Sew Dance

 I started this a while ago. The Marcelle afghan. But I was running out of yarn on the final round. Put it away for a while. Then forgot where I put my pattern. Found it again. Frogged everything and redid it with a smaller hook. Also messed up on round 71 four times and didn't realize it until round 73... There were only 74 rounds. 2nd pic is it on my queen bed. Now to pick a new project...

As it's been cold out, I've been crocheting. This is my first attempt at mosaic crochet. Pattern it's Hobbii's Peacock Delight. I used a cake of twister and two twister solids. Pretty easy once I understood what was being asked. Also took the leftover anniversary cakes from two blankets and made these giant granny squares. Here's my last order of yarn for the foreseeable future. Ordered in December so it's not going against my New Years resolution. And Clyde, in his treetop.

 Clearly I haven't been posting too much. Lots of other things I'm doing and not as much crafting. As it's colder and I won't overheat from crocheting. I put Royal Games II away. I'm about halfway done with the stitching. Made these three Halloween shelf sitters. Using the anniversary cakes, made this blanket. I'm currently working on another one in brown and red. And this is the Western Skies afghan that's been in my stash since before I moved. And Clyde:

Apparently parking my butt on my couch for the Olympics resulted in Royal Games I being completed. The beading alone took me almost three days. Onto Royals Games II.  

Bluebeard's Princess is complete and ready to swim through the oceans. The fabric is more dark blue than gray. And the camera doesn't like picking up shiny. A close up of the metallics and beads on her tail. And my roses are back. A little earlier than usual.  

Her top half is done, minus specialty threads and beads. Also was asked to make two baby blankets, so I did those this week. Back to writing. I'm a little stuck on one piece, but started another. Hopefully something will jog loose for my other projects.

Finished the Easter ornament. Also visited with Clyde this weekend. I got the 2nd shot and stayed with my parents for the night in case of symptoms that would knock me on my butt. They did not appear. However, I did get Clyde staying with me. He ignored me the following day.  It's getting warm, so big crochet projects will not be selected. So time to roll the dice for my next cross stitch WIP.

I'm still here. Sort of. A little more crafting recently. Finished this afghan. It took five hours just to weave in the ends (as seen by the pile on the bottom left).   Currently working on an Easter ornament. Will be done with that shortly.

Someone wanted a snowlady like the one my mom had on her desk, so I made one. Nose came out cuter than the original. And here's the current progress on Dragon Writer. You can see one of the books on the shelves.  

 I've mostly been writing, not a lot of crafting, but I made my parents matching hats for Christmas and the ball for Clyde. Also made one ornament for the tree. Had to have a new one. And I started on a dragon shawl. Lots and lots of crocodile stitches...   Lots of photos of Clyde in the past month.   Silly kitty.

Clearly, I haven't posted in a while. Mainly because I haven't really been crafting. Writing and video editing caught me and refused to let go. Also it was too hot to work on an afghan. The Crochet  Crowd's Better Together afghan is complete. Now to cross stitch for a bit before NaNoWriMo takes over my life.

Stitch Maynia has come to and end. I started 31 new projects. 16 with only whole skein amounts known, 11 kits, and 4 HAEDS. I stitched about 184.5 hours during the month for an average of just under 6 hours a day. I'm going to try and focus on WIPs now. I've renumbered my dice rolls and instead of starting with a D12, I'm rolling a D6. Day 24: Tango Day 25: Mosslord Day 26: Looking Glass Day 27: El Vaquero Day 28: Gracious Era Day 29: Little Princess Snow Day 30: The Minstrel Day 31: Legends of the Dragons And I created the video below for Day 31, with a recap.