We made it through the Bermuda Triangle and home again! It was a lovely trip, and we enjoyed it so much, we've booked another cruise for next year! We didn't get to take all of our children, and weren't planning to take any of them, but we couldn't find someone to watch our littlest for 11 days, so he got to go with us.
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Our shipmates |
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Beach knitting! |
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Sunset on Sunset Cove, Key Largo |
I was able to take 4 projects on our trip, and ended up working on all of them at some point, but I finished one that has been in the works for 2 years. It was a MKAL from 2021 that got too hard when I got to the lace, so I put it in a bag and stuffed it in the closet. Since I'm trying to finish my WIP's this year, I pulled it out and got to work. I finally finished it the last night of our cruise and blocked it when I got home.
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Loving the Shetland lace sections! |
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Beads are so much fun! |
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Long wingspan |
I love how the lace turned out! I had to make an Excel chart of the repeats to finish it, and counted after every. single. row. It was tedious but I really like it.
I also finished a set of cotton dishcloths and pot holders in February. The rest of the month I spent working on the shawl. They are Chiefs' colors and my family are big Chiefs' fans, so I already know where they're going.
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February's Christmas gifts |
Up next are some precious little hearts I made with leftover yarn for Valentine's Day. We didn't do anything special for our kids or each other, since we were planning our cruise, but my little Blessing got me at bedtime that night.
I was putting him to bed and he asked if we were going to go out and get something for them while they were sleeping. He said, “Not candy, but a card or something.” My heart broke and I said there would be something for him when he woke up.
When your sweet little snaggle-toothed baby flat out asks you for a valentine, of course you stay up two hours past your bedtime crocheting him and his brothers something!!
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For my sweet valentines |
While we were in Florida, I found a GREAT yarn shop that I wish was in my town. I was looking for something local. I had already ordered sock yarn from
String Theory Colorworks that was amazing, and she gave me the best customer service experience! I thought it would be fun to find something from Miami and we had some time to kill before our AirBnB was available, so we went to
Sheep Thrills. I found this awesome yarn from Circulo there and bought 4 skeins of it and had it hand-crocheted up the first night we got home. I'm keeping my WIP's in it in the living room. My little shipmate also picked out a cute stegosaurus amigurumi kit that I've been working on since we got home.
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Circulo Jumbo XL |
I also had another pair of the
Candyman socks on my needles. I'm ready to do the heels on them but haven't had a lot of time to work on them since we got home. I also took a hat to start with some yarn I got in Vicksburg last summer, and some yarns I got in Colorado Springs a couple of summers ago and started a crocheted cowl. I finished the hat but don't have the pom-pom on it yet, so I don't have any photos of it. I am about halfway done with the cowl.
Other than these things, I've been working on my homeless sets for March and April, and I have finished March's Christmas gifts and started April's. I also have a cowl on my loom that I've been weaving on occasionally. Oh, and my new knitting best friend showed me how to sew project bags, so I've got one of those I need to photograph. I'm making them for all the kids for Christmas.
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Silk Ella Rae yarn from our Arkansas trip last fall |
It is garden season and along with a new cruise to plan for, we bought a shed for the backyard. It should be installed by the end of April, so we'll be filling it with garden supplies and yard equipment. We'll be cleaning out our sunroom and garage, so I might not have as much time to craft this month. Also, we'll be planting annuals and our veggies. The daffodils and hyacinths waited until we just got home to bloom, so I'll leave you with some sunny flowers!