A Rug!

A red rug to match the red walls. Some friends moved, and we all know I loooooove making moving gifts (I do!), so I pulled together a rug to match the walls they painted red in their basement (also living space. not storage like mine). Because really, who likes to wake up and walk all over the cold linoleum and freeze their little toes off?

Thursday: Centipede!

Wednesday: NARWHAL!!

Self-Imposed Project

My new self-imposed project: a stuffed creature every day, for a week. Some will be good, some will suck, but I'll probably learn a thing or two in the process. Particularly, as stuffed creatures are something I haven't really spent a whole lot of time on in the past. And so, I present Monday and Tuesday to you (sorry for the icky flash):

MONDAY:


TUESDAY:

A blanket

This is just a dark blue afghan, with stripes on one side and edging of kiddie rainbow colored yarn. I made it because I was bored... It's sitting in my big blanket bucket right now, and anyone who wants it can have! Not quite big enough for a bed, but a good size for snuggling with or wrapping around yourself on a couch.

HEY HEY AMERICA!!

I got really restless on the fourth of July this year, I hate the fireworks, and it was a Saturday. I had something else I needed at JoAnns, so I trekked out there, only realizing once I was a block away that they could potentially be closed. Lucky for me, they were Independence Sale-ing instead of closed! I got what I needed, and picked up several patriotic remnants.

When I got home I worked them up into a rug quickly, starting and finishing all on the 4th. I'm pretty set on rugs for myself these days, but my brother moved recently, so I gave it to him. Last I heard (which was, the day I gave it to him) he was using it in his bathroom, where it matched the blue walls, and where he and his roommate hadn't gotten around to getting a rug for yet. I hope it's still working out for them!

Long time, eh?

This is a crocheted blanket I worked on after my friend Lani taught me a pattern for granny squares (the purple squares). I figured out how to make the brown squares by staring at a blanket for a little while and thinking about the different stitches, and then was inspired to work on my own blanket, just to see if I could do it.

My friend Erika moved at about the same time I was finishing up the blankie, and so I gave it to her. It (conveniently!) matches her bedroom color scheme, as you can see in the first picture. The second picture gives you a more close up view of the two patterns that I used for the different colored squares.