something for babies.

Gene Black

3/28/2020 08:26:03 am

I have used that yarn also - and I call it "splitting" too. I suppose technically you would say "the ply separates" - but whatever else you may say, it is annoying.

patty

3/29/2020 07:43:02 pm

The blanket is cute and that has to be so annoying with that yarn splitting. I am excited to see the penguin quilt.

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