Dozens of Doilies

Before I went to visit her a few weeks ago, my mom asked me if I could make her some small ecru doilies. So I packed up my hooks and books and a skein of ecru crochet cotton. She showed me the white one that was just like she wanted, and it was done with thinner cotton than I had packed, but we easily found which pattern I'd used for the original.

So we went shopping for the right thread, and I made her a few more like the one she had, but in ecru. Then I started making others about the same size from the same book. Then I got home and started making even more.

This how now become a Project (TM) and I plan to make every doily in the book for her for Christmas. I probably will finish by actual Christmas, but we exchange gifts in January, which gives me plenty of breathing room.

Squiggles

Here's a quick pic of my latest project Stacked Wedges from Knitting New Scarves: 27 Distinctly Modern Designs by Lynne Barr



I'm almost done with this skein of soysilk blend, but I think I should scour the apartment before I bind off since the scarf could stand to be longer, and I really, really, really don't want to knit with this stuff again.

Still here, still crafting

I have been a bit busier than usual with work lately, but I did finish a pouch and a few scarves recently.

Been exploring the patterns in Knitting New Scarves: 27 Distinctly Modern Designs by Lynne Barr.

In part I'm doing this because I love the 3D patterns in the book and in part to do some stash busting. In particular, I bought yarn to make a sweater and didn't like it's drape in a sweater. It's working for some, but not all, of the scarves in the collection.