Stars and Squares

I finished Noah's Star Bunting last Sunday. It took the hubby and I almost and hour to figure out how to hang it and to actually get it up on the wall. Needless to say these star ARE NOT coming down! We had to measure the wall, then the bunting and figure out how in the world we were gonna do it. Intially, I wanted the stars to hang down, but it didn't work out that way...so here's what it looks like::



And...Did I show you this yet? I don't think I have.



I started these a couple of weeks ago. They're for an afghan I'm calling "Peacock." The motif is from "Beyond the Square: Crochet Motifs" by Edie Eckman.

Now I'm working on a few dishcloths and scrubbies. Here's what I have so far::



The second one is also from "Beyond the Square: Crochet Motifs"

Testing...Testing...1 2 3

I made a tester star last night while rocking Noah to sleep. It took about 45 minutes, and came a little bigger than I though it would. Asked the hubby this morning if he thought it was too big and he said (of course) "No, it's perfect sweetie."
Here it is:


Each star should take about 21.5 yds, and they will not be solid colored, they will be multi-colored like the motif pattern photo shows. I still need to get more lemonade. I only have about 3/4 or less of a skein. But other than that this project is good to go. Might try another star motif with a smaller hook and see what that looks like.

New Book...Tons of Ideas!!

So I finally sat down today and looked through my new book, "Beyond the Square: Crochet Motifs," and I picked a motif! It's a square, of course, something easy, yet beautiful. I'm using Caron Simply Soft in Iris, Charcoal Grey and Ocean, they will be joined with Raspberry. I've made two so far, and loving this pattern.

Here's one square, I'll post more photos later.


Isn't it purty?

Also I want to make a bunting for Noah's room...not sure what colors though. I do have a few ideas, since his theme is basically Noah's Ark, and the colors in there right now are green, brown, blue and white, I might just go with those and find some way to incorporate animals into it.