A Brand New One a Day Project

It has been almost ten months since I have posted a One a Day project.  It is been a really busy time, and I am glad to be back.  One of the things I have been doing is looking for a new job, since my job was out-sourced to the local special education unit.  This decision was made for both me and the other speech pathologist at our school.  I have sent out several applications, since April, but have yet to have an interview. I keep hearing/seeing that there are several jobs out there for SLPs,  but I have to learn patience.  Any prayers/good thoughts would be appreciated.

Now on to the project.  I have seen lots of hexagon projects on the internet lately, and have wanted to try my own.  I found a pattern for a hexagon motif that I like from the JPF Crochet Club site that Julie had as her featured free pattern a couple of months ago.  I have done a lot of other projects since then, but finally decided it was time to use a bunch of sport weight yarn scraps and give it a try.  I only have two hexies to start, but I have started.

I have to remember to work the pattern backwards since I am left handed.  As I was writing this post, I just realized that I crocheted pentagons instead of hexagons, so back to work I go.  At least it doesn't take too long to get these redone. 0_o

Two Pentagons

Forty minutes and four frogs later, I think I got the design right. ;)  It will get more colorful as I go along.

Look on my Sharing page to see where I linked up.

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Granny's Corners Baby Blanket

So, the blanket is finished.  It  is small, only about 22"X28", but it looks to be a good size to cover a baby carrier/car seat.  I love all the pinks together.

I outlined each square in an off-white, and then crocheted v-stitches in different pinks with a row of single crochet in aran in between, and finished with a scallop edge in the aran color as well.

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Tuesday's Tallies/ GAD 2012/WIP

With school starting this week  and some personal issues, I have not done a lot of crocheting.  I am combining a couple of posts into one.  I have ten squares of my Granny's Corners project, and I still have scraps of pink yarn left to use.  I may even get a 4 square X 4 square group that I can crochet around.  I guess we will see...


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Granny's Corners Squares

In the group "A Granny A Day 2012" on Facebook, someone posted a picture of a blanket made with these squares in all different colors and bordered with black.  I decided to start mine in different shades of pink, and border mine in off-white.  I have made six so far.  We will see how far I get!

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A Ta-Da for Tuesday

The baby blanket is finished, and I am really pleased at how it turned out.  I wasn't able to squeeze out a fourth orange square, so the blanket is a total of 24 squares.  It is about 30" X 24" and is just the right size for an infant or toddler.  I used a single crochet for a simple edging.  Another blanket I would love to keep, but have no real use for.  After all, I don't crochet these for personal use anyway.

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Tuesday's Tallies/GAD Update

There is another color to my Starburst squares, and I am up to twenty-three.  I have nine of off-white, six of melon, six of aqua, and two of my newest color, orange.  I hope I can get at least two more out of the orange ball, and make a 5x5 square blanket, which will be about 30"x30."  That sounds like a good size for a baby blanket, right?

I just noticed that the squares look like different sizes, because the yarns are not all the same texture/weight, but close.  I hope it all works in the end.

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Award Update

Since my original post about this award, I have had two other blog friends pass this award on to me as well. Because of my limited time related to health issues, I am only going to follow two of the rules, # 2 and #3.

2. Thank the blogger who gave it to you.

3. Mention 7 random things about yourself.

So, thank you Karisma (again), Tracey, and Mary.


Karisma was one of my first followers, when I discovered and posted on Tuesdays Tallies at Gingerbread Girl.  Like me, she crochets quite a bit, and enjoys taking pictures.  She lives in Australia, and maybe even lives in the same province as I did when I was there.  She blogs about her crocheting at Karisma's Kraft.

I "met" Tracey through Creative Every Day, and we are part of what I call a "mutual admiration society."  She also crochets and is participating in the Granny A Day 2012 project, like me.  She is also 40-something, and has a husband, two boys and a couple of pets. Her blog is called Whistle Stop Crochet 

The third person to pass on this award to me is Mary.  She is one of my newer followers, through my new Linky Follower button.  I haven't done much posting about this, but we share the love of cooking, and both deal every day with a chronic illness.  It is wonderful to find people that understand a little better what I go though.  Mary's primary blog is Go Ahead...Take A Bite.

And now, seven more random things about me.

1.  I have lived in 21 houses/places in my (almost) 48 years.

2.  I was late at becoming a mom, for the first time, at 32 years old (young?).  

3.  I married a man with two children (my bonus kids), and my daughter had her first child (a son) six months before I had my first, also a son.  My last grandchild (a granddaughter) was born 20 months after my last child (a daughter).  There is one other granddaughter in between.

4.  Before I had children, I was very active in community theater.

5.  I love to sing, but since I am a "working woman", I don't have the energy to participate in any choirs/groups like I did before Multiple Sclerosis.

6.  I write poems.  I post some of my poetry here, and some at Mlissabeth's Musings.  I also write small stones there, and if you click on the link above, it explains what they are.

7.  I am a foodie.  I love to cook, but don't do as much as I used to because of  a family of picky eaters and a lack of time.  But I still love to look at recipes online, and collect cookbooks.

Okay.  I wanted to share a little more, and acknowledge some good blog friends.  Mission accomplished.

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An Early "Ta-Dah!"

The baby blanket is finished!  I didn't want to wait until Tuesday's Tallies to post.  I just love it.  I think it turned out so pretty, and I hope the person who receives it will be blessed in using it.  It will be going to my local children's mission project.

Linking to:

A Creative Harbor

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GAD Tuesday's Tallies

So here is the latest on the Granny A Day/One a Day Rainbow Baby Blanket...32 squares, and 4 more to go, across the top.  It is getting so close, I should have a ta dah next week.  I am going to edge it in the traditional granny style of  3 dc, chain 1, and single crochet at the top.  I am getting really excited about finishing it.

You can see some more One a Day projects on Gingerbread Girl.

Tuesday Tally

I have completed a 5 x 5 square grid that is about 24."  I want to add another row of squares at the top and the bottom, but I don't know which side I should put them on, and which colors I should use.  Please advise.  Any input is appreciated.

Gingerbread Girl

One Granny a Day

There are eighteen squares done on the baby blanket.  I finally decided on a  non-random pattern for adding the squares.  I also added the dark purple this week when I ran out of the dark raspberry.  I loved it when one of my blog viewers, Kepanie, noticed  that I am using a different design for each color of square.

Please go over to Carol's blog, Gingerbread Girl, to see more One a Day projects.

Tuesdays Tallies on Granny a Day

This is my baby blanket so far, with the first square I made January first, plus the other ones I made the second week and into the third.  I keep moving the squares around, until I get a color combination I like, but I know how it is all going to come together now.  That is, unless I change my mind again, or run out of scraps in those colors. :)

Linking to Tuesday's Tallies

One a Day and Granny a Day

#8--Raspberry

#9--Turquoise

#10--Bright yellow

All joined

I decided to combine two posts into one.  I am crocheting a granny square each day for 2012, and planning on getting several baby blankets and prayer shawls from my efforts.  These squares are my Tuesday Tally for Carole's One a Day, and the latest squares for Ali's Granny a Day project.  The squares may not be square now, but they will be when I block them, after the blanket/shawl is finished.  Which do you think it should be~a baby blanket or a shawl?