Year long CAL (Crochet Along) blanket starting next month

We are starting in February 2012 on this blanket as a year Crochet Along.

 

 

You can sign up, follow and interact with all the participants in our Ravelry Group.

 

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lily-crochet-blan...

or you can find her pattern on this website for FREE: http://www.liveinternet.ru/users/olga_lana/post204121601/

Crochet Alongs / CAL's for January and February 2013

Here are the Crochet Along projects for the next 2 months.

 

January 2013:

"Pimped up storage Jars"

 

Pattern will be up by the end of the week...sorry I got a little behind :)

 

February 2013:

"Spring Petals Scarf"

 

This is the original picture that goes with the pattern:

And here I made the scarf in about 3 hours of 3 balls of yarn (Red Heart Boutique Midnight & Treasure - Whisper & Spectrum), Medium weight (4) worsted weight yarn on a hook size: US F -3.75mm.
Really easy fun free pattern to remember (just one line).
I went for texture in this scarf. If I wanted more stitch definition I would have probably used a bigger size hook and a solid color (see green scarf).
Yes, one side of the scarf will be straight and the other side will be scalloped...it doesn't bother me but it might to some of you.

 

 

 

Hope you join with these Crochet Alongs and send me pictures/ or

post your pictures in my Ravelry Group.

 

HELLO 2013!!!

While reading several blogs today,

 I decided that I don't wanna look back at 2012, 

I wanna look what's ahead of me...

So today I took inventory of what I need to finish asap...

* Fair isle socks

* Poppies wall hanging

* Curtains for the kitchen & bathroom

* Work on writing pattern for Crochet Along (January 2013) mason jars

Not bad :)

Still looking for my quilting ruler and rotary cutter too...after our move a month ago it "disappeared" :(

So now it's time to say:

 

 

January 2013 - Crochet Along (CAL)

I need to "pimp up" my work/design space and of course I want it to look cute but functional too so here is the Crochet Along for January 2013.

You can join in or just watch as I will periodically post some of my creations.

 

Let me know if you want me to write up a crochet pattern.

 

I used mason jars, the ones with the bigger opening at the top so I can store my hooks in there or my knitting needles.

Cute gifts too or you can use them to save up your coins or...

 

 

 

Some left over cotton yarns and a took my box with ribbons out.

 

And here are the results:

 

with a ribbon and flower

 

 

 

And one with just a variegated yarn and ribbon.

 

I will be making some more that I will be posting here.

So grab your hooks and start spicing up your jars :)

Love to see pictures and feel free to ask questions!!!

 

 

Almost done with my Christmas Lights CAL...

Today I have planned, in between errands and wife duties (laundry, cleaning etc), to make the "cable" for the Holiday Lights from Jean Herman's free pattern that you can find on Ravelry and hang them by the entrance of our front door under the covered porch :)

 

It's so great to see that a lot of you joined this CAL and I am looking forward seeing more pictures showing up in our Ravelry group.

 

And we have to start looking into our next January 2012 CAL/KAL.

 

Before I forgot someone asked me if I would consider doing a SAL (Sew Along) too...

I think that's a great idea so some of you can take a little break in between our CAL/KAL/SAL.

 

I made an adjustment to the pattern by crocheting the connectors on the lights instead of making them seperately and sewing them on later. I just dislike hand sewing...LOL

 

12 lights with connectors:

 

 

 

 

Yesterday I met my knitting/crochet group at Starbucks for our weekly get-together to have this time a secret Santa game. And yes, they stole my presents twice but I got to steal back and ended up with a little Christmas sock (see pic below).

Below is a picture of all the Christmas ornaments that were made for the Secret Santa game: 

 

 

 My Secret Santa Christmas Sock ornament:

 

So this was it for today...I will be diving into finding new patterns for our projects so we can start voting :)

Still I hope I am not boring you all with my blog...

 

Again a beautiful day in my life...

This is the view from my window where I write on my computer the blog posts almost every day. It's in the guest bedroom where all my fiber is stashed in boxes too. Little cramped since I still have to organize it from the move. I know it's been a month but still I like to "live" too and enjoy my life here :)

The beach is only 3 blocks to the left and about a 5-10min walk. We have a doggy beach here too and our puppy Snuggles loves to race next to the boardwalk in the sand to the puppy beach.

 

 

 

Here is the little sand monster (Dr. Snuggles) in his doggy sweater (it's only 55F degrees today), watching the birds at the beach

 

See in the sand NOT on the boardwalk cos you don't get dirty (sandy) on there...LOL

 Here we are on the way back from the doggy beach...

the pace is much slower cos he's getting really tired...little "strikes" every so now and then or as we call it "flat tires" :)

 The locals are playing beach Volleyball so the puppy had to watch for a few minutes :)

 Another beautiful view on our daily beach walk...

Here is a picture of the few homemade blueberry muffins left of this morning...wow they go FAST!! I don't think they will last till tomorrow...hahaha

 

 And a little puppy fight with my mummy on the guest bed...puppy life is soooo COOL!!

 

 This picture I took last night after he walked his last round in the rain. Asked to be put on the bed and dug himself a cozy warm spot under his blanky, while I was reading my book (Nora Roberts - The Search)...

 

So this was a little story about my day, now I have to get cozy and work on our CAL (Christmas Lights string)

I have so far 10 light bulbs ready and I want to do a few more before I start on the connectors and the "cable"

They look so pretty...what do you think we should do at our next KAL/CAL for January?

Crochet Along Christmas Lights update

Today I went to Starbucks for my daily coffee fix

I could feel yesterday that I must have forgotten my coffee fix since my speed of moving around was like ZERO. So today that had to be on my schedule LOL

I took our puppy Snuggles to the veterinarian Monday for his Bordetella shot and today the vet calls me to check in if the puppy is doing fine. How nice is that?

Meeting with my knitting/crochet group yesterday was fun as usual and we are doing a Christmas ornament exchange on Sunday so more fun is around the corner

It’s hard sometimes to slow down and enjoy being retired but more and more I’m allowing myself to relax and do the things I love the most besides taking care of my hubby and puppy.

In a few hours I will be attending another yoga class at my local gym.

So back to last night: I managed, between the laughter and talking, to finish 3 more light bulbs for the CAL.

So here they are:

 

The total light bulbs I have ready is NINE!!! Woohoo!!! I wanna make 2 more and than I will start making the connectors and the “cable”.

I hope that you are enjoying this CAL as much as I do but don’t forget to share your string of Christmas lights too!

How about we do every month a project KAL/CAL? You will have a whole month to finish it

Help me with ideas for patterns crochet or knitting….just leave a comment with a the link to the pattern you would like to see as a KAL or CAL.

Next one will start in January and I will post the pattern link last week of December so you have enough time to get your materials together