Well peeps, summer is officially here and that means long runs by the river, yarn work in the garden and lots of white, sparkly wine. I needed the wine today, in the last few weeks our dishwasher deceased, our washing machine set on fire and once the Babe pulled the dryer away form the wall, he pronounced that a fire hazard of the utmost kind......So needless to say, my bank account is looking sad. At least I am well stocked on yarn :)
I am working on a scrap yarn blanket, which basically means whatever bit of yarn is laying around, that is what I am using. I am also making circles for my granny square blanket. I have a 100 circles right now waiting to be crocheted in. I am about halfway through with the granny square blanket and I anticipate it will take another three or four months to complete it...total work of love.
Have a fabulous weekend everyone.
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You are actually making me want to make a crocheted blanket. What is up with that? Love the color here.
Love the granny squares in jars. And love your new crochet blanket! You'll be all set for when winter rolls in. In this city that should be in, what, 2 months...maybe 3. :)
Enjoy your river runs (tres jealous!) Training for anything specific?
Very lovely crochet! Isn't it always the way that appliances break in threes? At least there will be no fire hazards!
The blanket looks wonderful as do your photographs!
sorry to hear you've had a tough go of it lately :(
your crochet projects are beautiful, though... and {as always} i'm quite jealous of your photography!
Raina, you are a big inspiration for me regarding crocheting. I'm just getting into it although my grandma first taught me a bit 35 years ago.
The photos and the fabric -- divine!
xo
a beautiful start to summer.
wondrous images,raina
I love your garden, such an idealistic setting for reading, knitting, and sipping wine!
Speaking of white wines (I can't drink chardonney)I sometimes enjoy a glass of Gewurztraminer.
Enjoy!!!
yu make me feel like having a garden.... i live in an appartment, and thats why i love to get my stuff and knit at the beach, which i am lucky, is near by!
great photos you always have Raina!
So sorry about the craptastic events with the appliances!!!
Your patio and backyard is most inviting, you manage to create that cozy yet airy feeling there too. brava!
The granny circles are lovely :^)
Enjoy your Summer!
i can't believe you were having snow such a short time ago. your garden looks so lush and inviting.
I feel your pain with all the money pains. At least nothing bad happened. ;)
All the colors you have used on your blanket are absolutely gorgeous! What brand yarn are you using? Looks cozy.
Have fun enjoying all the crochet time you can get during the fabulous weather!
Dang. It seems our home repair gremlin has decided to invade your house, too. See, this is the reason we stash yarn...for times like these. LOL
Love all those sunny pictures, btw.
Gorgeous pictures Raina! Sorry about the appliances. ;-( It sounds like you're having a wonderful summer though, with hook and yarn!
So sorry about all the mishaps with major appliances...Why is it that these things happen all at once, I wonder? But that's why it is VERY good to have a good stock of yarn to hand! ;o) LOVE your scrappy blanket in progress... and love how you're keeping your grannies in glass jars. This whole summer scene you're showing is dazzling...*swoon*... Raising my glass to you, friend--Happy Days :o) ((HUGS))
I'd give you a bottle of vinho verde if I could...hope the technological troubles are past and it's smooth sailing for the rest of summer!
Such happy photos...summer is finally here too as well!!
Sorry to hear about the appliance issues but I guess I'd rather have to fix 3 of them than have the house burn down! Gotta think positively! ;)
The photos here are simply over the top gorgeous...granny squares in the jar...brilliant!
xoxo
(so sorry about your series of unfortunate events!!!)
I like the idea of a scrap yarn blanket. If it's the one shown here, you'd never know. From what I can see, it looks as if you designed it and then carefully selected the yarn. Nice!
looks absolute bliss! and i love the colour combos. i crochet therefore i am:)
Oh dear, when one kitchen machine goes, others often follow (so it seems). We have bad toaster oven karma.
Thank goodness for yarn - the blanket is lovely!
Bummer for your bank account and bad luck -- but your scrappy crochette is lovely!
Summer is soooo nice. :)
love the ingestion of colour and crochet happening here Raina. All the lush colours are good enough to steer away all the little annoying troubles and their effects. The wine does help too!!!
Enjoy it.
Oh dear! The same thing happened to us a couple of years ago. First the washer started to sound like a plane taking off when it was on the spin cycle. We attempted to get it fixed but the chap working on it said it was the worst item he'd ever had to work on and he wouldn't do it again. Then something started to trip the fusebox. Couldn't have happened at a worse time as hubby was away. I had to phone my dad for advice - he couldn't come and help as he's 200 miles away. He suggested turning off all the appliances, resetting the fusebox and then turning everything back on again until the fusebox tripped again. Took ages to do and it was about 10pm at the time. Turned out to be the dishwasher. When the tumbledryer started playing up we didn't bother faffing around with it, it went straight to the dump! Love the photo's - think I'll print them out and put them on my noticeboard to remind me of what weekends should be about!
Your photos always take me to another world.
Sorry to hear about all this, but your photos are still really lovely.
great photos! And I love the way you store granny squares in the jars... may I steal the idea? =)
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