July 2012 Photo Round Up

We had some fun this month!! I'm going to attempt a photo round up each month. If you'd like follow me on Flickr, where I share my better shots :)

Hope you had a great July!!

Finish It Friday

This was started AND finished today :) Thank goodness for little boys who listen and play together for once!

100% wool granny square circle potholder/hot pad. It got a little away from me size wise, but I still love it. :)

Work in progress. This lovely yarn is from Liberty Wool and is GORGEOUS.

Finished!!! Its big enough for a large pot, so that works out great for big dinners :)

 The Granny Circle pattern is from Purl Bee

The back is a flat circle from Attic24. Lucy is right, the stitches can quickly get away from you, and I did end up slightly off count and the circle started to ripple. But once I stitched it to the top piece, and after blocking, it will be fine :) The outside scallop stitch is from Crocheting with Raymond.

So, it's nice to have a little pretty in my kitchen. I figure if I slowly add crocheted things to the house, my husband won't notice their invasion of the yarn love.

I hope you have a fabulous weekend!!~~Amy

WIP Wednesday

I always have WIP's around here. Since I do blog ahead, I admit these pics may be behind and may no longer be WIP's (Works in Progress)....but anyhoo, its gratuituous shots of yarn and fabric or home projects, so roll with it.

Last week's WIP was the lovely cowl from Frayed Knot. It was beautiful. I have to make some adaptations for my next one because I don't like a lot around my neck, and I live in Louisiana, so a light weight yarn is better, but I had to try with this awesome blue yarn I snagged on clearance. (Deborah Norville "Lagoon".) You can get the pattern for the cowl in her Shop.

And it's finished!!

I'm a sucker for shell stitches and flowers...I love it. I'm thinking it'd make a great blanket pattern too!!
~~Amy