[Nfb-krafters-korner] What Crafts Are You Doing Now?

[Maria and Joe Chapman]

 I now have a fairly decent sized kumihino braid too. woohoo. 
Blessings!
maria and Joe chapman
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On 17 Feb 2014, at 7:22 am, jill <jillbilly4 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Way to go!!!  So proud of you and your beanies!
> Jill
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> Behalf Of Maria and Joe Chapman
> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2014 5:30 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] What Crafts Are You Doing Now?
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> Hi.  have made a couple of beanies on the loom.  I am also doing a few
> classes.
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> Cheers 
> Maria  
> 
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> On 14 Feb 2014, at 8:49 am, Lisamaria Martinez <lmartinez217 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Just because ... I thought it would be nice to share what current
>> projects people are working on.
>> 
>> I've recently signed up for emails from All Free Crochet. They send a
>> ton of emails, but some of them are really fun, and fast, stuff you
>> can make.
>> 
>> recently, I learned how to make a 5-minute crocheted heart. I've made
>> a handful of them and have been giving them to my son to play with. I
>> also slipped one into my hubby's jacket pocket the other day. My son
>> took one of his hearts to school and played with it like a yo yo since
>> I kept a long string attached to it. He asked me for a big blue heart
>> so I made one from the Bernat Baby Blanket yarn.
>> 
>> I've been looking for patterns for baby sleep sacks or cocoons. I've
>> thought of designing my own on the loom, but I think I found a crochet
>> pattern I will try via crochet and then adapt on the loom (or the
>> other way around). So, this is not a current project, but a future one
>> I hope to do.
>> 
>> I also just bought yarn for a Puerto Rican flag lap blanket I want to
>> make for my grandma who is the crocheter in the family. I have to make
>> two because my great grandma is turning 100 in June and we're going to
>> the party. I can't make my grandma a blanket and nothing for my great
>> grandma.
>> 
>> So, I've got two future projects, but am currently working on two as
>> well...no three...
>> 
>> I had to rip out about 9 rows of the heart afghan Debbie taught in
>> January. I just started looming it again.
>> 
>> I am two fifths of the way done with a star-shaped blanket I'm making
>> for my son or the family. It's in preparation of making the white star
>> on the Puerto Rico flag.
>> 
>> And finally, I found an easy scarf pattern on All Free Crochet that is
>> called a Classic Strap scarf. I'm making it 1 in a half times wider
>> since I felt 8 chanin stitches across using a K hook was too narrow. I
>> started it last night instead of going to bed. I'm using Denim Mist,
>> which is from Lion Bran, I think it is Jiffy? Anyways, it uses a
>> unique pattern of single crochet and then double crochet repeated
>> across the row. I've done about two inches and will keep working on
>> that as my BART ride craft project.
>> 
>> Okay, what are all of you doing?
>> 
>> LM
>> 
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