Thursday thoughts

Well I have now progressed to the zigs on the blanket! I have 5 more squares left of Brandon's and I have approximately 1 million (give or take) more projects lined up!! Egads, there's barly 2 months until Christmas and I don't know how I will be getting anything done!!! RELAX...OK I'm back on the stable ground again for a second. Anyway here are a couple of pictures of the afghan:


Well at least it's coming along. It will be done no later then this weekend even if that means a couple of late nights! I need to get this off of my plate!
My computer is making bad noises right now and my head is pounding! Never a good combo!
Got to go pick up kids!

Listening to: Who Are You by The Who
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Monday has come again!

Hola Peeps!
It's is Monday once again and I have a few things to share! I got some more done on Hiawatha Afghan, it's coming down to the end now! I really wanted to get it done by tomorrow to make it only a month long project, but alas it did not work out that way. Oh well, it should be done by the end of the week though so I'm still doing good! Here' are today's pictures of the progress:

Got past the second set of diamonds and will be cruising along tonight on the solid rows!

I got this last week as a gift from my sister and I LOVE IT!!

It is holding 2 projects, extra yarn and my project book and magazine! Great take along!

I went to Micheals on Saturday to check out the Paton's SWS yarn...simply beautiful! I only bought 1 skien of Natural Earth and can't wait to play with it and find a project to make so I can buy more!!

I dyed some yarn as well on Saturday and here are those 2 skeins of kool-aid dyed yarn!

I think that's it for today!

Listening to: Heartbeat, It's A Love Beat by The Defranco Family
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Happy Wednesday

Hey all! Here is todays update of the afghan status! I have gotten to the solid rows again! Hopefully it will progress quickly now! It's getting heavy so I know it will be toasty while watching TV on a cool night! I sure hope the intended will love it! Anyway here are the pictures of the progress so far!

Two angles.

My daughter is in love with this blanket! She loves the designs on it so I think I will be designing a different one for her in a little bit girlier colors.
I did get another square done for Brandon's blanket as well as his is done in squares so the portability of that is easier when I'm waiting in the car to pick up my Daughter from school. I also forgot about the baby blanket that I was working on for my Brother and his wife and their new little girl! Busy, busy, busy!

Listening to: If I'd Been The One by .38 Special
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Weekend news

We went to the LA County Fair this weekend and you know that I made everyone go and check out the crocheted items! They had the most beautiful entries! I think I will be teaching myself broomstick crochet because there was a blanket done there that I fell in love with! I also made everyone (kids were thrilled) go on over to check out the fiber sheep! I had a blast and got to see the machines that they had set up for carding and spinning and plying! Here are those pictures:



That was so cool to see up close! I also got a couple of hanks just because!
I think they will become a new purse!
Here is the progress on the afghan! I worked hard almost all weekend (except for Saturday at the fair) and am making good progress I think anyway!
Pictures a little dark but you get the idea! I'm very excited for it to be done! I have been very good about weaving in the ends as I go so that won't be a huge deal at the end! I started this September 10th and am over half done so I'm hoping to complete by the 10th of October, I don't know but maybe!

Listening to: That Smell by Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Row 100 done!

Ok I have completed row 100! I now only have 134 to go plus the border! Once I get to row 117 then I flip the pattern and do the whole thing in reverse! Yippee!!! It's getting there, I am hoping to get to the half way point by tomorrow. I don't know though because 140 count single crochet rows takes a lot of time and since I'm changing colors all of the time well that takes up time too! Oh well I do believe I am on schedule for what I set for myself and there is really no hurry except that I just want to be done with it! Plus I am doing squares in between for Brandon's blanket! Crazy!
Here are the pictures of 100 rows completed:

Now you can see the yarn carried through but I just don't know how else to do it so it looks neat and clean. My daughter says it looks great so I guess that's what I'll go with! :)

That's it for today!

Listening to: Turn The Page by Metallica
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It's coming along!

Well I am still making progress on this crazy afghan I have decided to make! I'm concerned that once I get the first half done I will not have the will power to finish the other half! It is a serious amount of tangles and written instructions! Well I am doing the written instructions as I have found it easier to write out what I am doing row by row! I think that I did make good progress this weekend though! My Daughter loves it and has sworn to me that she will make sure that the recipient of this afghan will do the proper amount of loving it! :) She has my back on this because only she knows the craziness of what I am going through! Here are the pictures from the weekend work:


Just 2 different angles.
I did get another square done for Brandon's blanket as well. I have a list of things that people want so I will stay busy through out the cooler months!

That's it for today!

Listening to: Life in The Fast Lane by The Eagles
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Today's Picture Post

Ok hopefully this will work! I took more pictures of the afghan to show yesterdays progress and hopefully blogger will work with me today to get them all uploaded! Let's try!
Yesterdays pictures that wouldn't post:



And here are today pictures:


Let me say the straight line color changes WAY easier then the zig-zags! they even look much better! I have solid rows now for about 10 rows and then big diamonds! Can't wait to see how much fun those will be!!!

Listening to: Mas Tequila by Sammy Hagar
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