Tomorrow at the a$$ crack of dawn we depart for vacation!!! Yay!! In addition to the spa appointment we have booked and the sightseeing around Santa Fe we will do, I'm also looking forward to checking out the local yarn stores (Needle's Eye, Oodles Yarn and Bead Gallery and the Santa Fe School of Weaving). Not sure that I'll make it to the yarn store near Cooperstown (Sybil's Yarn Shop) as I expect traffic will be a nightmare. Of the stores I do get to visit, I'll post reviews when I return.
My project of choice for this trip is the Ohio Star Variant Quilt which has been neglected since I started it in May. Happy to report I weaved in the ends of 25 squares today on my commute (see the side bar for an update). I'm looking forward to seeing how many squares I get accomplished - any guesses?
Peace out!
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Friday, July 20, 2007
Sunday, May 27, 2007
New Project: Ohio Star Variant Quilt
Oh, what have I gotten myself into....
My major Christmas project has begun - and I'm going to need every bit of time I have between now and December to finish it.
The Ohio Star Variant Quilt is a crocheted quilt. It consists of many, many, many little crocheted squares that are joined together like pieces of a fabric quilt would be. The squares measure approximately 2 1/2" - aren't they cute?
Very cute, indeed. But how cute are 1200 of these little squares going to be?
Yes - I said 1200.
Here's the design:
Here are the colors I'm using:
Lion Brand's Wool-Ease in
I'm going to keep track of my progress on the side bar. As the photo shows above, I have 20 red squares and 5 green squares made - but I'm not counting a square as finished until I weave in the ends. I don't want to leave all the weaving until last - that would be wholly depressing to sit down and have to weave the ends of 1200 squares. So it's a bit of motivation to weave as I go so I can mark a square as being complete.
A bonus of this project is that the squares work up quickly and at this stage, it is very easy to work on this during my commute. Once I get to joining squares and finishing up the entire thing, then it will be a home based project. But right now - it's perfect for commuting.
If you're interested in making your own crocheted quilt, the Happy Yellow House has many other designs from which to choose.
My major Christmas project has begun - and I'm going to need every bit of time I have between now and December to finish it.
The Ohio Star Variant Quilt is a crocheted quilt. It consists of many, many, many little crocheted squares that are joined together like pieces of a fabric quilt would be. The squares measure approximately 2 1/2" - aren't they cute?
Very cute, indeed. But how cute are 1200 of these little squares going to be?
Yes - I said 1200.
Here's the design:
Here are the colors I'm using:
Lion Brand's Wool-Ease in
- Fisherman (instead of white)
- Cranberry (instead of red)
- Avocado (instead of blue)
I'm going to keep track of my progress on the side bar. As the photo shows above, I have 20 red squares and 5 green squares made - but I'm not counting a square as finished until I weave in the ends. I don't want to leave all the weaving until last - that would be wholly depressing to sit down and have to weave the ends of 1200 squares. So it's a bit of motivation to weave as I go so I can mark a square as being complete.
A bonus of this project is that the squares work up quickly and at this stage, it is very easy to work on this during my commute. Once I get to joining squares and finishing up the entire thing, then it will be a home based project. But right now - it's perfect for commuting.
If you're interested in making your own crocheted quilt, the Happy Yellow House has many other designs from which to choose.
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