Crochet & Knit Chat Blankets In Progress, Knitted A Toy, August 9 2024
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- Grab your crochet, knitting and let's chat. About finishing a knit toy, finding patterns for gifts and two blankets in progress.
To contact me, please comment or email me at cw.angelgirl@gmail.com
Finished Items:
Kitty Kat, by Diane Moran from My Pink Bathtub (paid pattern on Ravelry)
@MyPinkBathtub-Diane
Works In Progress:
Charlie Baby Blanket, by Marianna Mel from Marianna’s Lazy Daisy Days,
(Free Pattern on Ravelry, links to her website)
Boggy Creek Camp Christmas Blanket:
This will be a submission to a Summer CAL by Judy's Creations In Crochet
@judyscreationsincrochet2710
For information about how to submit squares or appliques to Billie at the Crafty Floridian:
@CraftyFloridian
Creators where I subscribe, who are hosting the Boggy Creek Camp Blanket Drive:
@ShezgotYarn
@ninasknotscrochet
@CharmedGrammyCrochet
Library Books Mentioned In This Video:
Little Christmas Decorations to Knit And Crochet, by Sue Stratford and Val Pierce
100 Little Knitted Gifts To Make, a compilation from many contributors by Search Press Studio
100 Little Crochet Gifts To Make, a compilation from many contributors, by Search Press Studio
Last Minute Knitted Gifts, by Joelle Hoverson
More Last Minute Knitted Gifts, by Joelle Hoverson
50 Knitted Gifts for Year-Round Giving, from many contributors, by Sixth&Spring Books
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Hi Kathy. Somehow i got unsubscribed. Thats happening a lot on TH-cam. I just resubscribed. To those reading this comment, make sure you're staying subscribed to your favorite creators.
I am so grateful for you comment Dawna! I am going to pin to the top of the list (if I can figure out how LOL), in hopes that it will help others.
Hi Cathy. Your knit kitty came out so nice and your Christmas blanket is beautiful.
Thank you so much Debbie! I had such fun last week with both projects. The blanket is the first time I made something totally without a pattern. It really has been an interesting experience.
Mr. Yarn with Heart here..... Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on how you look at it) I have significant expertise in detangling yarn (thanx, Cathy...... I think...) so that would be my Olympic event (no one else in the house will do it)🤣
Funny Jeff. If you are so good maybe I should send you mine to undo.
I've tried asking for my sons help with this also... No luck. So, Mr W gets all the practice at this sport... LOL
The library is an awesome resource for crafters. Our library does programs where I have learned a new skill.
What a great thing, to learn a new skill at the library! I would like to check into that, and see if they offer things for adults here...
I would probably need an Olympic event for the oldest WIP. I have a sweater I started years ago. I got bigger than it. So ripped it down. Started again, but didn’t finish. Now I’m several sizes smaller….again. So need to rip it back and restart again. Your cat turned out really cute.
Hi Mary! What an amazing thing about your sweater... The yarn in that WIP will have given you soooo many hours of knitting enjoyment by the time you have a completed sweater! And reading your comment, I feel like you will be wearing that sweater this winter. (Diane's cat pattern was so much fun to make... thank you so much for your comment about it.)
Friday is truly nicer with your videos 🌷
I am so happy to know that, and I look forward to your comments too. That you so much! :-)
My Olympic event would be spinning, not a chance to win, but I like. Not knitting as I make too mistakes and have to go back, even though I’ve been knitting for years it never fails.😊
It amazes me to see people spin fibre. Very cool! And about my knitting... best not to look too closely, as there might be mistakes in mine too. Someday I will learn to fix them, but for now I try to "blend them in" and if I can't blend them in, it's frog city...
My Olympic event would be frogging projects and making big yarn knots 😅 your kitty cat turned out wonderful! I am so inspired by you making blankets and hats/scarves to donate to others, I want to start making hats and blankets for babies in the NICU. Thanks for the video!
Ah yes, frogging and yarn knots -- could this sometimes even be a Biathlon event? LOL
Please keep me posted, if you decide to contact NICU, as it will be good information to share here (about the type of projects they are looking for, and types of yarns, etc). I have never crocheted/knit for wee ones in NICU and very interested to learn more...
Hi Cathy! The kitty cat is adorable. And your summer cal Christmas blanket is so pretty. You are leaps and bounds ahead of me in that! I plan to also make a blanket but I've only done 6 squares, and and still have 2 more stitches to learn. I'm glad she gave us plenty of time. Hopefully I'll be able to finish! Thank you for the great idea about visiting the library for patterns! I don't know why I forget about it. I also have the online ap. I may check out the ebooks first. Now that I'm growing more confident with written patterns, I love that idea!
