August 2005 Archives

Here's an update of what I've been up to over the past few months.

Current in-progress projects:

• Cathedral Rose Window Afghan for auction (start Aug. 6; target finish date: Sep. 11)
• Race Track/Games blanket for Jack (start Jul. 25)
• Blocks in primary colors lap blanket (start Jun. 27)

I finished the squares for the primary colors lap blanket, but it was too hot to put the blanket together so I moved on to starting a Games/Road Play blanket for Jack (same child I made Jack's Baby Blanket for) who is getting a baby brother or sister in late December.

Then, I dropped that project as soon as I got the yarn for the Cathedral Rose Window afghan that I'm making for the auction at the College's annual golf tournament on September 12. The afghan is beautiful and I've had fun working on it, but the summer heat is killing some of the enjoyment! I should be working on individual squares for afghans or smaller-than-an-afghan projects during the summer, not a huge blanket that drapes over my lap as I work on it!

No photos yet but I finished these blankets since my last entry:

• Crochet on the Double and Tunisian Panels Lap Blanket (start Jun. 10; finish Jun. 26)
• OHLONE Filet Lap Blanket or Banner (start Jun. 24; finish Jun. 25)

I got "hooked" on tunisian crochet after trying out the crochet cable hook I had bought a while back (the 14-inch double-ended crochet hooks are too heavy when yarn is on them for my writsts). So, of course, I had to have an assortment of crochet cable hooks...and pattern books...

Also, the OHLONE filet lap blanket was my first attempt at filet crochet - and it turned out really well. Since I'm not sure what to do with it (yet), I've left it at work until someone comes up with a use for it!

Additions to my crochet pattern collection from mid-February 2005:

• 1 Hour Kitchen Gifts
• 40 Fabulous Afghans
• 52 Tunisian Crochet Stitches Combine to Make An Afghan Stitch Sampler
• 101 Easy Tunisian Stitches
• 101 Filet Crochet Charts
• Advent Calendar
• Afghan Splendor
• Afghans & Pillows for Children
• Afghans for All Seasons, Book 4
• Afghans on the Double
• Afghans Plus (Antique Auto, Boys Toys, Hearts Delight Afghans, Classic Knit Afghan, Circus Clown Quilt)
• Anchors Aweigh & Tiny Turtle Booties
• Animal Planters
• Annie's Pattern Club, Dec-Jan 1983
• Antique Crochet Pincushions
• Award-Winning Afghans (Annie's Attic) (for the Cathedral Rose Window afghan pattern)
• Baby Bow Trims
• Bucky Baseball
• Busy Baby Squares
• Camel Afghans #1
• Camel Afghans #2
• Camel Crochet, Basic Instruction Book
• Charlie Turtle, Slow But Sweet (tissue holder turtle)
• Classic Quilt Afghans
• Corner-to-Corner Afghans
• Country Christmas Crochet
• Cozy Quilts
• Crochet for Today
• Crocheted Gifts in a Weekend
• Desert Ripple Afghans
• Easy Tunisian Cable Hook Afghans
• Flower Garden Afghans
• Fresh-Picked Afghans
• Granny Square Quilt Afghans Through the Year
• Hard Crochet
• Heavenly Afghans Inspired by Angels
• Heirloom Afghans
• Hug-me Animals to Crochet (turtle, panda, mouse)
• In the Round, Crochet on the Double
• Kid's Covers
• Lacy Granny Afghans in Planned and Scrap Colors (4 by Anne Halliday)
• Lacy Granny Afghans (6 by Anne Halliday)
• McCall's Book of Afghans, The
• McCall's Book of Afghans, Volume 5 (magazine)
• Misty Baby Turtle (in full Crochet World magazine)
• More Critters to Crochet (turtle, panda, dog, bunny, elephant, duck, owl, kangaroo with baby)
• New Crochet Basics (for the Ripple Baby Afghan)
• Our Best Afghans A to Z
• Patchwork Afghans Thru the Year, Afghans by the Dozen
• Patchwork Afghans Thru the Year, Book 2
• Picture Afghans by Creative Hands
• Picture Afghans by Anis Duncan
• Pineapple Sampler
• Polly Pelican
• Ponchos to Knit and Crochet
• Precious Patterns for Baby
• Quick & Easy Vests
• Reversible Ripple Afghans On the Double
• Reversible Scrap Afghans On the Double
• Ripples, Afghans by the Dozen
• Sachet Pincushions
• Scrap Afghans On the Double
• Secrets to Sensational Afghans
• Sensational Shawls
• Star Afghans
• Stitch-A-Week Afghan
• Tip Top Afghans
• Thoroughly Modern Grannies
• Tunisian Sampler Afghan
• Turtle (stuffed toy, cushion or pillow, 22-inch long)
• Turtle Pillow or Toy (in Annie's Pattern Club Magazine)
• Turtle Soap Holder
• Ultimate Ripple Afghan Book, The
• Woman's Day Book of Granny Squares and Other Carry-Along Crochet, The
• Woman's Day Granny Squares & Crafts, 1986 (magazine)
• Woman's Day Granny Squares & Crocheted Fashions, 1987 (magazine)
• Woman's Day Super Special Granny Squares, Number 5, 1977 (magazine)