I don’t always crochet only in Zoom calls, I also watch bad movies and crochet! I am still zooming through projects. I started this shawl because my friend Amanda was asking which pattern to try first, a rectangular shawl or a triangular one. I prefer triangles because they are routinely less stitches to cast on. I hate casting on in both knitting and crochet. I am always afraid of having too many or too few stitches.

I had made little bundt shaped brownies earlier in the day and was craving ice cream. The problem was that it was late at night and all the stores close early. The solution… start up my ice cream maker I haven’t used in years. It took some time to find a recipe I could use. I have a dairy allergy and a nut allergy. I finally settled on a creamer based recipe as I still had oat milk creamer.

In this time of pandemic and stay at home orders, Zoom cocktail and social hours have become a thing. Which means I have things now on Tuesdays and Fridays and I am sure I could be doing things other days as well. But virtual cocktail hours mean I don’t leave my house, wear comfy clothes, and I can drink what I want. It is the BEST!!!! I have started to crochet during these, especially in the bigger calls.

I got the urge to clean up by the side of my bed. It really was a quest to find the lemon yellow yarn to make another bag. I ended up filling my new bag full of skeins and projects. I didn’t realize I had that much cotton yarn hanging out next to me. I am going to be making SOO MANY bags. I have been busy watching Disney movies and crocheting.

I completed the French market bag I was crocheting but first I had to frog a completely different project to get the accent yarn I wanted. It was from an entrelac blanket I was crocheting but hadn’t worked on in months. I think it makes a superior bag than it did blanket. I think I am going to steal the yellow yarn that was in that blanket to make another bag….

I learned to crochet from my great aunt decades ago. I’ve only just gotten back into it after two decades away. Tools and supplies Required supplies: crochet hooks yarn yarn needle scissors Nice to have: split or locking stitch markers Favorite links Ravelry

Oops! I really got into the movie I was watching last night that I didn’t realize I had missed a bunch of stitches on a row of my netting. The problem just kept compounding as I was crocheting mindlessly away. Thankfully frogging (ripping stitches out because you “rip it, rip it”) is easy and I was able to redo the rows.

As it is the end of the month, I’d thought I take inventory of all my obvious works in progress (also known as WIP). Some things like the pair of socks that ride around in my trunk and my mother’s mittens are omitted from this list as they are forever projects. Handwriting I am currently working through copybook #1 of Spencerian System of Practical Penmanship. Most days when I practice I can only get through one page, today I got through two!

My state is under a stay at home order which means I have all sorts of time to craft now. I currently have an embroidery project, several crochet projects, and knitting stashed everywhere. I keep meaning to finish things but a new pattern is always more interesting than the mittens I have been working on for a decade. Completed projects Instead of showing off my current projects, I thought I’d give a tour of recent completed projects that better fit the current mood.