W.I.P. Wednesday

I know, I know!  I said I would not start a new project until my old UFO was completed BUT hear me out.

The Trip Around The World Afghan is huge and I needed a small project to work on when I’m on the go, like at the car dealership or our weekly Sip & Stitch.  The Afghan requires me to carry 13 skeins around and it not feasible to do that…so this Cabana Granny Shirt, only requires one color & one skein (ball) of yarn at a time so it’s the perfect “on the go” project.

I didn’t buy new yarn (already had it) and the pattern is free…so no new investment. 

I’m still working on my Afghan (although I haven’t done much this past week so no updated photos) but it is still my primary project.  I’ll just work on this new one, when I need to take a smaller project with me.

Also, I did another thing outside my comfort zone.  I went to another craft group (Crochet Connections at the Tucker Rec Center) - there were like 25 people there.  I only met really 2 people (Maddie and Mickey) and no one actually reached out to welcome me...they seemed to be in their only little groups.  Not sure I will go back, but it is only 1 hour once a month, so it is dedicated crochet time.

Throwback Thursday

The Sparks!  I loved them.  My favorite song was "I Predict".  I heard it on the radio this morning and felt the need to share it.  They were a a bit of a quirkly duo (Ron & Russell Mael, who are brothers) and they are awesome!

 

W.I.P. Wednesday

Well, I started this project a long, long time ago..I’m fact, almost 15 years ago.  I still remember picking out the yarn at Hobby Lobby and was excited about the project.  Looking back, I wished I would have picked up 2 skeins of each color but at the time, I could only afford 1 of each.  I mean there are 13 colors and even it the yarn was on sale, that's still a lot of money at one time.  Of course, I thought I would be able to go back and get more when I needed it, but life took a turn.

Unlike my old Flower Power Blanket, I know why I stopped working on it.  First, after Thatcher died, it was a long time that I could even pick up a crochet hook and this was my first project I started on about 5 1/2 years after he died.  I worked on it a couple of months, then my dad got sick and about 4 months later, he died and once again, I just wasn’t in a place where I could crochet.  

I was really down and didn't really know how to move forward and was not interested and about 22 months later, I was in a horrible car accident, then my brother died 2 days later.  I couldn’t have crocheted with my broken body if I wanted to and my broken heart made it even harder.

When years passed & I finally started thinking about crochet again, so much time had passed that I discovered the yarn I was using for this project had been discontinued and I didn’t think I had enough to finish it, so I hesitated getting back to it.

Honestly, I still don’t think I have enough yarn, but I’m in the year of “completion” so I am going to try and hope if I do run out, I can find some kind of close colors in another brand.  

Anyway, wish me luck…Here’s where I’m restarting:

I'm about 40% finished.