A'frogging we will go....

Okay so I told ya'll that I was starting another American Flag afghan. Well, I was once again wandering aimlessly through cyberspace, and found another pattern for a Flag afghan that I like much better. So I decided that I was going to rip out the 14 rows that I had already done on the other one and start all over again with the new pattern. The new pattern consist of lots of little individual squares that are sewn together. I like the look of this one a bit more than the other one. It's looks more cozy and handmade. Anyway, I don't have any pics made up just yet. I'll post some as soon as I get some. My brother-in-law made it to Fort Carson today. He left early this morning. Well, that's all I've got for now. Hope ya'll had a happy Easter. God Bless.

Been a while

Sorry about the brief absence, but I've been a bit busy lately running around like I've lost my mind. My afghan did make it to it's intended owner Saturday...all clean and washed and pretty. (I have pics, but still don't have them loaded on the pc just yet). We had a "family thing" at my mom's house Sunday. I gained a new sister-in-law today. I didn't get to make it to the wedding, but I met her Saturday and she's totally awesome. She thinks like me!!! After we'd been in the same room for about an hour we could finish each other's sentences. I promise I'll have pics up before we go to MATS at the end of the month. I have to clean out the camera so I'll have room for all the pictures I'll wanna take! Anywho, I'm gonna get off here and attempt to do something productive. Have a good one and God Bless.

WIP update

Well...I've decided that I'm truly impressed with myself. My American Flag Afghan is nearing completeion. I have 25 more stars to make. After that I'll sew them on. Put a pretty white border around the whole thing, then wash it. I have about 7 days to get all of this accomplished. Please, keep your fingers crossed. If I don't get it done on time, I'm going to end up having to mail it...and that will end up costing me a small fortune....although it would make a nice Christmas gift...I think I'd rather just give the Afghan to Johnny before he leaves for Fort Carson. So in honor of my darling baby brother in law joining the Army and graduating AIT and all that good stuff I have some pictures I'd like to post here today. They are of patriotic nature so if that offends you then I suggest you leave and not come back.

And now, to honor my darling hubby.....I have a few more pics...

And finally...a pic of my WIP

Update on my WIP....

I've been diligently working on my flag afghan. I have decided that it will be a gift for my brother-in-law when he graduates AIT in March. I think he will like it. I'm still not quite sure what I'm going to do about the stars though. I have a feeling that I'm going to have to combine a couple different patterns to get the look that I want. Here are some pics.

Here's what the afghan looked like this morning:


Here's one of the stars that I've done in some spare yarn just to see how it would turn out.


Here's another star that I did using the same pattern but a different starting technique.


And while I was bored and taking a bit of a break from the afghan I did a search and found a couple snowflake patterns. Not exactly sure if it would look better in cotton thread than it does in the yarn, but I was entertained for a while trying to do them :-)

Here's the first one I did:


And here's the second one


Not bad for a first try I think. Well, I'm going to go to bed now so I can get up and do some more work on my afghan before the hubby comes home.

Update on my new project

Well, I've been working diligently (okay maybe diligently isn't the proper word here). Let's just say that I've been working on the Flag afghan for the past few days. I have made quite a bit of progress and am quite pleased with myself. I ran into a bit of a problem last night though. I had somehow managed to gain a few (5) extra stitches. Once I figured out how I got them I had to work out a way to get rid of them. Well, I did a little digging (called an older lady in my neighborhood and pleaded for help) and figured out how to fix it. I now have the proper number of stitches and can continue working without pulling out all my hard work (and my hair). I was going to post some pics of the work that I've done so far, but apparently Blogger is having some sort of technical issue and is not allowing me to upload pics today. Hopefully they will have it fixed later or tomorrow or at least sometime this decade. So I guess I'll go and do some more work and take some more pics and hopefully be able to upload them soon.

My new project.....

I have started a new project. One requested by my husband. It is a crocheted afghan in the form of an American Flag. I went today to buy the yarn and the hook (since I didn't have the right size). I've managed to get the first 4 rows done in the matter of a few hours. I think for the most part I won't have much of a problem....at least until I get to the stars. They are done separately and then sewn on. I will post pics as I get them taken so you can see my progress. Here's the link to the pattern if you want to see what the finished project should look like: http://www.allfreecrafts.com/crochet/american-flag.shtml Hopefully when mine is done it will look just as nice. If it looks halfway decent when it's done I may very well end up doing another one for my father-in-law. Well, I think I'm gonna go and finish another row before bed ;-).