Slowly but Surely...

Ok, so I missed posting last week. I kept meaning to, but my progress on the Willow throw is slow moving. Luckily, I changed my process and am making a progress a little quicker. This throw is going to be very rustic, not sure if I meant it to be or not, but it is. Also, I am still contemplating on how to actually put the squares together. Initially I wanted to single crochet them together in a rustic brown, but I'm not sure it's actually going to work the way I pictured, so now I'm thinking I might just have to use the cream in putting them together. I don't know I still need to ponder it some more.
Also, this throw has already used up a lot of yarn, I was a little surprised at how fast I can go through a skein. Oh and here is a picture, I have more on my flickr account which you should be able to see in the sidebar somewhere. Till next time...

New Project

This weekend I went and bought 2 crochet books. They are AWESOME! One is The Complete Photo Guide to Crochet and the other one is 200 Crochet Blocks for blankets, throws, and afghans. I was a little overwhelmed at first and couldn't decide on what I was going to make first from the books but finally decided on a granny square. Well I ended up making 2 of them last night and I am in love with how they turned out, I can already see the finished throw in my head. So, even though I said I was going to take a break on the long projects I am going to go ahead and make this one.

Sorry the picture isn't the best, but for some reason I couldn't get it to turn out right. Anyway, I am going to alternate those two blocks throughout the throw, and then use the brown to attach them together and make a nice border around it. Oh I can't wait to get this one done. Oh and I got the color inspiration from the last throw. I really liked the rust, blue, and cream together so I decided to see how they worked on their own. I think they look very nice together.
That's enough for now, and I'll keep you posted! :)

No Rest for the Wicked

So summer semester started and with work, vacations and trying to get ready for Mule Camp in November I haven't been posting regularly. I finished my afghan I was working on, and absolutely LOVE it. The color combo is amazing and well, let's just say I impressed myself a little. ;) I posed a link to the pattern in the previous post if you are interested in it.
So as I said I'm working on Mule Camp. Currently I decided to work on hats and I have NO idea how many to make. Plus I plan on making scarves and other things as well, I may try an afghan or two, but not sure yet since they are a little time consuming. Oh and hopefully I will get to try some market bags. Now if only I could crochet as fast as I can find patterns I want to do I might actually get it all done in time.
I'm thinking my next "big" project will be a granny square afghan. I've seen some granny squares that I really like and am trying to decide what kind of color scheme I want to use.

And here's a picture of the finished afghan I am so proud of. :) Of course it's bigger than showed, but I wanted to make sure I got close enough to see some detail.