Y'all, I made shoes!!!!! This was not a project that was on the list.
These are the Seaside Espadrilles. The pattern was in Interweave Crochet Spring 2006 magazine,
The jute for the soles was very hard to work with, but they crocheted up quickly. I just used Lily Sugar n' Cream for the uppers. These are not for me, so are really big. It was an interesting exercise, whether I make them again is a slight possibility. Reading others project pages, they double soled to make them less floppy. I'm not, as I don't want to pick up the jute again any time soon!
So that was my only finish. I continue to plug away at several projects and am getting ready to start a Boxy by Joji Locatelli. I'm going to join her Fall KAL. I didn't even know about the KAL until the Grocery Girls mentioned it. I had just bought yarn for Boxy, so figured, why not? The Grocery Girls are going to also have a Sweater KAl, so I can double dip....I may start a few other projects.
I have startitis....but school also starts this week....so probably not!
I think that is it today.....I will catch you all again next week. I have to catch up on reading some blogs..
2020 Completed Projects:
Merry Knitmas - 1/25/2020
Box O' Chocolates - 2/23/2020
Sunny Skies - 2/29/2020
Dobby - 2/20/2020
Gnomes - 2/20/2020
Wow Factor - 3/22/2020
Wow Factor 2 - 3/24/2020
Chrono Hat - 3/24/2020
Showoff - 3/27/2020
Breeze - 4/9/2020
Wise One Hat - 4/18/2020
Lightsaber - 4/18/2020
Snoopy and Woodstock -5/9/2020
Candy Corn Zombody - June 7, 2020
Patons Blue Ragg - June 14, 2020
Cloudy Rainbows - June 15, 2020
Beekeeper Cardigan - June 28, 2020
emPower People - July 9, 2020
Grinchmas Socks - July 18, 2020
Shortie Socks - August 22, 2020
Beach Bag - August 22, 2020 (finally lined, bag was finished in 2010!)
Seasside Espadrilles August 23, 2020
Works In Progress:
WIPS: Crochet:
Round Ripple: (Started 2006 (?) Aiden is now a senior..so maybe I finish it for him to take to college?
Around the World Afghan: (April 2010): about ¼ done - I'm not even sure where this is at the moment, with projects in two places. I'll think on this.
Sunrise Sunset Afghan: this has been hibernating awhile, 6 squares done. I still love the look of this. Don't think this is at the Homestead, will have to check.
Tabard Tunic (NW Diss 2/1/14) - Haven't made a final decision on this yet.
Venetian Cowl (July 1, 2018) I love this, but the stitch just takes a Loooong time!
Billy shoes - Jan 1, 2019
Knit:
Shark in the Woods (11/27/14)- I really love this, but it's a lot of cabling and I'm not a fan..about 1/2 done.
Vanilla fingerless mitts (12/25/15) - Started the second one, past the thumb point..
Zombie Vixen mitts (10/17/15)- still working on them, again cabling, review these, maybe done for St, Patrick'S Day
Meandering Top (5/20/16) - Took it out, at the separation of arms, looks really big!
Bulky Cowl - this hurts my hands to work on...think I need slippery needles...
Splediferous Blanket - (4/15/17) Roald Dahl club, frogged the mitered and changed the pattern (jan 12, 2020)
Selbu Mitts - 3/26/18
Wee Cria - 3/18/2020
On the Go-veralls -
Espalier Socks (Jan 10, 2016) - started and stopped...
Merfolk: 7/25/19
Monster Mash: 8/16/19 (cuff started awhile ago)
Light in Shadows (1/14/14) - I love this so much...need to start the new direction, so need to sit down and figure it out..
Swinging with Winkle (6/4/16)- I love this so much! Just need to finish it! Added a few rows
Knits4Comfort Advent Shawl 12/13/18
Zomboni - January 1, 2020 (restarted Jan 18)
Van Gogh - January 18
KAL/CALs:
Fire and Blood (5/4/14) - not anytime soon
Outlander MKAL (8/8/14) - possibility of finishing this..the yarn is so yummy
10 comments:
Joji's KAL seems to be quite popular with our YOP group. I love the look of the boxy sweater. What yarn will you be using for yours? Good luck on the new school year.
I love the boxy - I have 3! I shall be knitting socks this year for the fall KAL. Good luck on your return to school. We are determined to get all students back full time, no option of remote learning, we will see how we get on!
I can only imagine how rough jute must be to crochet with, but those sandals are sure fun looking. I hope you have a smooth return to school!
Those espadrilles are darling! I missed joining the Fall KAL by one day....not that I need to but some sweater knitting is calling me! Maybe I'll go check out the Grocery Gal's KAL. Stay safe and be well especially with school starting. I will be praying for all the teachers and staff and students going back!
Good luck in school! We are already in week 4. :-) Everybody's on board full time. Regula
I love the look of the body but that much knitting with fine yarn is beyond my willpower. I love the Grocery Girls and entered their Don’t sweat it KAL. Good luck with school, I hope it goes well and isn’t too stressful.
I think autocorrect changed boxy doh!
Well done on the shoes. I can imagine jute would be hard to work with. I know that the many times I have used hemp my poor hands get quite raw.
Cool shoes, I have a friend who made some jute baskets and her hands were shredded by the time she’d finished making them. I don’t think she’d pick up jute again. I’d need someone else to knit me a boxy.
Sandals. Who would have thought. Curious how they wear. I do love my socks but never though of sandals. Plus I don't know how to crochet. :)
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