Sorry for dropping off the Blogosphere for so long. Things have been crazy busy here, and rather than trying to catch up I’m just going to apologize for being lame, and jump right back into what I’m up to now.
Current Project
I’m crocheting a Chuppah for my sister in law’s wedding, which is coming up very soon. The pattern is Alison Reilly’s Wedding Canopy from For the Love of Yarn, and it’s really quite lovely:
I need 81 motifs in all, I have 67 done.
There was a lot of educated guessing and a little bit of luck involved in planning this (as well as a good application of yarn mathematics), but I now know how much of white and blue I have, and I have a plan for how to fit them together:
Here's my plan (such as it is) for piecing the canopy.
Except, of course, that the individual motifs are round rather than rectangular, but it’s good enough to get a picture of how it will all work. So, that’s what I’m up to, and I’ll try to do a better job of keeping in touch.
In Other Blogs
Some hightlights from the blogroll which I’ve missed. Thea has had an amazing 30 Days of Creativity<, KarlMyl Stitches has been doing socks, KnitSteve has been experimenting with Cross Stitch, and everyone has been a lot more active than I have!
Blog Contests
Phat Fiber is hosting a Spin Fusion Batt Giveaway, which I entered although I already have more fiber than I’m likely to spin in a year. No end date posted, but I gather the timeline is short…
Never Not Knitting has a drawing for a signed copy of Little Red in the City, deadline July 15.
OOOOooooo! It’s going to be beautiful! Does your sister have plans to re-purpose it afterwards? The idea of having a visible reminder of your wedding present in your daily surrounding is so romantic (to me).
Yes, actually. She’s thinking about using it as an afghan (thought it’s square rather than rectangular…) It’s all ver exciting.
Thanks for the mention… trying to get back into crafting mode (while decluttering!).
Beautiful work on the Chuppah!
and thanks always for the heads up on the great giveaways!