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New year, new projects! I keep dreaming of a wall mural, but not sure I could do one myself. Here’s a small, cute, cozy detail that definitely should be DIY-able. By unknown, found via Oksana Kostyukova on Pinterest.
More older pieces.
The orange pattern is Rusyn and the blue/green is from Ukraine.
I have been making small progress on my small projects this week. I made a matching coaster for my work keep cup. I have really enjoyed making these and will likely make some more. They are a great way to use up scraps. I am also making progress on my scrappy star cushion. It is a lovely day so I might pop out in the sun an spray baste it for quilting tonight. I quilted the back of the cushion over the last couple of nights. I did not spray baste it and it was fine. I also quilted the straight lines by eye so they are not perfect but I am happy with the overall impact.
What do you guys think? Should we hold off on the other small projects for now until Pyun Pyun's done? 🤔
Yeah! Pyun Pyun time! 💗
No! Small Projects time!
Photo dump of my cat with my crochet projects
I realize I haven't posted on this blog enough... so here are pictures from Instagram. I like to use my cat, Dumpling, as the background/model for my projects. Enjoy!
SPRING FEVERISH (ORIGINAL) and SPRING FEVERISH (2024!)
The original Spring Feverish series ran from 2017 to 2019, probably not consistently—I have not looked over each of them to see exactly, but I think there were four and then I added one at random two years later. That seems like a really long time ago at this point, so it’s almost uncomfortable to promote them (I do really like the Miniature Moon one. Was one of the neater things I have made. I also like the garter one and the last one, although that one was abbreviated from a larger shawl and I kinda wish I’d finished writing the bigger version. I knit two of them! They must have been pretty engaging! I took cool photos of the rust-colored one!).
Now that I’m revisiting the idea (a pattern series under the constraints that everything had to be small projects, headband/neckerchiefs or at least kerchief-adjacent, and sort of decent for transitional weather both as projects and finished objects (so even without the kerchief/tiny shawl constraint, mittens wouldn’t work—they won’t be unpleasant to work on if it’s warm, but you can’t wear them right away)) in 2024, I’m wondering if I lost sight of the small-project aspect a little. All of these are much more involved; they’re probably more process-knitter friendly. They’re still one-skein designs, but they’ll take more than an afternoon from start to finish. I think it makes them more versatile, and I hope it won’t make them less appealing.
Anyway, old work! New work soon, but—the older work probably fits a slightly different (quicker) project impulse, while the new ones will be more contemplative.