FO Friday - Almost...

This has been a very busy week but I did manage to finish a project...almost.  I started crocheting some strips of lace a while back to sew onto pillow cases for my daughter.  I recently pulled the project out to finish it.  I got the lace done this week...two 36" strips.  The "almost" part is that I still need to sew them onto the pillow cases.  I'm hoping to get to that later today.

Here are a couple of photos I took with my cell phone...

I was on such a roll with de-stashing, finishing projects, and doing things around the house before my recent trip but I seem to have lost momentum.  I think it's picking back up though.  I had a more productive week.  I got a lot of yard work done....some trimming, took out two trees and cut them up, and filled the huge green waste and trash bins.  And, I did some more preserving of herbs, made a new batch of homemade granola, finished this lace, picked out some patterns and wound some skeins of yarn into balls.  It's not as much as I'd hoped to do but I had a pretty bad sinus headache one day and felt pretty wiped out for the rest of the day when I did all that yard work.

I've also needed to spend more time caring for my dog who's hurt ACL has gotten so bad she can barely get around.  We've ordered a brace that should (fingers crossed) help a lot.  And, I'm still giving meds to my kitty, Penelope, for a severe bladder infection that she had.  Penelope is feeling a lot better.  Yay!  Now, to get Salsa feeling better and bouncing around again like her usual self!  I've been giving both of them lots of extra love and attention.

There's a fiber festival this weekend that I'm planning to go to with my daughter.  That should add a little extra inspiration for getting back on a roll with projects.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Rockin' Out and on the Edge

I had so much fun crocheting the red lacy rock cozy that I just couldn't stop!

I've made two more so far and I know they won't be the last!

I used more stash yarn for this one.  It's an old ball of ecru cotton that I inherited decades ago.

It was probably old when I got it.  They sure don't make cotton thread like they used to!

This was so soft and silky to the touch and so different to work with.

I used a size 6 hook again and this one is completely improvised.

The shape of this rock brought a nautilus shell to mind.

So, I started out with a nautilus shape for the center and went from there.

Here's the back...

This round rock seemed perfect for a flower.

The gray color of the rock seemed perfect for pink.

I happened to have some coral/pink thread in my stash.

This one is improvised too.  I really like how it turned out.  Here's the back...

I'm having so much fun crocheting with cotton thread that I decided

to try something I've wanted to do for years...crochet lace edging.  

I flipped through a bunch of my patterns and decided on one this one...

I tried a smaller hook but realized that a six is probably the smallest I want to go.

The next size smaller made the stitches too small to see.  Crocheting with size six still bugs my

eyes out a little but keeps the stitches small enough to make the lace somewhat delicate.

I'm using Aunt Lydia's size 10 cotton crochet thread from my stash.

I started it morning.  I just have a bit more to finish on the edging.

Then, it'll be time for blocking.  I can't wait to see how it will look when it's finished.