WIP Wednesday: 2012-05-02

It is May already.  Doesn't seem like it's been that long since Christmas, but isn't that the way it goes sometimes.

I started an online class on Tunisian Crochet last week.  I'll do a review on the class soon.  I've already completed 2 washcloths which I will post on Friday.  Today I'm posting my WIP from the class, the Multi Garment.  It's a sort of sampler of different tunisian stitches:

Another project that has shown some progress is my Tunisian Tee.  I've finished the 1st full body block (gosh, that's sound like a wrestling term), and am ready to start the next block.  There is a Tunisian Crochet-A-Long on this project that was scheduled to be complete a long time ago, but I don't think anyone ever finished the project.  I'm struggling with the pattern a bit and not having much luck getting help.

My Bumbleberrypie afghan is resting today.  I did manage to weave in all the ends on the completed squares and will start joining them soon.  Not sure how many more I'm going to need or if I'm going to stop doing squares and start thinking about a border.

This poor shawl that I was testing for a designer on Ravelry had to be ripped back 19 rows.  Her pattern called for 200g of fingering weight yarn, which was exactly what I had in my stash and no more.  I was about 2/3 through the LAST row when I ran out.  GRRR!  In the pic below, you see the almost finished shawl.  I've ripped back to row 30 now and am omitting row 31 in order to have enough to finish the shawl.

The shawl will come with me for my hair appointment this afternoon.  Maybe I can get a little bit done while I'm sitting under the hair dryer.  I'm getting my hair cut and COLORED.  This is unusual for me, but L commented how I ought to color the gray, so I'm going to try it.  It'll probably run all over everywhere when I ride my bike and sweat glisten until I drip.

WIP Wednesday: 2012-04-11

I've got several items on the hook today:

This is a shawl pattern that I am testing for the designer.  Right now I'm on hold and waiting for the designer to get back to me with some answers to a couple of questions.

This is the swatch for the beginning of a Tunisian Sock-in-the-round CAL.  This is the pattern.

 No progress on this one this week.  I'm WAY behind in making squares for the Granny-a-day CAL.

This one is still languishing.  I've folded it up and put it in the pile on the cutting table.  Don't know when I'll get motivated to work on it again.   Here's a link to the pattern for the square.

I work on this one when I go to the laundromat.  It's almost getting too big to carry with me though.  Haven't been to the laundromat yet this week, so no progress.  Pattern is from the Interweave Fall 2011 issue.

Rats!  I've run out of the yarn for this one.  It was a cone from Pisgah & Co., that I bought when the closed their factory in North Carolina.  It's Peaches & Cream 100% cotton, but it doesn't have the same texture as the cones and skeins you can get at Walmart and other big box stores.  Not use what I'll do with it.  I could re-do it in a smaller size, maybe; or re-do it and add another color; or just frog it and save the yarn for something else.  Hmmmmmm.

WIP Wednesday - 2012/03/29

Yes, I know today is Thursday and I'm a terrible blogger.  But the alliteration just isn't as pleasing as with the 'Wednesday' in the subject line.  Besides, I wasn't ready to take pictures and all that stuff yesterday.

So, do I have WIP's to talk about?  Does a dog have fleas?  I've got more WIP's than I can list.  I'll just do the top 5 or so.

1st my big news.  I was contacted by CGOA to mail in my portfolio for review for the Crochet Master's Certification.  Finally!!!! I mailed it Saturday and they confirmed receipt on Tuesday.  It has been assigned to a reviewer.  The email from CGOA said the the reviews can take up to a month and two reviewers will examine it.  So, I may not know anything to 2 months or more.  But at least I'm seeing some activity after waiting 9 months to be contacted to mail it in.

Modified Snowflake Afghan:  I've finished the body of the afghan and have started the edging.  I had 3 rounds of edging done when I decided to change how I was doing it, so I've actually done the edging twice.  Still have a couple of rounds to go and I'm thinking the afghan is too square.  But I'm dealing with that.

Bumbleberry Pie afghan: Didn't work on this one at all this week. Still lots of squares to be joined.  This is part of the Granny-A-Day CAL.  I think I'm about ready to finish making squares and start an edging, so will need another square project for the CAL.

 

Betty's Tunisian Tee: This is made in an entrelac fashion, but it's not easy to see in the pictures.  I gained a few rows this week.  I've tried to photo it around something since the bottom triangles have been joined in a circle.  At least I'm not still ripping out everything I'm putting in, I'm actually making some progress.

Spiral Afghan:  The spiral afghan that I had started last week has been undone.  Although I like the pattern, the yarn and hook didn't give me a soft drapey fabric.  I'll have to re-try this one later.

Poppy Afghan:  My poor, poor Poppy Afghan.  I frogged the edging back to the 1st round which is a round of dc.  I haven't decided whether to remove that round as well.  My options so far for rescuing the afghan are:

1. Take all the edging off and just leave it un-edged (I don't think that's a real word).
2. Take the rest of the edging off and start over with a new color.  I just can't see the edging I had planned in red though.
3. Either leave the dc round on and just finish the afghan there
4. Or try to do a different edging that will take less yarn and only uses what I have rescued from the previous, unfinished edging.

 

Stash Bag:  I got tired and needed to do something small with no pressure so I started a stash bag - 

 

2012 Granny-Square-A-Day - Day 26

Grrrr! I started this afghan with one skein of Bernat Mosaic in the Optimistic colorway. When I went to my local Joann’s to get some more skeins to complete the afghan, they only had 3 more skeins. So I picked up some coordinating (I hope) Bernat Satin in Bordeaux colorway. Now I have a decision to make - do I use the solid Bordeaux for a border only or should I make some squares in the Bordeaux and put them into the body of the afghan or should I use the Bordeaux for joining and border. Hmmmm!
 

And more squares -



I'm just hoping I can continue making squares.  I've been having shoulder problems in my right shoulder.  I've probably damaged the rotater cuff somehow.  Just hoping it's a sprain or bruise, not a tear.  Can't get into the doctor til 1st week of February, so depending on how the shoulder feels, I will work on what I can.