More Projects Finished

crochet, Reflections, Sewing

Hello and welcome!

Today I’m sharing two more projects that I completed in February.

The first is a crochet project that I started in December. It now adorns the back of my husband’s recliner unless it’s nap time in which case we might find my husband snuggled under it.

If you’ve followed my blog for a while you might remember the puppy paw print scarves that I have made. This time using the same basic stitches I made an afghan. The free pattern can be found here.

The finished afghan measures 56 inches wide by 74 inches long. It took about 8 skeins of yarn. I began towards the end of December and worked on it an average of one hour each evening, so I would estimate that it took me about 60 hours to complete. I will admit there were a few times that I discovered I had missed a stitch and had to frog (rip out) a couple rows of stitches to go back a fix my mistake.

The other project that I completed in February was the hoodie I made for Addie.

This one came together a bit quicker than the one I made for Jackson because I had an idea of what I was doing but it was still a long and complicated process because there are a lot of pieces to assemble in this pattern.

After finishing the afghan I started crocheting a baby afghan that I hope to have finished in a couple of weeks. I’m not sure what my next sewing project will be, but I expect that my sewing will slow down as the weather gets nicer and I begin to spend more time outside. Is anyone else looking forward to gardening season? 🙂

25 thoughts on “More Projects Finished”

  2. What a delightful pattern you chose for your husband’s afghan, Ruth–Love it! I don’t particularly enjoy gardening, but I do enjoy the results. Like that Dorothy Parker quote about writing (“I hate writing. I like to have written.”), I hate gardening, but I like to have gardened!

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    1. Since I’m not sure who you are I’m not sure if you know the couple or not. The young man who is becoming a father grew up with my daughters and his family and our family are very close friends.

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  7. I definitely have spring fever. I feel myself shifting my attention away from my sewing and more towards planning my gardens. I have ( alot of )flower bulbs coming that i am really excited about. Grandma’s raspberries, that we brought from Michigan, are not doing well where we planted them so they are being moved. And my awesome husband bought me raised beds for my vegetable garden this year so I’m deciding on the best location for those as well. I love spring 💛

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    1. Did you get some of the Dalia bulbs from the catalogue that Jamie had? They had so many beautiful flowers. We will be starting plants indoors in a few weeks and praying that conditions are right for planting toward the end of May. Raised beds will be great for growing veggies. ‘Atta boy to your awesome husband. 🙂

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    1. I’m looking forward to that too, Anne. Yesterday was cloudy and chilly but my husband called me from the farm and said he heard frogs singing. I was so excited – one of the best sounds of spring. 🙂

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  9. That is a lot of work. My mom made four afghans – one for each of us and two for my grandmother to put on two different chairs. She had hand issues after that. She used circular needles – I remember that was a first for her. I like the afghan – perfect for napping and I like Addie’s hoodie as well. I thought of you this morning as I heard JoAnn Fabrics may be filing for Chapter 11 next week. Back when I sewed and there was a store 1/2 mile from me, I was always in there for something, including crafts.

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    1. I’m sorry to hear that Joann Fabrics is struggling. But with prices of everything being high I’m sure that people have less money to spend on crafts. It’s no longer cheaper to make clothes than to buy them – well perhaps if you shop clearance fabrics it could be.

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      1. I was surprised to hear that Ruth. I guess Michaels will now corner the market and they have always been expensive in my opinion. I used Joann Fabrics and Lee Wards, which was a big craft place for me in my Pretty Punch embroidery days. I needed some thread as mine got tangled up – I could not believe the price of a spool of plain white thread!

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  10. The puppy print afghan is amazing, I love it!
    Yes to the gardening question, I can’t wait for the snow to be gone and the days to be warmer. We still have several weeks to wait though, clean up can start late March/early April in Calgary but I never plant anything until after the May long weekend… we can go back into a deep freeze any time lol.

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    1. That afghan was a fun project. We didn’t have much winter here this year. Only about 10 days in January when it was bitter cold. The snow that we did get mostly melted within a couple of days but we had way more rain than snow. Our temperatures are warming up now and early flowers are up though not blossoming yet. We will start plants indoors the end of this month but will probably not plant outdoors until the end of May because as you say anything can happen.

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