This one is Beeton’s Dahlia Doily in the sweet Red Heart Crochet (size 3) from Walmart. On US 2s. I probably have one more doily in me. Probably.
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Spring?
Decomposition
I thought about fungi while I was reducing Like a Waffle to its component parts. I just finished reading Entangled Life so fungi is already on my mind.
Update
I do not like the waffle sweater. I think it wants to be in a mohair or something at that gauge – not an aran weight yarn. I tried it with balloon sleeves. I tried it with bell sleeves. I blocked it. I’m going to pull it out and make something else.
This I like.
New shutters! So much better.
Word on the street is that outside work starts again in March. I am pretty excited.
Bon Temps Roulez
The official total (says the news) was 15.7″. Still easier than ice. It’s pretty and lovely to be inside when it’s snowing, but I think the thing I like the most is that the power stays on!
Snow duck army. I got her a duck mold. She also had a rice duck in her red beans last night.
Doily #2
This one is actually the Zinnia Dishcloth, but I think it works as a doily. In peaches and Cream (a dishcloth yarn hah) on US7s it cam out at around 11″. I did not use the pattern’s crochet bind off, but instead went with a picot bind off.
How many until this counts as a phase? I just started another one.
Finished Doily #1
Flower Doily (out of print, but free on the internets). I used Red Heart Fashion Crochet Thread Size 3 (purchased at Walmart) and US2 double pointed needles. I ended up with a 9″ doiley that I put under a plant.
That was pretty fun. I am going to make some more.
Moving on to the next big thing. (That’s Cascade 220 aran in ‘Sunflower’.)
Doily #1
Starting something small while that other sweater blocks…and I wait for the new yarn to arrive.
Seaming
He’s not as much help as you’d think.
Snow #2
It’s less fun to clear when it’s ice on top. I know about ice.
I haven’t finished the driveway in this picture: I raked it up rough with the garden rake, so all the rocks will stay in one place and there should be enough traction for the car not to slide. There’s also more surface area for the sun to help out a bit. It worked for icy driveway back home – I can’t imagine that Physics is different up here.
I got the neck put on the current sweater, got all excited because I realized I was just a few seams away from being finished…and then noticed that the sleeves weren’t the same length. What even happened there I wonder? I’ve got to add an inch to the short one.