Thursday, October 16, 2008

Cathedral Window Update


Here is my progress on Cathedral Window. I'd say I have about 3 weeks more to go. This sucker is huge. I am going to hang it on the wall of my stairway.




I bought a ton of Vanna's Choice today. I am going to do the Stained Glass Window Afghan with Vanna's; I ordered the book this week. 50 Sensational Crochet Afghans and Throws by Bobbie Matela. I matched the colors pretty well except for the gold which was a little off. I also bought enough Vanna's for another afghan in blue and orange. I think I will make hexagons.


I entered a few of my afghan photos in the Vanna's Choice contest.


Finished a hat for a gal on one of my boards that is starting chemo. Just a simple black crocheted beanie.


I have to mail out my afghan exchange squares. Haven't received any yet. Need large envelopes.


I'm kind of excited because I decided to take a full schedule of classes in the Spring semester and go full speed toward Nursing. I'll apply for Rad Tech as well but I think I prefer Nursing now because the money is better and you don't have to go to school in the summer which is tough with a 10 year old.
I got a 93 on my book report; I have an exam in Sociology online tomorrow; I have an AP2 lecture exam on Tuesday so the weekend is shot.

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Cathedral Rose Window


Here is a photo of my progress on the Cathedral Rose Window Afghan. I am doing it in solids rather than the variegated suggested in the pattern.


Tuesday, October 07, 2008

I love Vanna's Choice

I really love Vanna's Choice yarn. I just love seeing it in the yarn store all lined up. The colors are so nice and I love the soft little bundles. I started a VC Fan Club group on Ravelry. lol. It was on sale at AC Moore today so I bought 12 skeins for an afghan I'm thinking about. I got aqua, sapphire, terracotta, and rust. I wanted to do a blue/orange combo. I think I am going to do hexagons, with circles and spirals in the hexagons. Something to think about while I'm working on other projects.'

I am working now on Cathedral Rose Window Afghan. Wow, big project. I think I am making headway and realize I am only finished with ONE skein of black Red Heart SuperSaver and the pattern calls for SIX so I am about one sixth through only! Alot of work, and it is not really fun crocheting. Changing colors multiple times per row is fiddly and not my style. I like SPEED crocheting. Heh. Hopefully the finished product will be worth it. I am doing it in rainbow solids rather than the variegated called for in the pattern. Remains to be seen whether my idea will pan out successfully.

Other than that I am knitting a tank in Lion Brand Incredible for one of my nieces. Knitting just seems to slow to me these days but I go through phases. I have a few other WIPs but nothing major (which means nothing I really want to do.) I just finished 11 squares for an afghan square exchange and I have to figure out what kind of envelope to mail them in. I am way ahead of my group so I have time to mail.

I have a book report due for Sociology I think on the 14th and just started reading and the book is really dry. Not sure if a sociological study done in 1972 is really relevant today and even if it is not it is kind of tough to read when things have changed so much. I could make that my take on it but it might hurt my brain to think that hard. But it was on the list of suggested books. Maybe I will look for another one. It is called The Hidden Injuries of Class.

School tomorrow. No tests but we should get back the one in AP2 lecture. I am kind of rethinking this school thing. I will finish up this semester, apply for the programs in the Fall, and try to get a job in January and see what happens. I don't think the starting salary for Rad Tech is as much as I thought it would be and I could probably get an Admin Asst job for almost as much pay so what to do?

Monday, October 06, 2008

Starting Over

Hi, just remembered this blog and thought I might use it from time to time. I've been doing alot of crocheting and creating afghans and I want somewhere to write down what I've done. I have photos at flickr and descriptions at ravelry and I also post at Crochetville but I'll write more here.

I have been heavily into crochet this past year and have done little knitting.