Hello Rainy Day!

It has been a cloudy and rainy day today. The rain has come off and on all day. A really nice day after all the high heat we have been dealing with. Was near 100 most of the week. Too hot to really be outside.

A recent project. Just a regular granny square afghan. Love making these from time to time.

I am making another one simular to this one. Only I am using grey and yellow in place of the pink/ mauve in this one.

 We have had a really hot summer so far. How about everyone else?

Blended Scraps Ripple

Here is the newest update on the Blended Scraps Ripple. I am around halfway done with it now. :)

I think I will be adding the browns next.

Looking at the pictures, it shows I had a lot of different shades of blue. But not so much of the other colors.

I still love it. :)

Progress :)

I added the greens. It sure makes a change to the look of this afghan.

Here is a picture showing the colors better. :) I am again adding 4 rows of aran after the green. I think my next set of colors will be purple, or brown.

Kyra playing on her laptop. I love the way her hair looks when she straightens it out.

   We have been enjoying some beautiful weather the last couple of days. Yesterday we hit 70. I don't think we will make it to 70 again today. But the 60's are still good. They say on Friday we will hit the mid 70's. Yay :) Maybe spring is finally here.....


                                                            Have a wonderful day!!!

Blended Scraps Ripple

I started another project. :)

 I am making another ripple afghan. This one will also be made from yarns that I have on hand.

I started out with 4 rows of Aran, then added 2 rows of each color of blue I had.(Well the ones I have in sight. LOL! I have a bunch of yarn in the attic still)

I really like the way the blues blended together here. I have added on since this picture. I added one more blue color.. Then I added 4 more rows of Aran. My next set of colors will be greens.

                                                                  



                                                                      Have a wonderful day

Ribbon Afghan Update!

Now that the Prayer Shawl is done, I was able to pick up the Ribbon afghan again. Yay! This one is so much fun with all of the colors. :) I have decided that I will just crochet all those ends in when I add the border to this afghan. The question is...... What color should the border be? Aran? White? Or should I add a black border? I really am not sure what I want to do. I was orignally thinking the Aran. But then I added some white into the stripes and thought it was really pretty. And the black would make all the colors stand out. BUT, would the black take away from the overall effect of colors in it now?

Here is a different angle to show you all the colors that are in the afghan. I did decide to add another color into it. I will be added another shade of brown to it today. :) Can't wait to see how it will look in there.

And this is a gift I received for Christmas. What a great gift it is. Loads of room to store my yarn and project. And there are a lot of pockets to put things into as well. :) Right now I have all the yarn for the Ribbon afghan in there. It fits in perfectly.

Have a wonderful day everyone!

Oh Wednesday!

Granny Ripple!

Just love this afghan! So easy to work up. About to be at the halfway point with this one now. Then to add an edging to it. :) I am using Red Heart yarn in Aran, Med Thyme, and Windsor Blue. I am making it 3 rows of Aran and then 5 rows each of Windsor Blue and Med Thyme.

Ribbon Afghan!

This one is also a lot of fun to make. :) Such an easy pattern. Once you have the first couple of rows done, its just a repeat the rest of the way through. I am not sure of all the names of the colors in this one. I am just using up a lot of my stash yarn for it.

I have another skein of a brown color, that I am considering adding to the mix in this one. I have two shades of brown in it now, and Aran. I have tons of skeins of Aran. So I guess I will be using that in a lot of my scrap along projects.

 I have not done any more work on the scarf I posted about earlier. I will get back to it again soon. :) Been really wanting to work on these two afghans.....

Have a wonderful day everyone!

Fun Ripple Update and Bold/Bright Ripple :)

So here we are.. A new picture of my fun colors ripple. This one is now halfway done. :) I will be so happy when it is finally finished. When this one is finished I will be selling it in my Etsy shop. :)

 
 
 
 
 

And here we have the newest ripple. This is my bold and bright ripple. I like the way these colors work together and make a statement at the same time. :) After the blue, I added some more white. I will be repeating the pattern once I finish with the white.

Here is a closer shot of the bold and bright ripple :)

I am hoping to have both afghans done by the end of Aug.The kids go back to school the 3rd week of Aug, so I will have more time to get things done when they are in school. Its hard to believe our summer break is almost over.

Ripple Afghan I am working on

Here is a new picture of my ripple. I am really pleased with this one. :)

This ripple is now almost halfway done. I had to run to the store to pick up some more of the colors I am using in it. I should be good to finish it now. When finished this one should fit a full sized bed.

This is one of my flowers from earlier this spring.

The last few weeks have been really hot here, upper 90's and low 100's. Today was the first day we did not have a heat advisory in 5 days.. They keep telling us that we have a chance for storms, but so far it is still dry. Hopefully we will get some rain soon.

Strawberry Jam and Ripple Afghan

I made homemade Strawberry Jam for the first time yesterday. It was so much easier that I had thought it would be. And it tastes really good too. I had it on toast this morning. Yum!!!

Here is a close up of the ripple afghan I am working on. I am loving these colors.

And here is one more shot of the ripple afghan. :) Can't wait to get this one finished.

Ripple Progress

These are the last of the colors I have left for the ripple afghan I am working on. Once I add these colors, I will just repeat untill I get the aghan to the right length.

Here is my progress on the ripple afghan as of last night. This morning I added the rest of the aran. I am doing 3 rows of each color. I have not decided yet what color to do next.

We had a really nice weekend. Kyra finished out her softball season. Her team took 3rd place this year. They did a great job and had a lot of fun. Looking forward to next year.