What are YOU working on to pass the time?

[meglb]

This is the dog collar stopped everything to make for my friend

I like that! I s it a knotted dog collar?

It is beads woven with beading wire. Thank you & sorry I didn't see your question earlier.

[dcrozier]

Cool--you can roll your tongue. I am one of the minority of people with recessive genes and I cannot do it!!!! I am sitting here typing and trying to work up the courage to begin clue #3.

Dcrozier, you can do Clue #3!!! It sounds and looks a bit daunting but it is so worth diving in and doing it! I have two of the six done for my first afghan....then 6 more for the second afghan. I am working on a prayer shawl at the same time as the afghans.

Thanks for the encouragement--I started it last night and had to frog row 4 this morning. It was quiet at 4 a.m. and I got it figured out and finished my first one which is actually the correct size! I usually use written directions but found the chart to be much easier for this. It is rainy here today so I should be able to get the others finished--they really are beautiful. My second project this week is the ripple baby blanket from the Bernat Linus project.

[JazzHooked]

here's a pic of the bane of my existence:

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The blanket, not the child. my 5 yr old wouldn't let me take the picture without her in it.

a granny-square baby blanket (ok, a BIG baby blanket) as requested by a friend....i almost wish i hadn't found this pattern cuz it is driving me totally insane. 456 small grannies in 24 rows. <sigh> i WILL finish it, cuz i'm just that stubborn, but i will NEVER make one like it again!!!!

jaz

[JazzHooked]

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finished this over the weekend for a friend/co-worker in Dayton who shares my birthday (yesterday) Had my boss take it down to her today it's from Leisure Art's "Crocheted Prayer shawls"...on to the knitted dishcloths!!

wow...wow....i MUST have this pattern!!!! <scribbles down the reference> what's the title of the piece?

jaz

[AlleyTalley]

Cool--you can roll your tongue. I am one of the minority of people with recessive genes and I cannot do it!!!! I am sitting here typing and trying to work up the courage to begin clue #3.

Dcrozier, you can do Clue #3!!! It sounds and looks a bit daunting but it is so worth diving in and doing it! I have two of the six done for my first afghan....then 6 more for the second afghan. I am working on a prayer shawl at the same time as the afghans.

Thanks for the encouragement--I started it last night and had to frog row 4 this morning. It was quiet at 4 a.m. and I got it figured out and finished my first one which is actually the correct size! I usually use written directions but found the chart to be much easier for this. It is rainy here today so I should be able to get the others finished--they really are beautiful. My second project this week is the ripple baby blanket from the Bernat Linus project.

Same here, the chart has been invaluable to me too! Sometimes I get frustrated with the printed directions that don't include a picture of the finished item as I need to see and "hear" (read) the directions. Glad you were able to get your first motif done, and I AGREE, they are beautiful!

[Shandeh]

My second project this week is the ripple baby blanket from the Bernat Linus project.

I enjoyed making those blankets last year. Have fun!

[Shandeh]

here's a pic of the bane of my existence:
The blanket, not the child. my 5 yr old wouldn't let me take the picture without her in it.
a granny-square baby blanket (ok, a BIG baby blanket) as requested by a friend....i almost wish i hadn't found this pattern cuz it is driving me totally insane. 456 small grannies in 24 rows. <sigh> i WILL finish it, cuz i'm just that stubborn, but i will NEVER make one like it again!!!! jaz

You are braver than I, my friend. That's a LOT of grannies!

[Type1Mom]

here's a pic of the bane of my existence:
The blanket, not the child. my 5 yr old wouldn't let me take the picture without her in it.
a granny-square baby blanket (ok, a BIG baby blanket) as requested by a friend....i almost wish i hadn't found this pattern cuz it is driving me totally insane. 456 small grannies in 24 rows. <sigh> i WILL finish it, cuz i'm just that stubborn, but i will NEVER make one like it again!!!! jaz

You are braver than I, my friend. That's a LOT of grannies!

I'm gonna attempt something almost that big (I think). My son's best friend LOVES Batman and I have a pattern on a grid so I am going to attempt it with small grannies.... I have probably lost my mind, but he will love it.

[SDRVer]

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finished this over the weekend for a friend/co-worker in Dayton who shares my birthday (yesterday) Had my boss take it down to her today it's from Leisure Art's "Crocheted Prayer shawls"...on to the knitted dishcloths!!

This is beautiful!

[JazzHooked]

here's a pic of the bane of my existence:
The blanket, not the child. my 5 yr old wouldn't let me take the picture without her in it.
a granny-square baby blanket (ok, a BIG baby blanket) as requested by a friend....i almost wish i hadn't found this pattern cuz it is driving me totally insane. 456 small grannies in 24 rows. <sigh> i WILL finish it, cuz i'm just that stubborn, but i will NEVER make one like it again!!!! jaz

You are braver than I, my friend. That's a LOT of grannies!

I'm gonna attempt something almost that big (I think). My son's best friend LOVES Batman and I have a pattern on a grid so I am going to attempt it with small grannies.... I have probably lost my mind, but he will love it.

yeah, it's not exactly a laugh-a-minute... i think what drives me the most batty is that it's just so bloody repetitive. oh. and weaving in the loose ends on the squares that are half-and-half colors. the original pattern I had left 14 loose ends per 3" x 3" square....i changed it a bit and got it down to 11. but UGH 11 loose ends on EACH little square.

I found i was most productive on it if i just sat and worked on lots and lots of little squares in one color....not counting at all. I end up with a bunch, then figure out how far I can get, and start filling in the rest by rows. I also make myself get as far as X row before i stop and work on something else. otherwise I KNOW i'll never finish the darn thing!

jaz