Gosh! It’s been a looong time!! I just checked
and my last post was almost a month ago!! :O Wow! I don’t know where the time
has gone! I have been neglecting my blog because of all that’s been going on,
though I know that’s no excuse. I have been as busy as a bee completing old and
current wips….
So what have I been up to you ask? Well, as I mentioned
in my last post I wanted to make a phone pouch for my SIL and my new
infatuation with the woven stitch. So I combined the two and came up with a
phone pouch using the woven stitch. I just used all the left over yarn from my
rainbow coloured woven stitch hat I’d made for my niece and a 3.5mm hook. After
some amount of frustrated frogging I finally got the stitch count right to
match the desired size. Now the only thing left to do is the handle. That’s
actually got me stumped though. I need a long handle since she’ll be wearing it
cross-body at work to leave her hands free (she’s a hair-dresser). It also
shouldn’t sag too much with use, so it needs to be firm. And most importantly I
need it to be something simple and
easy cause I’m reaaallllyyyy done
with this pouch (*rolls eyes in boredom*). I was leaning towards a 5 strand braid
myself but I am open to suggestions.
I eventually managed to get done with Part 4 of
The Wonder Crochet Blanket MCAL 2016. A little late though. I haven’t even
started with Part 5 yet and Part 6 is already posted (yikes!!). I’m really lagging behind, but hopefully I’ll complete it
within the next few days (or weeks…fingers crossed). I’m sure Misty is not gonna be happy with me if I keep
this up (*wink*)
I finally finished the single crochet lariat I’ve
been working on since last year though and that has made me very happy. In fact
I wore it yesterday for a Nigerian Traditional Marriage I attended!! Yayyy...
Remember the bridal accessories I’d mentioned
in my last post? Well I have also been busy researching on that and working up samples.
Besides spending time in consultations with the blushing bride ;-) She’ll be
having her traditional marriage this
weekend in fact and my two little ones will be in her bridal train. I’m quite
excited cause this is the first Nigerian traditional marriage I’m actually involved in!! Usually I’m just a
spectator and it gets real boring really fast! I’m not making anything for
this event though.
This is a sample I made. It’s a simple 5 strand
braided headband made with individual strands of double crochet. Perhaps I’ll write out
the pattern for it in the next day or two. And a flower pattern I found years ago and
now can’t find the source for anymore :(
And last but not the least I made a hat for a
friend with one of the Ice Yarns yarn I ordered a few weeks ago. It’s my own
design again but I forgot to write down everything and now I don’t know if I’ll
be able to replicate it again (darn!)
So you see….I have been busy…busy…busy. I didn’t
realize quite how much I’d done till now though….whew…no wonder I have brain
freeze!
Oh well! It’s back to work for me. Wanna work
up a few more samples for my friend. Ta for now….