February craft thread

elaine, I love how you make that chart. Great idea!!!!

lainey, those socks are awesome. One of my girls LOVES socks and always wears them. She would love me more if I had mad sock skills (which I don't).

I am so far behind on this thread, I will be going back 2 or 3 pages to check out everyone's wonderful work

I am DONE with the CAL! And it was immediately claimed by my son LOL I will snag a photo of it tonight. Finished Saturday night and was so tickled!!

Back to working on the squares for Annie's Crochet Club. That is how I started crocheting. I completed 3 squares before starting the CAL. I now have 6 months worth of kits stacked up waiting for me. Finished one more square last night. These are incredibly easy compared to the CAL though, so I should be able to zip through these pretty quickly, time permitting.

Wow... that is beautiful!!! I loved doing the CAL, but this one might be a bit much for me. I joined the FB group to get an idea of how people are doing though.



Thank you so much!!!! I am so excited that I actually did a full afghan!

as usually I've been a busy little sewist.
One of my favorite designers did an entire collection based of the 90's grunge era.
Brought me back to 1991 when I graduated high school... :lol:

the skirt pattern is called Seether
I made the circle skirt option. Made with woven fabrics

the top is called Teen Spirit
I made cropped with hi front and low back

I really had some fun with this photo shoot




georgeandgingerpatterns.com/products/grunge-starter-pack-collection-pdf-sewing-pattern?aff=155

Beautiful outfit and beautiful model 😉

All these beautiful, beautiful works! Too many to comment on, but I'm super-impressed with every one of them.

I have a question. How do you wash these blankets/afghans/bedspreads? By hand or in the machine?

The yarn I buy is washable. I always wash them once I have finished them before I give them away. If I keep them, I was every so often. I wash on cool water and air dry. Yarn packaging has washing instructions.

@patter & jeremysgirl - thank you. I've always been put off making a large blanket, by which I mean bigger than single-bed-sized, because of the washing. I worry that even if the yarn I use is washable, it wouldn't fit into the washing machine, or would get stretched or misshapen in the machine.

I have the largest tub size washer on the market.  I have a king sized bed so I need a big washer to handle my king size bed quilt.  My afghans don't even compare to the size of my quilt so they fit fine.  I have a king size afghan on my bed.  And I'm working on a queen size now.  The one I gifted my niece for Christmas was also queen size and washed wonderful in my machine.  I have never had problems with stretching on the blankets I've made with the yarns listed above.  The current one I sleep with is a Vanna's Choice made 12 years ago.  It has been washed a million times.  And just recently, a hole is forming.  So I'm working on a replacement.  But I think if you can get 12 years use out of something you sleep with nightly and made by hand and wash and dry willy nilly is a pretty good track record.  

georgeandgingerpatterns.com/collections/goth-grunge/products/the-seether-skirt-set-pdf-sewing-pattern?aff=155

It is pretty easy. It's a pdf pattern so you print at home and tape together. (If you have questions how to do it, just ask me. It's not hard)
You want to make skirt based on your waist measurement. (This is how you pick size to print / sew)
My best advice is before you cut skirt pieces, cut waistband pieces and add interfacing. Then wrap that around your waist to make sure the size is good.

Her zipper instructions are so easy to follow too. The patterns also comes with a fully pleated skirt too

this is the solid version I made from Linen

everything except the top with green skirt is Joann fabric

you can get great knits from online at so sew english

I did these today. I need to mail cards to everyone that brought meals to us during my recovery. The least I can do is make them cards.