Thank you so much for the encouragement about the kitty cat. During July, I had a lot of days when I didn't crochet, so I think I had a lot of "crochet energy" built up. LOL Please don't stress about your blanket -- as there is still a month left in the CAL and I'm pretty sure you will have enough time. And on the other hand, if you are pressed for time because of other things you need to do, it is totally ok to change your mind, and to make something else with fewer squares for the CAL. That's the nice thing about the Summer CAL -- no pattern, very few requirements... Love it!
Hi miss Cathy! I think most creative yarn bomb would be a neat category. I absolutely love the teal kitty!❤ my fav color and it had so much character. I think a good name for her would be miss sassafrass, because she miss really sassy to me. The blue blanket has such a wonderful looking texture. Lots of great ideas, thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for suggesting a name for the kitty. That is a lovely name! Creative Yarn-bombing is a great category for an event. I'm happy to hear that you like the texture in the knit blanket. (I really like textured stitches also.)
I like the name Kitty Kat. Your blanket is looking great. Did you have a favourite stitch?
Thank you Judy! I like the pattern name too... just not original. I definitely did have a favorite stitch. The spiked sedge stitch, as it was totally new to me and had amazing texture.
Nice to see another video from you
Thank you so much Bonnie! I'm very happy that you are here. :-)
Love the kitty cat. Beautiful Christmas blanket, My Olympic event would be de-tangling yarnbarfs
Thank you so much! These both have been such fun projects... And de-tangling yarn is definitely a challenging event.
Hi Cathy! My Olympic event would be how many WIPs can I have going and keep straight. Love the kitty and the blankets.
The kitty and the blankets have been all such fun to make. You have skills -- keeping a lot of WIPS organized is talent!!!
I came back and now I can comment. Yay. 😊
I am so happy that it is working now. Very happy!!!
Hi Cathy I think your cat is super cute and kitty cat is the purrfect name! I think I learn something pretty much every time I knit something. My choice of Olympic event would be the fastest yarn winder upper! 😘
Hi Loraine! Isn't it wonderful that there are so many variations and techniques to learn? For me, this is part of the fun... and even just using a different yarn with a technique that is familiar can totally change things in a whole new way! Love it so much! My yarn winding skills are not on point (Mr W is much better at that than I am. LOL)
Love your kitty cat. She looks like a Blueberry to me.
Thank you so much for suggesting the name Blueberry. How cute!
Hi Cathy. All of your makes are beautiful. Your cat turned out great! I think I’m already competing in the yarn gathering event😂. And the bargain yarn hunting event, I hate paying full price. Hope you’re keeping well, cooler days ahead, I’m excited!
Hi Tami! Thank you so much! Diane's pattern for the cat was great -- and I thought it was amazing that you guessed (last week) what I was making. Thankful that mornings are much cooler, so I can even get outside for a bit of a hike, without overheating. That's been great! Hooray for both yarn hunting and yarn gathering events...
My Olympic event is scouring the web looking at interesting yarns. There are so many out there I get very, very busy.
You are so right about this... Isn't it amazing how many lovely yarns are available?
Hi I'm new here! 😊 I love your stuffed cat I love cats! I would like an Olympic event for knitting from knitting patterns my fantasy self has collected. Because I'm always collecting books thinking I'll knit that one day and never do. I've been knitting for many years but I've never progressed past beginner patterns. I think maybe I'm the only one with that problem.
Warm welcome! I'm so happy that you commented. Pattern collecting is one of my fav things... Often I go for less complicated patterns also... (Stitch combos that look hard but really aren't... is a well kept knit/crochet secret lol)
Free pattern collecting sounds fun! I’ve found some good books at my library as well. Have you tried cumulus cotton yarn by Juniper Moon Farms? I’m currently making my mom a summer, short sleeve cardigan. It feels wonderful and since it’s worsted weight it’s going fairly quickly 😊
Oh my!!! Juniper Moon Farms yarn is on my wish list!!! Some day I would love to try it. Such beautiful colours in all of their options and your mom is going to love her cardi! Happy that you are a fellow library patron!
Your blanket looks so nice. My Olympic event might be would blocking really fix that?
I'm really enjoying making the blanket. Great event idea -- I've heard, when accompanied by very spicy words/language, that blocking might fix everything... LOL
Hi! That's a cute kitty cat. Just wondering if you were using the magic loop technique with circular needles. I prefer that to DPNs.
Hi Dimitra! The magic loop technique is something that I would like to learn. I haven't tried it yet. (I was using the circulars that I use when making hats.)
I've just purchased My Pink Bathtubs kity kat pattern on Ravelry - yippee 🪻 and I'd like to be part of an Olympic event especially for me... Beginner Knitting 🐈 cat patterns
Oh such fun!! I like the idea of that event and hope you really enjoy Diane's pattern. :-)