Wednesday WIPs - 06.05.2020

I thought it was time to show everyone that I don't just make Comfort Bears and Shopping Bags. Here are some things that I have been working on recently.

A Brown Bear

The start of the story "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do You See?"

A Project Bag in Cotton

Some of the shopoping bags that I have been using are starting to fall apart and the rest have been repurposed to carry catalogues.

A Project Bag in Acrylic

I started this one while waiting for the doctor becuse I didn't have the yarn I needed to continue doing the blanket that I normally work on in waiting rooms.

Hungarian Squares Blanket

This is the blanket that I normally work on iwhile in waiting rooms. I just need to do one more round and join them which I will start on next time I am in a waiting room now that I have the appropriate yarn in the bag.

That's it from me for now. Until next time, have a good one.

Richard.

Wednesday WIPs - 25-03-2020

Since I my regular Wednesday evening activities have been cancelled for the duration of pandemic I have time to post a few progress photos. Here are some of the objects that I have worked on this week.

Two Yellow Sheep

It seems to be taking longer than normal to get these finished. Maybe now that I am spending more time at home I can get more work done on these.

Another Shopping Bag with Pouch

I am still making Shopping Bags. I will eventually move on to other things but I don't believe I have enough yet.

Hungarian Crochet Square

I have spent a bit of time in waiting rooms recently and so have made some progress on this.

Regular readers will have noticed that I didn't post anyting on Friday. This is because I didn't finish anything last week. The time I would normally be crocheting was spent driving as I had a memorial service to attend some 5+ hours away.

That's about all I have for you at the moment. Until next time, have a good one.

Richard.

Wednesday WIPs - 15.01.2020

I'm still trying to keep up a schedule of regular posts. To that end, here are the objects that I have worked on that either aren't finished or won't be finished by Friday.

Lounge Chair Cover

I have added another round to this object although I do realise that it is quite difficult to see any change from last week.

Hungarian Crochet Square

I had a trip to the doctors this week and managed to add a bit on this square while I was waiting.

Shopping Bag with Pouch

I have started another bag.

Astute readers will probably figure out what objects will feature on Friday when I show off my finished objects.

That's all I have for you today. Until next time, have a good one.

Richard.

Wednesday WIPs - 01.01.2020

I thought it would be a good idea to start the new year by showing off all my WIPs, so here they are.

A Comfort Bear in the making

This is what this week's comfort bear looked like a 3:00pm. I don't normally show these on Wednesday as I am confident that I can complete it before Friday But thought I might as well include it today.

A Shopping Bag with Pouch

Another bag to add to the collection. This one probably won't be finished by Friday but the one I started last week is so I do have a bag to show off on Friday.

Two Purple Sheep

Two heads, 8 legs and half a body done so far. I doubt if I will get these finished in the next couple of days.

Lounge Chair Cover

I only work on this on Friday evenings after I have posted my finished objects for the week. Most weeks I don't seem to have any time to work on it at all.

Story Time Blanket

Reverse side of Story Time Blanket

This is a project I started a few years ago for the Sunday School kids. I mostly work on this on Friday mornings while at crochet class so it's in time out now due to no classes and being too hot to work on. In the first photo it looks pretty mush done but a close look at the second reveals all the ends yet to be sewn in. I also plan on embroidering a Bible verse in the blank area next to the cross.

Corner to Corner Pixel Blanket

 This is one of two projects I work on while at markets. I'm still trying to work out the best way of avoiding having so many ends to sew in. The top left square was my first attempt and there are far too many ends.

Double Knit Butterfly Squares - side one

Double Knit Butterfly Squares - side two

This is the second of the two projects I work on while at markets. I'm still kinda learning the technique and hve recently seen a video on how to cast on for double knitting. Myabe I will try it for the next square.

Hungarian Crochet Squares

This is my 'waiting room' project. I seem to spend quite a bit of time in waiting rooms (might be because of my age) and I need something to work on because I'm not really into reading magazines.

Short Rows Knitted Scarf

This is another project that goes pretty much every where I do but only comes out when I'm bored with everything else. I made one of these in Tunisian Crochet and thought I would try a knitted version.

Sunhat and Bootees

While this is a UFO I'm not sure that it qualifies as a WIP as I don't really have any incentive to finished it. Baby clothes just don't seem to be selling at the moment. It seems that the current generation of parents just aren't interested in putting their kids in handmade clothing.

I should probably check my to-do lost (posted on Monday) to see if I managed to find all my unfinished objects (or make sure they're all listed) but these are the ones that I did find.

That's it for now. Until next time, have a good one.

Richard.

Wednesday WIPs - 02.01.2019

It's the start of a new year and I thought I should start the year by showing the status of my WIPs. These are all bar rhe comfort bear and blue horse that I hope to have finished for Friday.

Story Time Blanket

 I'm currently working on the border. Once that is finished, I will need to sew in all the ends and embroider a bible verse in the blank area.

Tunisian Sprial Blanket

All the crocheting is done on this, I just need to sew in all the ends.

