Firstly, stitching, because I assume that's still the main reason why you visit my humble abode on the WWW.
This picture of my progress on The Blue Lady is far from impressive, I know, but just to give you an idea of which part I'm working on, here's a little overview. That white circle shows you which part is pictured above.
It takes about two weeks to un-scroll this lady from her frame, so I couldn't be bothered to show you the entire thing. Oh boy, how I love her...With the promise of atumnal weather comes an overwhelming desire to create warm things. Blankets, for instance. I crazily joined - oh, how you will laugh - a Crochet-Along (see the link in my sidebar). A Giant Granny CAL. And here's my start. Well, here's my fifty-seventh start, after my previous starts (and near-finishes) didn't really have the look I was hoping for.
Hooked with Drops Delight sock yarn, and rarely has a yarn been more aptly named. Hooked on Drops Delight, I think I should say :o)
Autumnal weather means cold feet, means new socks. Of course.
This was a houndstooth sock for about six months, but I haven't mastered the art of fair isle knitting yet (have severe doubts I ever will), so I unravelled the entire thing and it is now a stripey sock. Much better. This one will have a grey cuff, heel and toe; its companion will be mainly pink. I can't stand the thought of matching socks.Off to work!
Yours tickled pinkly,
Annemarie.
25 comments:
Oh, we have to wait a couple of weeks before we can see her? That's allright - we'll wait... (no pressure)
;-)
Wait, I forgot to ask, did you get the e-mail I sent you a while back? Just curious if the e-mail address worked.
Happy Stitching!
So good to see you stitching on the Blue Lady :-) ! Love your crochet and knitting too - will have to try some of that Delight...
Beautiful wips. Love the crotched square. The colors are gorgeous.
Wow - that is gorgeous!!! You rock pink very well :)
Tanya
Had to smile while reading your post...I am one of those who thinks that summer is highly over-rated. I always warn everyone that I get cranky when the temp goes above 75. Trying to keep my cool...in every way...since it's above 75 with a dew point of 70...and it's not 9:00 a.m yet!
Love your crocheted block.
Bobbi
I love The Blue Lady. We still have several months to go before Autumn gets here. The summer so far has been very lovely, with manageable days of heat. High winds and storms yesterday, but not a lot of rain. Today looks like a clear day.
very lovely wip..so beautiful.i really love the crochet square..looking so lovely too..
keep well xx
So you are the bearer of bad tidings then!! You keep that autumnal weather on your side of the pond please LOL.
Love your socks but it's too hot here for that:))
Yes the lady will be lovely once finished, mind you it looks epic!!!
Great to see the crochet-along for those who can crochet.....
Have a great long summer Annemarie!!
What a lot of projects you have going! The Blue Lady progress is looking good! And I love the crochet start and the socks too. That sock yarn looks luscious!
Some people are Summer People, others are Autumn People! Enjoying your progress with the Blue Lady too.
Oooh, I'm fascinated by that sock. I love pink and grey together. Lazy me, I always let the yarn do the striping for me. I really need to break out of my rut and knit some patterns and real stripes. I too look forward to Autumn.
There's a whole company that thinks like you vis-a-vis socks. They sell them by threes, also.
the Summer is only three weeks old... who's counting? I'm all in favor of all other seasons too, but secretly.
Love all your craftwork, it's nice to see the blue lady growing and I love the granny square, especially how it turns out with those colors. I'm granny-ing too at the moment, but only little squares for no particular reason. And socks, I get a winter-feeling and loving that.
good luck with warm days (but only after this week :-))
Grats on your progress on everything Annemarie. I never would have figured out which part of Blue Lady you were stitching without the circle, lol. Hope you're enjoying it!! Love the beginning of your blanket. It looks great!
That is great sock yarn! I just love the colors. I might have to get me some of that so I can be 'hooked' too. lol
Fair Isle is tough but in my (admittedly limited) experience you can't judge your WIP as far as how the finished product will look. It looks so lumpy and bumpy awful when you are working on it but a blocking does it wonders. I've even been known to spray it down with a little water just to flatten it out a bit while working on it to get a better sense of how it *really* looks in it's finished form. So don't give up hope on doing Fair Isle! A good blocking takes care of a lottttttt of ills.
Autumn? Oh how I wish. I beleive the heat of summer is just starting. :) At least here in New York.
Love the colors for your socks. Pink and gray are one of my favo color combos.
As for Blue Lady...... Like the progress so far. :)
A post full of happy things that I love - socks, granny squares, and stitching. :D
Ahh - the blue lady makes an appearance. She is lovely and any stitches make her a WIP right/
What fun you are having crocheting.
Hope summer is not tooo unpleasant.
Hugs to you and the little guy.
Glad to hear you still love the Blue Lady, because based on the very scientific calculations I just did after seeing your pictures, you have approximately eleventy-million bazillion stitches remaining in this project.
Laughed out loud at your sock comment. I'm more of a matchy-matchy girl myself, but if I should ever learn to knit my own, I'm sure I'd have to rethink that position.
Nice to see the blue lady again.
The blanket is looking gorgeous, I love the yarn
How clever to make your giant granny with variegated jarn. This way you will not have so many ends to weave in.
KATRIN W.
I love your granny square. Yours is the third blog I have been to that is doing this giant granny square. I have so much yarn, and it is so tempting. I love your variegated yarn.
Loving seeing your update on the blue lady. She is always a treat for the eyes!
SO agree with you about summer. Here in Texas summer lasts about 5 or 6 months with mostly late 90's early 100's degree weather. It doesn't really let up until late October or early November. And THIS year it started early with no real Spring because we're having a terrible drought, which meant no real fireworks on the 4th of July which is the absolute ONLY thing about Summer that I enjoy. So I've decided that even though it's only early August I am finished with Summer! Bring on the socks and Granny Squares!
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