A Plethora of Projects

Still sorting out posting of patterns.  One or two free ones will go up here, but I haven't yet sorted out how to post a pdf for proper presentation for Ravelry.  But that can wait.

In the mean time, I've been sorting out a number of projects.

A bit more progress on the Viney Vine, though no where near what I want it to be. More leaves need to happen, but in the interim, I've found a few other small projects to keep me occupied.  So the vine slumbers in waiting...

Our regular Wednes- day night Stitch 'N' Bitch did Market Bags through the month of May as a group project.  I did one for the shop, then one for a cousin getting married this weekend...  Good stuff.



The shop's Summer Chevrons got finished!  A single skein of Araucania's Ruca turned into 4 strips of the scarf.  And my final photo got selected for the project's main Ravelry picture!!

Then came the short row circles.  I found a single sheet pattern by Sarah James that gave instructions for a circular potholder.  After the first strict following of the pattern, I turned to a few modifications.  The original double-layered blue interpretation was done of Katia Tobago.


Subsequent iterations were done in Cascade's Pima Silk: a single layer with a single crochet border topped by the picot edging from the top "Intolerable Cruelty" from Romantic Handknits.

 With the completion of the Marriage Market Bag (the brown & coral seen above), as well as another potholder and two washcloths, I found myself staring down the barrel of a pant-load of coral colored pima cotton.  With a size D crochet hook at hand and lingering echoes of the Crochet Coral Reef dancing in my head.  

After a bit of searching for the original paper behind the mathe- matics and an intriguing post on a foundation single crochet method by futuregirl's craft blog, I started out on an exploratory adventure.  And ended up with:

 Finally, the awakened project that has been filling in the cracks of consciousness of late.  More fishies.  MOAR FISHIES.

Over a year ago, I began making tessel- ating fishes created by Knitting Arrow.  A few bouts of hibernation later & I find myself compelled to use up various bits of ends & tails.  The count is now up to 59 of the approximate 200 needed to make a reasonably sized afghan...