Corner to Corner Pixel Squares Blanket

This is one of two projects that I have been working on while at markets. I have almost finished crocheting the second square but still have lots of ends to sew in on the first.

Double Knit Butterfly Squares - side 1

Double Knit Butterfly Squares - side 2

This is the second of the projects that I have been working on while at markets. I think I have one quarter of the squares that I need for the full blanket.

Knitted Short Rows Scarf

I started this as an experiment to see if I could do a knitted version of the Tunisian Short Rows Scarf I made a few years ago. I will eventually get around to continuing work on it.

Yarn Eater Squares Blanket

I decided to try this as I had never done it before. Now it's kinda waiting while I get some more of the toys that I'm making finished.

Baby's Sunhat and Bootees in Yellow

One more item from my to-list getting ticked off. I still have a set in white to do once this set is done.

I think that's all of my WIPs. There may be more hiding in one of the boxes that I haven't unpacked yet.  I know I have at least one tartan blanket that my ex-wife wants me to finish, but it will have to wait until I clear some of these other projects.

That's it for now. Until next time, have a good one.

Richard.

Wednesday WIPs - 28.11.2018

I thought it was about time I showed off some of my WIPs, and here they are.

Story Time Blanket

I started on the boarder a few weeks ago and it's already starting to flatten out the bosy of the blanket.

Tunisian Spiral Blanket

I'm almost finished the border on this one. Soon I will be sewing in the ends.

Yarn Eater Blanket

It has been a while since I worked on this one but I have made good progress in the last couple of weeks.

Sunhat and Bootees in Yellow

Another in a series of Sunhat and Bootees sets.

That's it for now. I'm going away on Friday but I will try to post my finished items. If I don't, then you will get a double dose next week.

Until next time, have a good one.

Richard.

Wednesday WIPs - 03.01.2018

This being the first Wednesday of the year I thought I had better find all my UFOs and show where thay are all at. I found nine projects in various stages of completion, not incuding the Comfort Bear that I started today. Here they all are.

Large Jug Cover

I had hoped to have this one finished by now but that was not to be.

Appliques

I have almost finished the last Heart. Once that is finished I will need to chose a pattern for the last four appliques. I'm thinking of an angel for the last four.

Tunisian Spiral Blanket

Just one more corner to negotiate, finish up the side then change to black for one more circuit and this will be done.

Corner-to-Corner Pixel Square.

Progress has been quite slow on this one since I have only been working on it at markets and I haven't been to many markets lately.

Double Knit Butterfly Blanket - side 1

Double Knit Butterfly Blanket - side 2

This is another that I only work on at markets so it hasn't seen a lot of progress either.

Story Time Blanket

This one is on hold until I finish the Appliques.

2016 CAL Blanket

I don't know why I haven't joined these yet. I will get around to it sometime this year.

Four Graduation Owls

These were still packed in a box until this afternoon. I didn't know which box they were in and it took a bit of searching to find them, but now that they're found, I will have to get them finished.

Hungarian Squares Blanket

I started this project just because I wanted to try Hungarian Crochet.

I have a lot of projects on the go and soon will have one more. One of my friends from church has asked me to knit him a beanie for which he has agreed to pay me $20. I probably cause myself a few problems but I never knock back a commision job.

I know this is quite a lot of projects to get finished but I'm sure I can get them done. Feel free to offer any words of encouragement you have to offer, they would be most appreciated.

That's it for now. I hope to have something finished for Friday, even if it is only a Comfort Bear.

Richard.

Wednesday WIPs - 08.10.2014

Now that we have kinda settled in to our new abode it's time to get back to the old routine. I haven't worked on many projects over the last couple of weeks and a few of my projects have only just been unpacked but I made reasonable good progress on those projects that I did work on and I started a new project. Here is what those items that I have worked on look like now.

Tunisian Spiral Blanket

I spent a few hours at the hospital sitting at Sue bedside while the doctors tried to figure out why she had pain in her chest and her blood pressure was way up. I worked on this until I got to the point where I didn't have the next colour in the sequence.

Yarn Eater Blanket

This is what I worked on when I ran out of colours for the spiral but I didn't have enough of the appropriate colours to complete any of the squares. I'll get there eventually.

Boy's Rugby Jumper

Not exactly rugby colours but that's what the patter is called. I worked on this one while at the markets on Saturday until I got bored with crocheting.

Beanie

I hadn't done any knitting for a while so I figured it was about time to get the pointy sticks out again. I also wanted to see how this yarn looked on a knitted item. I think the stripes will work better on a narrower item like a scarf but I will finish the beanie first.

Woollen Baby Blanket - motifs from Ellen Gormley's book

I finished the row of octagons and then added a row of squares. I think I made fair progress on this.

Trauma Teddy

This was my project for Craft'n'Cuppa this afternoon. I probably could have got it finished today but I was feeling a little slack and didn't work on it once I got home. I will finish it tomorrow so it will appear in Friday's FO post.

I will have to get all my other projects out a get stuck into them so I have a bit more to show you next week but in the meantime, you can checkout what others have been making by following the links in the sidebar.

Richard.