WIP Wednesday

Last Wednesday I had started a project called the "Tree of Life" afaghan.  Well...I haven't gotten too much farther but here is where I am right now.

 

So, I've started another project...this is the start of a "News Boy" hat.  I've made several of these and every time someone sees it they want one. Mostly children like them but there is a very sweet lady (could be my grandmother) in our choir.  She saw one that I had made for a little girl in our congregation and was talking about how cute it was and how she loved hats...(hint, hint).  Well...I'm gonna make her one!  I'm such a softie!!!!!!

WIP/MSM - Tree Of Life Afghan

Here is my latest project. It's called the Tree Of Life Afghan. It has about 8 pages of instructions so this may take a while.

 

Here is my start. The trees are done in multiples of 48 stitches so my base is 145 stitches using a size H-8 crochet hook.  Somewhere along the pattern it changes to a J-10 hook so this should be interesting.  Wish me luck!

WIP Wednesday

Growing up in the 50s one of my earliest memories was of playing under the quilting frame while my grandmother and her neighbors worked on a new quilt.  It made a great play house and I could pick up the needles and things that were dropped.  I miss my grandmother and those days.

Those quilts are long gone so I've decided to make a quilt for my brothers.  Here is the first one I have started.  The new quilt frames are nothing like my grandmother had but they are convenient.  I'll let you know how it goes.