I was catching up on my bloglines today when I clicked on a link from Dee‘s blog and what do I find there?
The lady mentioned my blog! My Irish crochet purse, actually. I wanted to thank her, but her blog doesn’t allow comments and I don’t know how else to contact her. So if any one knows how to contact Jane of Jane’s Hooked on Crochet, please let me know.
for more than a month, is this:
I tested the pattern for Kathy, who once again created an amazingly intricate and beautiful creation. I am so proud of being a tester for her!
I used Size 40 Anchor thread in cream, about 3 full 50g balls and a litle more. Also bugle beads (strung on with an ordinary sewing needle *horror*, even breaking one!) and ended up entangling a good bit (which remains that way, I’ll undo it if I need the beads).
Now of course, Kathy has sent me 3 beading needles along with the beds for her next pattern (which is progressing very smoothly, let me say).
What a change the proper equipment makes! The beads are seed beads in turquoise, and the beading needle (big eye) made stringing a dream!
For the first time, I managed to create something by just looking at something someone else made, and without a written pattern! Yay! So even though it isn’t anything complex, I’m still proud of it! It’s with Red Heart thread (100g ball) in grey, size 20.
I love FOs *grin*.
Jacqui (Petunia) had sent me this in my July CAT PAC:
The sky is on fire!
I have caught my first-ever bookcrossing book! Susan (a postcrossing and bookcrossing friend) sent me this book, a delicious mix of food and murder:
From Nina in Duisburg, Germany, a postcard showing the Landschaftspark, which is an old steel factory now turned into a park.
Nice orange tones here.
Here she is, soft as a cat….purrrrrrrr….
Took me a couple of hours to work up all in dc – 10 dc across and 4 feet long without the fringe. Used my new Boye N hook and much of yesterday’s skein from the Crochetville elf.
Update: My Crochetville fairy who sent me the yarn tells me it is Lionbrand Polarspun, and it looks like Polar Pink. Good to know the information.
I finally mailed my replacement doily for the Crochetville Doily Swap today. Just to make sure my swap partner receives this one, I made it in a colour she hates…Sorry!!! Bit superstitious….And I’ve put it up on my blog as well, because there’s no point in surprise now…It’s actually brownish, not red like it looks.
The pattern is from the English version of this East German book:
This special package took a whole month to get to me. The Crochetville elf from Jacksonville, Florida posted it on August 01, and I got it today! My adventures with post continue…
Here are all my goodies:
A lovely Christmas card with a kind message.
Wonderful, wonderful comfort grips for my hooks from Kahoot!
A whole bunch of patterns for me to drool over make.
A fluffy, soft, pink skein of yarn. Somebody please tell me what it might be?
A Boye hook in size F/5 (3.75 mm). I didn’t have this size before, so it’s very welcome!
And the sweetest thing of all…
Candy!!!! I’m waiting for my husband to come home so we can share these.
Thank you so much for all the goodness and thinking of me!!!
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