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Crochet Time

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‘m busy working on this baby blanket for my nephew – so far I have 16 1/2 rows completed and I need at least two times that to go, maybe three times. I haven’t decided yet. I never timed how long it takes me to crochet, I just work on it a little at a [...]

Three Day Weekend

I forgot about the holiday weekend until yesterday. Chris got a three day weekend and we spent our time cleaning up the house. I did get a few more rows crocheted on the baby blanket I am making but didn’t get a chance to do anything more with the tie blanket. I listen to Mom’s [...]

Pictures of Fleece Tie Blanket

First I always cut off the edges – with a print it is because the edge is white, and with a solid it is because the edge is tighter woven and that is just a preference of mine to cut it off.

Then I lay the smallest piece on top of the largest, so I can [...]

Weekend

I finished one side of the fleece blanket tonight, pictures will be coming tomorrow. I’m thinking I may finish the blanket tomorrow so I can put it into my Christmas gift box, which is nicely coming along. We have to clean the garage tomorrow as well but since we do this at least every other [...]

Busy Crafting

Or I should say busy and still crafting!
I did three more rows on the blanket I am crocheting – and folded the fleece nicely when I was cleaning up. I know I said I like the orange, I think i just need the pieces together a few more days before I am really used to [...]

More on Fleece Blankets

There is a pink and purple fleece tie blanket – basically you lay two fleece fabric pieces together, cut fringe and then tie the fringe twice. The bottom fabric tie will end up on top – see how it is darker on top? That’s the purple.

And here is the fabric for one blanket I am [...]

How I learned to crochet

A friend of mine taught me to crochet one day. It was a quick and easy lesson and I caught on right away. I went online and found NexStitch.com with fast loading videos and easy to follow along instructions. That fixed it for a couple of stitches that I just needed to see vs. being [...]