Project Roundup

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First things first, happy Calendar Change of Season! I have been eagerly awaiting cooler weather for months, and this is a corner turned. It’s downhill from here (for the mercury)!

Long-time readers may remember this crocheted cardigan I made for Tiffany, many moons ago.

A miniature crochet cardigan is laid flat on a white brick background. It is made of crocheted squares in a variety of bright colours, with purple pockets and trim. It is a little bit janky.

The sleeves were too tight on her, so I took it apart recently, to harvest the squares. Per my sketch below, I plan to use the pink and purple squares to make her a blanket.

An open sketchbook and a small collection of crocheted squares are on a white brick background. The sketchbook is open to a sketch of a blanket. It is six by five squares, with each square coloured in pattern and the borders outlined. Below the sketchbook are two piles of crochet squares, one pink and one purple. There is also a small skein of copper yarn with the squares.

Similarly to Sarah’s blanket, I’m connecting the squares as I go with this coppery coloured yarn. I want to make Tiff a crocheted cardigan that actually fits with the other squares, but I’ll complete the blanket first.

A partially-completed miniature crochet blanket is photographed from above on a white brick background. A square in the third row is in the process of being attached. To the left of the blanket are, again, two piles of crochet squares, one pink and one purple. To the right is a new skein of copper yarn.

I have also been teaching myself mosaic knitting in my spare time. The pictured book, Mosaic Knitting Workshop by Ashleigh Wempe, has been my teaching resource of choice and it is doing a good job.

A book and two knitted swatches are photographed from above on a wood surface. The book is "Mosaic Knitting Workshop" by Ashleigh Wempe, with a library sticker in the bottom corner. To the left of it are the two knitted swatches. The author's hand holds one flat.

Here’s a close-up of my practice swatches. I think I prefer the way mosaic knitting looks in stocking stitch – it’s a bit easier to see the pattern. (That could also be the yarn I used for the swatches, though.)

Close-up of the two knitted swatches. The left-hand one is being held flat by the author, and has a geometric floral pattern knitted in smooth stocking stitch. The right-hand one is knitted in bumpy garter stitch, and has a pattern of two stem-and-leaf shapes, side-by-side. They are both knitted in two different colour-changing yarns.

And here is the swatch I made for this scarf, the Dancing Aspens scarf.

The library book from earlier is open to a page titled "Dancing Aspens Scarf", with an image of a leafy scarf beside the title. On the pages is a knitted sample of the pattern, still on the needles. The sample is knitted in pink and dark grey, and the yarn balls sit above the book. One half of the sample has the leaves in pink and the background grey; the other half of the sample reverses the colours.

Do I need a new scarf? No. But, I am stashbusting here – these two balls of wool are better off made into something than taking up space in my stash.

What are you working on at the moment? Any stashbusting projects?

Anyways, see ya!

Yves

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Lover of all things tiny, model horse collector, reader and crafter for life!

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