Joe's Afghan

At last it's complete! Took me about 7 months to finish, but here it is. All I need do is sew in the edges. Yay!!

Tropical Stripes C2C

JAYSUS, I had no idea this blanket was such an EYE BURNER until I took this picture in the sunlight today! WOW!

Well, I'm going to keep on with it. Many people have said they love this one.

White Rose of York

I made this brooch to wear this week in respect for King Richard III, who, over 500 years ago, was the last English king to die on the battlefield.

His bones, once believed lost, were recently found underneath a parking lot. Today he is being re-buried in Leicester Cathedral with proper ceremony and prayers.

There are those who say his remains should have been returned to York. I can understand how they feel, and to some level I agree. It would have been very nice to see him rest, at last, in York. But on the other hand, he was a Christian (Catholic) and any consecrated ground would be appropriate. Beyond that, since Psalm 24 says all the earth is the Lord's, then that kind of renders the whole discussion moot anyway.

But there we have it - my white rose of York brooch.

St Pat's Day

I made some earrings for St Patrick's Day!

Any Excuse...

...to upload a pic of my boy on my blanket!

Dr Smith's Afghan

I'm working on this afghan for the surgeon who removed my gallbladder; it's in his university colors.

I love the corner to corner pattern. I think it's my new go-to pattern.

Decoupage!

OK I must do this too.

Decorating Jar Candles

I must do this!

Now, to figure out how to refill a used jar once the original wax is all burned up....

EDIT! How to make concrete votive candle holders!

Engineer Blanket

This is an afghan I'm making for Joe. It is in the colors of his old unit, the 82nd US Army combat engineers. I'm doing 8 rows of crimson and 2 rows of white.

I do need more red yarn, however. I'm getting low.

3 New Scarves

I completed two new scarves this week. One was for a Chicago Bears fan. Here is a photo of it before I put the last row of blue yarn on:

This one was done in rows of crossed double crochet. I finished off at the end of each row and left long tails which became fringe.

And I did a Joseph's Coat scarf in some very wintry colors:

And of course, my diabetes awareness scarf:

Funny that I make many scarves but I live in Florida and can't wear them very often. Well, it's just what I do.

Now, I also have this:

...and I'm considering making a scarf out of a bunch of them. Hmmm. It's pretty involved, but imagine what it'd look like in the end.