Well, on Saturday I had to come up with something quick to crochet for a baby shower that was to be the next day. Well I thought perhaps a pair of booties but then I thought that would not be enough so I decided to make an afghan.
Now you may think I am crazy but I did get the afghan started at about 2:00 in the afternoon and I was designing it using granny squares as I worked on it. When I started it I had no idea what I was going to do but I had enough blue and white yarn to make a small afghan. Perfect colors because the parents already know they are having a boy. Well any way, I started making the squares and kept thinking to myself, ..."I must be nuts! How am I going to finish this by tomorrow? The shower is at 3:00 in the afternoon and I will have to wrap it and make a card and do everything else as well". Well I was determined to get it done so I locked myself in my room to work on it. I told my daughter to either leave me alone and don't let anyone bug me or you can watch me but keep quiet. I have a TV in my room so that was easy for her to do. She told me I was nuts and that I would not be able to finish it in time... (She is only 10). She got bored and left the room. Well anyway. I worked on it about 2 hours, then made supper, ate and went right back to work on it. It took me ½ hour to make supper and eat. By midnight I had 12 squares sewn together and 4 rows crocheted around the outside and said there, I can finish it tomorrow.
I did manage to finish completely by 2:15. It was all wrapped and the card was made and I had taken pictures of it just in time for my cousin's wife to pick it up for the shower. I was unable to go to the shower but at least part of me was there.
What a way to get the Crochet week started. A crochet marathon. I managed to finish the afghan in 8 hours. A record for me. I hope I did not bore you to death. Thanks for getting this far.
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Random Quick Tip!
Marking Quilt LinesYou can use heat removeable pens that are made for fabric when marking your quilts. When you apply heat from an iron and the marks will go away. This works especially well when you plan to wash your project, such as a quilt. Once washed, the marks will never come back. Some say the marks will come back when very cold but if you wash the item, you are washing away the ink so the marks will never come back. Make sure the package you buy, says they are for fabric, however. I have a quilt, that I used them on the center block on, and washed the quilt. The room that the quilt is in, gets very cold. The marks never came back.
