White on White Snowflakes

In honor of the snow we had today.... just a few very large flakes...... I will share my white on white snowflake twill runner. It was going to be a kitchen towel, but looked like a runner to me. So I added some crochet filet on the ends and have called it done!

This project went very fast. I can't think of any one part that I didn't mind doing. The warp was a white while the weft was more a cream-white color. I used the weft to crochet the edges.

The other runner (purple) is still being hemmed. I just might add a crochet edge to it too?!?

A Little Needle Work

Not much weaving going on here. I have been playing with some yarn, though. Getting ready for some quick gifts I might be needing next month!

Just some green yarn I saw in my local 'box store'. It jumped into my cart and so when I got home I needed to turn it into something. I have a granddaughter who likes hats.... maybe she will like this?

More Crochet Hanging Tabs

Since some of these towels are 'creative summer and winter', why not do some 'creative colors' for the tabs?

The towel in the middle has been woven in 1-1-1-1, a-b-a-b order with red tabby and black pattern. This is the back side of all three towels.

Crochet Hanging Tab for Towels

Thistle Rose asked for directions on the crocheted hanging tab I put on my small towels. They are just something I 'do'. So I will try to write the directions with the help of some photos. I have used the same thread that was used as warp (8/2 cotton).  I have used a size 8 crochet hook. It is a hook I have had for over 40 years.

Chain 15, being careful not to twist, slip stitch to form ring.

Ch (chain) 2, then work 29 dc into ring (double crochet). For a total of 30 dc into ring.

Slip stitch to top of chain two to close.

 Chain two, turn work. 
2 dc in next stitch,
1 dc in next stitch
2 dc in next stitch
1 dc in each of next 2  stitch
2 dc in next stitch
1 dc in each of next 2  stitch
2 dc in next stitch
Chain one. Turn work. Work back across with a sc in each stitch. End off.

End off by leaving a long tail to sew tab onto corner.

 

 



Multi-Tasking

OK, didn't weave a lick on the loom today. I got side-tracked... again.... I decided to crochet a present for my son-in-law. It's going pretty fast. I like doing the filet crochet.

And of course I had questions floating around in the old brain, so I had to see what Weaver Rose was trying to say with his draft 165. Got the draft figured out. Now should I weave it? Maybe some towels? It's a nice design.

Who says you can't multi-task?

Working on Projects - Handwork

Going to crochet an edge on this lap robe. I put a filet edge on the first blanket, this one I am going for a more of a big ruffled effect. Here I am showing you the set-up row.

My main objective with this project was to see if I could weave a length of overshot yardage and then put two panels together. That worked fine, but it wasn't going to be wide enough for a full size bed. So I cut it in two and ended up with two lap robes. I guess they could be called baby blankets, but I might be needing a lap robe some time soon...so lap robes they are! And since I ended up with two, I can put them in 'the closet' for me and DH.

I am sure some of you have forgotten, but I have a 'closet' where I put different things I make for gift giving in the future. Sometimes, things stay in there for years and some times, they are hardly dry before I give them away.

These lab robes were woven with 10/2 cotton as warp and tabby with an acrylic green weft. I found this green at a flea market. It looks like wool, but is acrylic. I think it might have been intended for a knitting machine. It only had on the label that it was 100% acrylic. The size is like Harrisville Shetland wool. The great thing is that it washable. I am sure when I use it, I will be spilling my coffee and muffin on it -so being washable is a good thing!

DH= dear husband

Working on Projects - Lap Blanket

I have my fringe twisted on the S2T scarf and it's drying on the back porch.

So now while I wait for that, I will show what I ended up doing with the green coverlet fabric. It ended up just too narrow to work for a coverlet without doing another strip or putting on enough for two edge pieces. So with my two panels, I have made lap blankets. And to help pretty it up it has a crochet edge on three sides.

This was a learning experience of weaving a Weaver Rose draft, weaving yardage, and matching a center seam.

The reason I am calling it a lap blanket instead of a baby blanket is I may need it sooner than later.