Tulip Meets Daffodil

Granny Square a Week : Week Seventeen

Phew. Not the most productive month for granny squares! But here is my latest... made from some of my new yarn.

I like the colors. ♥

I bought a new tablecloth for the kitchen table. Ivory. Kinda plain. It needed something. Something pretty.

So I put together this old jug, my Munising bowl, and some flowers and mint from my garden. And yes - that's an old April Cornell placemat (from the 90s!) which I love. (I only have two of them unfortunately.)

I have been extremely busy with work lately, but generally feeling good and accomplished and productive. And after all my blustering last week though about all of my crochet plans, I really have not done any crocheting besides the granny square above. 

My Christmas deadline for my afghan is looming... and at this point it's doubtful it's going to get done - if I'm being honest with myself.

Must push on though! Each row gets me closer and closer to the end.

Crochet Plans and Sunflowers

Happy, happy Friday! It's been a long, long week... :)

I'm very much looking forward to the weekend. I plan to do a ton of crochet. The Beast, and at least one granny square.

I've not been very motivated to pick up my hook lately. I actually spent several nights this week with my unfinished afhan in my lap, hook in my hand. Hours later - I still had not made one stitch!

But I am tired of looking at all of the unfinished projects around here and really want to Accomplish Something.

For now, though - please just enjoy this baby sunflower enjoying the autumn sun.

♥

Huge Potted Orchids and New Cotton Yarn for Granny Squares

I am so happy it's September.

Believe me, I had a great summer... it just felt like a long one. I am not complaining... I'm happy and healthy and I started off the summer with a trip to Hawaii for goodness sakes. I know what I have and I am thankful for it everyday. I am just looking forward to falling leaves, fresh cider, and cooler weather, darnit! :)

~ Rant over. ~

Now... onto some lovely eye candy I got this weekend! First, this amazing orchid.

I went to Trader Joe's on Saturday morning to pick up some supplies (our cupboards were completely bare - I was actually forced to eat a freaking ice cream cone for a snack. Without the ice cream!)

They had a lot of cut flowers by the door, and sadly most looked a little worse for wear but they did have a ton of potted orchids as well. The big ones were $17.99 which I thought was a pretty good price so I stood there for a minute or two obsessing debating over which one to get. Quite a commitment, really. Then - from out of nowhere I saw this gorgeous one in the back. Yes - score! Seriously, there has to be about 25 blooms on this lovely.

I hugged it put it in my cart and seriously - I had about 3 or 4 people comment on it while I was shopping! They were all really jealous, I could tell. ;) How this gorgeous plant was still even on the shelf on a busy Saturday afternoon I have no idea. Was meant to be I tell you.

(And no, I am not keeping it on the chair above. I just staged it here for the picture. It's actually on my desk where I can look at it all day long. (Praying I can keep it alive!))

Next up - some delicious new yarn.

This package of goodness arrived on Saturday. Finally - new yarn for my granny square project! Woo hoo.

Some of these colors I've used already... some are new. (And no, I didn't really plan out the colors well for this project - hoping it just all comes together in the end.)

The colors above are Burnt, Gooseberry, Aubergine, Ochre, Raspberry, Ice Water, Celery, Linen, Bee, and China Rose (which is actually the purply one in the middle. OK.)

I do kinda really love the color combo of these new skeins... would be nice on their own for a future project (minus the bright yellow "Bee" color in the center - but that is wonderful as well, don't get me wrong.)

And of course - these are all my favorite, favorite Rowan Handknit Cotton yarn. My fave, if you couldn't tell.

Happy September. ♥

Granny Square a Week : Week Sixteen

Week Sixteen:

I'll be the first to admit it took me more than a week to finish this square - but here it is nonetheless!

I ordered more yarn today (yay) - so hopefully I'll get some better looking color combos posted shortly.

I'm thinking that in ten more squares or so I am going to start putting them together. There are several grannies I think I am going to leave out of the finished blanket. Some of the colors are just not striking me as right. But we'll see...

Next week I'll show you all of my lovely new yarn...