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02 Sep 2016

Keeping Warm While Wandering

In my last post I mentioned that I had crocheted three shawls.  I’m one of those people who gets cold easily, so shawls come in handy when I’m at work or traveling.  I only have pictures of two of them completed. The third picture is just the first couple of repeats of the shawl.

The first picture is of a shawl that was supposed to be mine, but when it was finished I wasn’t really happy with the colors. My sister, on the other hand, adored it. So I gave it to her!

Kelli's Shawl

Butterfly Stitch Shawl in Desert colors

The second picture is a completely different pattern. This one was intended from the beginning to be kept at work, so I picked a really boring neutral color for it.  I love the pattern though and expect I’ll be making a few more in different colors and different weight yarns.

Crochet capelet

Victorian/Steampunk style shawl

The third picture is actually the first shawl I did. It’s the same butterfly stitch as the first shawl, but a different weight and color of yarn.

Butterfly stitch beginning

Beginning repeats of the butterfly stitch shawl

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30 Aug 2016

A Brief Foray into the Light

It’s really easy to get lost, even at the edge of the shadows!  I’ve been busy – even done some projects, but somehow never came back far enough in the light to document them!  I’m going to try to do better because I really do want to track things I’m working on.

In the meantime, I’ve crocheted three shawls – one of which now belongs to my sister. I’ve submitted a short story to an anthology which will come out in October. And I did a letter of intent for a friend in the SCA.

In progress projects include a knitted shawl, a practice inkle weave piece, some kumihimo braids, final revisions on one novel and several other novels, novellas, and stories in progress. I have two major projects in the works – a book of hours and a reliquary for friends.

And of course, there’s always the intent and attempt to post more often here and on my other sites! Time to make that a habit, rather than the occasional “Oh yeah – I need to update that!”

For now, it’s time to wander back into the shadows though.  How is journey going?

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01 Jul 2012

A Gift of Simple Knots

I’ve had an interesting year at work so far. One of the admin assistants has been of particular help over the last couple of months, so I decided to make her a small gift to say thank you.

Having sat at her desk for two weeks, I knew her favorite color was purple and I knew that I had some purple yarn in my collection.

 

crocheted cowboy boot

undecorated crocheted cowboy boot, about 3 inches tall

Every year, my work place has a theme for our peak season. This year the theme was a country-western one. After a bit a searching, I found a pattern for a small crocheted cowboy boot and decided that it would make a good thank you.

The pattern looks a little more like an actual cowboy boot if you use two different colors and add the suggested decorations, but I only had one color of purple, so I just did the whole thing in that color.

Overall I was pretty happy with how quickly it worked up and how it turned out.  And the lady I was gifting it two was very happy with the addition to her collection of purple decorations!

I would certainly do this pattern again for other occasions.  It was relatively simple and quick and the outcome was close enough to the picture on the pattern to make me happy.

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