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Humpday Blog Love: Kiss My Broccoli + Wool Eater Wednesday

chimes — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:00:00 +0000

This week I’m featuring Heather‘s blog, Kiss My Broccoli. Heather’s from Tennessee and has a lot of sass.

Not only does her blog have a catchy name, it’s got some great stuff. Including a LOT of recipes. And pancakes.

I started reading Heather’s blog sometime in the past few months along with all the other BLENDs’ blogs. I enjoy reading hers because she seems to have some of my personality traits.

Those of you who know me, I’m pretty sure you can see it in her profile picture. Um. Yeah. I think we might end up being BBFs (best blends forever … wow that was entirely too punny) after the retreat.

[ via kiss my broccoli ]

For instance can’t you see this happening to me? Her boyfriend went MIA for the evening and the crazy worry wart in her came out in a cleaning fury. This post still cracks me up.

And it seems like she’s always got a fridge full of Chobani. Jealous.

[ via kiss my broccoli ]

I also found out about foodie pen pals through her blog. And am now participating (yay!).

So if you have time, head on over to Kiss My Broccoli and show Heather some love!

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In other news, I finished my Wool Eater Blanket.

Finally. AND I weaved in all the ends. So It’s finished. For realzies.

It’s incredibly scrappy. I used up almost all my yarn. And go figure, the second I finished this thing, I found a big ball of yellow and a big skein of black. Maybe adding another row or two …

But until then, I’m calling it done and using it. Except that Barney has already claimed it as his own. I guess I’ll have to ask permission.

… or open up the windows in the living room so he forgets about the blanket and hangs out in the sun all day. He seriously won’t move.

But, I sincerely hope I don’t walk in on him … um … loving … my newly finished blanket. He has a thing for blankets. I don’t know WHY, but he does. He had his eye on this one before I had even finished it.

Have you finished any big projects lately?

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Wool Eater Wednesday: Progress

chimes — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:00:00 +0000

I decided to make it official. I’m doing the Wool Eater CAL with Sarah London. Hookin’ ain’t easy.

A while ago I shared with you my baby wool eater. I pledged to only use my stash yarn while working on this.

Well, that was foolish, because this pattern truly lives up to its name. I’m to the point where 1/2 of a round (the bottom or top half of the scallop cluster) takes one full skein of yarn. Yup. So I’ve bought 8 skeins to finish out the last 4 rows. And I also used some yarns I shouldn’t have for this pattern … like a pink fluffy one and two sport weight yarns.

Here’s what I got. You can tell in this photo that I totally messed up the middle. I didn’t do the corners of the 3rd and 4th rows correctly. And I eventually corrected it, but it took a while for the weird wave to work its way out. Oops. But it makes for kind of a cool shape.

And in this pic, you can see the weird wonky right-hand corner. I counted the clusters up and down all 4 sides, and it looks like I need to add a cluster in the top row in this photo, and remove one from the side row. I put marker yarn where that needs to happen.

So pretty. This is my favorite part — the teal + fuchsia + red + white.

Now what? I’m going to finish out the rest of the rows with the yarn I bought, and cross my fingers I don’t have to buy more. I think since the inside is so scrappy that I’m going to pick up a GIANT cheap ball of a solid neutral color and do 10-15 rounds to finish it out. I’m thinking a charcoal gray.

I wish I could get a giant ball of the gray/white mix I used in the 4th row. That would be marvelous. I could buy a bunch of skeins of it, but I don’t particularly want to spend $60-70 for additional yarn for what was going to be a stash-busting project.

Also — I want to do another one of these next year. And pick the yarns ahead of time to make a pretty blanket. This is turning out much less ugly than I anticipated, but I want to make a pretty one.

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baby blanket for a friend

chimes — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:57:24 +0000

I made this cute baby blanket for a friend. It was really easy. I actually just used my method from handmade napkins but used larger pieces of fabric. I sewed with fleece for the first (and hopefully last) time. That was an adventure! Fuzzies everywhere. I almost poked my eye out finishing this thing too! My needle busted in half on the very last few stitches, flying up in the air and BARELY missing my eyeball. I should maybe think about wearing safety goggles?

Anyway, here it is! One side is fleece and the other side is cotton. She’s having a girl. I know she likes pinks and teals together so I picked a fabric that I thought she would like. It seems like something she would wear on a bag, scarf or another accessory. I hope she loves it!

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