Colorful Update

Color is everywhere, it's all around us, and it's an inspiration.  Bright vibrant colors can lift your spirits, while soothing monotones can cause you to exhale and relax.  A blue room may make you feel cold; even though there is no variation in temperature.  I remember reading somewhere, that the color orange can make you hungry and increase your appetite.  Color leads bees to flowers, can pique our interest, and catch our eye's attention.

The photo above shows my progress on the Summer Garden Baby Blanket in which I wrote about last week.  My progress has been slow and at one point halted as I needed to purchase a different white cotton.  I switched to Hobby Lobby's I Love This Cotton and am much happier with the softness and feel of the squares. Don't you love the colors?  They are so happy and cheerful.  This is a fun project and I think if I were dedicating 100% of my crochet time to this, I'd have it complete in a matter of a few weeks.  But, since I'm multitasking, it won't be finished quite so quickly. 

My joy for today is the colors around me and more specifically, the colors in this project.  Take a moment to stop what you are doing, look around you, and answer the question, "What colors are in your rainbow?"  Have a colorful and joyful day!

Yarn, Yarn, Glorious Yarn!

And, a new project!

Today's topic is crochet.  I have to tell you, I love to crochet.  My very favorite thing to make is an afghan or blanket.  I tend to give away most of my projects to people (who hopefully) understand the thought, love, time, and bit of myself that goes into each one.  My joy is in the process, and hopefully, the recipients joy is in the end product. 

My next project is going to be a baby blanket for a cousin who is expecting in December.  The pattern is called Summer Garden Granny Square.  It is basically a circle to square motif using the granny square technique.  The free on-line pattern can be found by clicking on the title of the project.  It is a well written pattern with a nice tutorial, just keep in mind, she is in the UK and her treble crochet is a US double crochet stitch (which she notes in her instructions). 

The color scheme I will be using is slightly different as I'll be interjecting white into all my colors.  I think this will soften it a bit, but will still have the fun youthful look with all the bright and cheery colors.  I'll be using Rico 100% cotton yarn which is available from the UK and the white is Bernat, (also 100% cotton) which is locally available at Joann's. 

A new project always gets my creativity humming and brings me a lot of joy and satisfaction.  I'll keep you posted on my progress as I go along.  It's bound to be a fun project!