. . .finished the XL hot pad. I gifted these to the family years ago. They are great for 9 x 13 baking dishes at the holidays, or for baking sheets, your larger baking dishes and even pizza stones.
. . .made a few more dishcloths (knitted), and I am getting worn out making them. Seriously, why did I think it would be a good idea to do one last craft show?? I have been timing myself, and it takes me almost 3 hours to make one of these.
. . .finished the crocheted strawberry keychains/keyfobs. Daughter K was making a trip over, to pick up some home canned tomato soup, taco sauce and other items. I finally got them done in time for her, when she arrived.
If you didn't read the story about these, I had made one back during the kitchen floor repair work (that was a year and a half or so). I was playing around with some yarn and made one. I later gave it to Daughter K. She attached it to her purse. Her co-workers saw it and pretty soon I was getting 3 orders. I had no intentions of making them for sale, but I made them ha ha!
. . . learned a new crochet stitch work! I learned the wiggly/wavy pattern for a hot pad. I am working on this being a Christmas gift. I'm having fun with it, but lack the time to work on it. I just needed a break from knitted dishcloths.
Also, the person who made the Youtube tutorial, said their template would be on their website, and it is not. The pattern won't print correctly either, so I'm going by the photo and winging it. I even sent a message to inquire. I got zero answers. It is supposed to be 8 x 8 inches, but mine measures 9 x 9 inches. Either way, a cute way to make a hot pad, and/or use cotton scraps of yarn.
I started a second one using black (for someone with a black and white themed kitchen) as the starting yarn, and it came out smaller. The ecru cotton (for the starting base) I used on the first is the same yarn company, but I had it for probably 14 plus years.
They are not the same thickness. Do you find some colors are not the same thickness? It could be that they just don't make the yarn the same over the years. I will be making the first one over again, but starting with a different yarn color.
That's all for handiwork updates. I'll be back to update you on the Christmas present hot pads. I think they are super cute, and they are so different from anything I have made. The first two rows use a good amount of cotton yarn, but the smaller rounds are great for scrap yarn.
The rain kept me indoors yesterday (there is so much to do outside and inside these days), but they say it will be going away today and tomorrow. It's been on the chilly side, and more of a sweatshirt weather.
I need to take inventory of my bulk herbs for tea making today, and write out a list for anything to re-stock.
