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| Some time back these stripes were donated to Bridge and Beyond. They are crocheted and were intended as scarves. However, they weren't really large enough to meet the needs of homeless that are served on Bridge and Beyond, so they were laid aside for awhile. My daughter helped me design future afghans from these stripes. As always, we name afghans that made from various peoples donations. I like the blue, green and purple which made us think of mountains, and thus the name of Mountain Haze. The stripes aren't all equal size, so will need some edging to make them all fit nicely together. Then there will be a good size border to make the afghan a good size. |
This future afghan is called Orange Julius and comprised of both knitted and crocheted squares, and rectangles. Like the stripes above in Mountain Haze, they are not the same size and will be fitted together after edged. It too is resting in one of the project bags below with the necessary yarn and crochet hook. I've packed these 3 projects bags in hopes of completing these 3 projects soon.
How many projects and or projects bags do you keep at the ready? The green and brown are more stripes which were intended to be scarves, but weren't large enough. People mean well, but sometimes they donate items without reviewing the requirements and guidelines. In order to be sure the donations get used, I try to be creative. We've titled this one Rolling Hills.
And below is an afghan I've started knitting after raiding my stash. I found burgundy, gray, teal that you see below, but also have orange, lavender, and gold that are the same type and weight of yarn. I'm calling this one Eclectic Afghan...unless someone can come up with a better name.
My idea for the new year, 2018, is to have a project bag for each day of the week. But, I've not yet gotten there. I thought by having a bag a day (7 project bags), I could have both large and small projects, some knitted and some crocheted to constantly be making progress. That might keep things moving along vs trying to work on a large project, then starting others and having too many things laying around without reasonable progress. We'll see how it goes. I hope with having small projects that be worked on without being home and larger items for home, we'll make progress.
