Ravelry Blog-A-Long Update #5

Flowers in the Snow Project

Just a quick update today. I've finished 168/192 of the circles for the Flowers in the Snow Project. I'm taking a short break from this so that I can work on my first knit sweater (below).

Knitting Pure & Simple

Children's V Neck Down Pullover

I decided to take a class at my local yarn store to learn how to make this "top down" sweater. I must say that I'm really proud of myself that it's already actually looking like a sweater. And, I was actually able to  "divide for the sleeves" all by myself! 

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Year of Projects Series
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Ravelry Blog-A-Long Update #1
Ravelry Blog-A-Long Update #2
Ravelry Blog-A-Long Update #3

Ravelry Blog-A-Long Update #4

Ravelry Blog-A-Long Update #1

So we were traveling and vacationing this week but I still managed to get seven new blocks done for the challenge. Kind of impressed myself actually.

Since I didn't want to bring along the book I decided to just bring three different colors of yarn, my hook, and some small scissors, and make some traditional granny squares since I could do that without instructions in front of me. Sarah said, "Mommy, I'm so impressed you're doing your yarn without your book! Good job, Mommy!"

Obviously, the squares in the above collage have not yet been blocked. Wanna know why? Cause I HATE blocking! Who has hints or tips on making this part of the process easier for me? Any ideas or links to tutorials will be greatly appreciated. I've got 200 blocks to, well, block to the appropriate size over the next year people. Help me out, please. 

Now that we're home from vacation and traveling I'll have more time to visit more blogs from the blog-a-long challenge. Thanks so much to everyone for stopping by!

The Blog-A-Long Series

Initial Post

Crochet Along 2011

So. Are you on Ravelry (I'm "jencrutch" if you want to look me up)? I joined a while back but never really "got" it until I found some Twitter friends to follow on Ravelry. Got that? Really, it does make sense.

I've joined a Crochet Along/Blog Along Challenge so this is my initial post related to the challenge (which began July 1, 2011). The point is to choose a group of patterns or in my case a book to work through over the course of the year. My book for the challenge is 200 Crochet Blocks by Jan Eaton.

For colors I've chosen blue/white/yellow/brown. Any variation thereof is fair game in the Lily Brand Sugar & Cream cotton yarns. The plan is to be able to join them into a pleasing design to create a ginormous blanket when I'm done.

Honestly, it's good news that I found this challenge because I just wasn't sure if I'd make it through the entire book. So far I've finished 19 of the blocks and it's really kind of cool how I'm already getting better at making corners that look like corners.

Please let me know if you decide to join the challenge or even just to join Ravelry. I'd love to see your projects and connect with you there!