recuerdos de infancia crochet shawl: ta-da!

Using 691 yards of Cascade Yarns Alpaca Lace Paints (colorway 9989) and a US E hook, my Recuerdos de Infancia shawl is complete!

recuerdos de infancia crochet shawl

recuerdos de infancia crochet shawl

recuerdos de infancia crochet shawl

recuerdos de infancia crochet shawl

This was a fun shawl to make, just like the first one I made years ago in sock weight yarn.  I’m really happy with this, and this yarn is SO SOFT.  Like, so soft it was hard to tie off the ends because the knots were so silky.  I’m impressed, but this is 100% Alpaca.

Can’t wait until it starts to get cooler so I can actually wear this, but it’s still averaging 90 degrees (F) every day (although I must say after the weeks of 100+ this almost feels nice).

Well that’s all for today, thanks for stopping by!

recuerdos de infancia #2

This crochet pattern worked up pretty quickly, despite using Cascade Yarns Alpaca Lace Paints (colorway 9989) and an E hook.  The pattern costs but is worth it.  It’s blocking now:

recuerdos de infancia crochet shawl

I’ll measure the wingspan once it’s unpinned from the blocking foam and I’ll post pictures wearing it, but in the meantime here are some closeups:

recuerdos de infancia shawl

recuerdos de infancia shawl

I’ll try to update soon, especially since I’ve got lots of projects going, but the wedding planning is really picking up steam and so I’m not sure how often I’ll be able to post between now and then.  Hopefully a regular amount!

Thanks for stopping by!

crochet bobble cushion: front complete!

This took WAAAAAY more yarn than I expected.  Had to change colors twice:

crochet bobble cushion

I’m gonna make the back in a plain sc or dc stitch, hopefully all in the pink.  I’ll update again soon, thanks for stopping by!

a crochet cushion: begin!

Not sure whether to call these bobbles or puffs, but I’ve been seeing them everywhere lately and had to make my own richly textured fabric:

Bobble cushion
It’s fun to work but it is a bit time consuming and takes a LOT of yarn.  Was gonna make a cushion cover with this, then realized I might not have enough of this color to complete the square!  Fortunately I have a similar color that will completment it nicely if I have to make it two-toned.

crochet bobbles

Well that’s all for right now, thanks for stopping by!  I’ll update again soon!

in the works

Sorry for the lack of posting — I’m in the middle of more projects than I can count but none of them seem to be growing enough to share progress.  I am working on a PDF for a pattern I just wrote up (it’s for a crocheted hat), so that’ll be done soon, and I’m about to use up a bunch of stash yarn for funsies, so I’ll take some pics of that too.

Gah, and wedding planning, oh my gosh.  We’re not even doing that much and I’m stressed out (even though my mom is helping a whole lot)!

*Sigh…* I need to clean my house…