I am back

 Hi, Hello, Sorry I haven't been into blogging and I was thinking about deleting this blog before the pandemic. I only remembered, I had an unpublished post sitting here. Sorry to say I lost my creative mojo. While dealing with pandemic life, kids, and weight gain. etc. I am happy I am back into crafting full time. I have been working on myself. I am currently working on losing weight with a new lifestyle change in my diet and going to the gym, I lost 35+ lbs so far, I am back into loom knitting. It feels so good to just to sit and loom knit. I'm working on a hat for Looming Exclusive Designs. I never really did quit crocheting. The only project I really did make was some dish scrubbies, granny squares, and working on some blankets. Some blankets are still in progress and been sitting on for years. i will get back to them soon. I also got into doing Diamond art, some card making, Circuit designing, and I did some Perler beads as well. Hopefully you will see some project here or on my Facebook page here. Anyways have a great day. 

Finished Blankets

I would like to say, I got all these blanket done as I planned to do in my last post. I also have started looming again and designing for the other blog Looming Exclusives Designs. I still have a few hat patterns to finish writing for that blog. I am hoping to get them out by the end of the month. Anyways I wanted share a little bit on how I made these Afghans that I call Blankets. I did not design theses patterns. I only started crocheting on May of 2014 and I still consider myself a beginner crocheter. I stick with what I know how do most of the time. There are some days where I feel like I need a crochet lesson and I go on Youtube, learn something new, and try to copy it from memory. I am still amazed that I can start the 2nd start pattern below without a pattern or the video.

This Lion Brand Hometown USA Corner to corner blanket was made the colors Minneapolis Purple and Neon Pink with a 10mm crochet hook. I started out with 5 row of  Minneapolis Purple, Then did 5 rows of neon pink and continue this pattern until it was how big I wanted it to be. Then I started to decrease it in the middle row of the neon pink. I continue to decreased the blanket and somehow I ended up with 4 rows on the last corner. I was happy this blanket was done because this one took me over a 1 and 1/2 years to complete and will enjoy it for a life time.

This Rainbow (Super}Star Blanket was made with Red Heart Super Saver yarn in the colors Red Hot, Pumpkin, Bright Yellow, Spring Green, Light Periwinkle, Medium Purple, and the border is Zebra. I used a 5mm crochet hook and did 3 rows of each color twice and then did a half double crochet for the border in the Zebra color. 

This Pink Spotted Star Blanket was made with Premier Yarns in the baby yarn. I don't remember the colors names. I did 3 rows of the pink color, 2 rows of the speckled color, 3 rows of the pink color, 2 rows of the speckled color, 3 rows of the pink color, 2 rows of the speckled color, 3 rows of the pink color, 6 rows of the speckled color, and fininshed off with single crochet in in the pink color yarn.

Weaving in stragglers

Currently I am up to my neck in unfinished blankets. Some of these blankets I haven't touched in years. I just finished a crochet this huge heavy corner to corner blanket made with Lion Brand Hometown USA the other day. The colors are Neon Pink and Minneapolis Purple. I have been working on weaving in all the stragglers on this blanket for the current winter. Then I remembered that I have two other blankets I have been waiting to be fully finished. This is what I am doing for the next few week until all three of my kids are in school. I will keep you updated soon.