Springtime Afghan

Hello!
The weather here finally seems to be warming up, praise the Lord, and I've made yet another afghan, this one is much smaller than my last, it's still a decent size throw though! I absolutely love it! It worked up pretty quickly too. The pattern I used is called "Earth Awakens", it's from the same book that I used for my Log Cabin  afghan and my John Wayne  afghan, it's one of my very favorite afghan books, there are so many beautiful patterns in there! I had gotten a while back at a nearby alpaca farm, I actually got it for only three dollars, which was a blessing, especially since I've used the book several times now.
Anyway, although this afghan worked up pretty quickly, I took breaks on it too do other projects, so it still took me from February 28th to March 27th.

I bought the yarn at A.C. Moore back in the middle of February, I bought Caron Simply Soft. I absolutely LOVE this color too, it's called "Woodland Heather".
The way this yarn looks after it's all neatly wound on my ball winder is amazing, I loved looking at it!

This yarn wound up really easily too, it's so soft!

The pattern was very easy and a lot of fun to work on! When I first started it I knew I was really going to enjoy working on it. It was a good afghan to work on while talking, listening to music and watching movies, specifically North and South, all of which I did! =)



I still can't believe how much I love this afghan, I'm not sure if it's the color that I love so much, or the pattern design, perhaps it's a bit of both!
Here is the picture of my finished product!


There are about 2,750 yards of yarn in this afghan, about a mile and a half! I love the way it drapes over the chair, it looks so pretty....this yarn is great for that!
Here are some more pictures, I'm kind of obsessed with taking afghan pictures, especially when I can take them outside!

I really liked the way it looked folded on the back of this chair, it shows off the design really nicely!



It's actually another mile a minute pattern, just a different style.



Lastly, here it is on the rocking chair along with some of my leftover yarn! I love when there is leftover yarn!

Now that my afghans are all finished I have no idea what I'm going to be working on next! It's such an odd feeling. Well, that's all for now!

Have a great day!

Baby Ripple

Hello!

Our bit of warm weather was wonderful while it lasted, as I told you, I was able to crochet outside and enjoy the warmth God gave us that day, a lot of our snow has melted. We were actually able to see the ground in most areas, there were still patches of snow all over though. We're getting some flurries right now, but I don't' think it'll amount to much. It'll feel nice when spring is officially here!


Anyway, in my last post I mentioned that I had started a baby ripple afghan. I had started it on a Thursday night and finished it that Saturday, it worked up super quick! I made this one for our etsy shop. I hope to get it up there soon.

Here is the afghan in progress, as you can probably tell, this is the day I was able to work outside. It was so refreshing to be outside and enjoy the pretty day! One of my favorite types of afghans to bring outside are ripples, so that made me extra happy and excited!

I'm still super excited that I was able to bring this outside to work on!

Here is the finished product! I tried my best to be random in my order of colors,I just made sure that I started and finished with two rows of black. I have a very difficult time being random with my projects, I always have to have some kind of "order" when it comes to my color patterns. This one really has no pattern and I was very happy with the way it came out!





I have so much fun taking pictures of my projects, especially when I'm able to take pictures outside! Taking pictures inside is fun too, it just seems harder to get good ones inside.

The baby cradle my mom has worked really well for getting pictures!

Finally, here is a close up picture of my color combination! I really like these colors for a baby boy.
Now that this afghan is finished, I'll be working on my green afghan again! I'm hoping that I'll have that one finished by the end of the month.





Well, that's about it! I'm really trying to get better about posting often, I only really post when I have finished projects and I can only finish things so fast! I could try posting about some other things besides my crafting, perhaps I'll do that.......at some point! =)
Have a great day!




Cross-Stitched Pillowcases

Hello!

I was looking at some of my finished projects the other day and realized I never wrote a post about the pillowcases I cross-stitched back in the beginning of January!

This is my first stamped cross-stitch project, it was so much fun to work on! When I first started I thought for sure they were going to take me FOREVER to finish because I'm not fast when it comes to cross-stitching, but I was pleasantly surprised when it took me less than a week to complete one.

These pillowcases actually look pretty nice with my "John Wayne Afghan" , which is a definite plus! I'm going to be cross-stitching a dresser scarf as well, but haven't gotten around to working on that yet, there are SO many projects that I want to do.....it's crazy!

Anyway, here are the pictures!

They were really easy to do! I absolutely love them! These pillowcases actually have a bit of a story to them, which I'm excited to be able to share.

I had been wanting to cross-stitch some pillowcases for a little while, but stamped pillowcases aren't very cheap, and they aren't easy to find in stores. On New Year's Eve day we went to A.C. Moore and they had just gotten their stamped cross-stitch and embroidery back in, I was SO excited! I had a 40% off coupon, PLUS $10 in rewards money, (which is money earned from shopping there), and between those two discounts I was able to get the pillowcases, plus all the floss I needed for FREE! =D Praise the Lord, I couldn't have been more excited! It was really wonderful!

In between working on the two pillowcases I also crocheted a doll sweater for our Etsy shop, it was also enjoyable to work on, something different for a change!

The sweater is crocheted using sock yarn, I love working with sock yarn! I couldn't believe how quickly it worked up, I was pleased with how it turned out too.

Right now I'm taking a small break from my green afghan and making a baby ripple afghan to sell on etsy, I'm hoping to finish the baby ripple soon so I can post about that, then continue with my other afghan! It's a GORGEOUS day here today so I was able to bring the ripple outside and work on it there, it was SUCH a blessing to be able to get outside and enjoy a bit of warm weather God gave us today.
Have a great day!