my Sunburst Garland
Uh-oh, looks like I'm sitting on the naughty stool, cause I said I'd list ten favorite pillows, and I only listed nine. It's true - I confess! But, you know, the darn mosaic-maker won't allow for ten. If I had listed a 10th pillow, it most surely should have been Junebug's rainbow pillow, by popular vote. Apologies all around! Next time it'll be 9 and the rules have been duly updated.
{Stepping off the stool now and promising to be good}
Guess what? I have something to show you!
Last night it came to me that I CLEARLY do not want to combine my bright and not-bright sunburst squares. I haven't touched the yarn since that post last week, when I invited your shiny thoughts on my dilemma. And, then - poof - the decision appeared in my mind with mysterious clarity. I love how giving myself some space will do that sometimes. Doesn't that happen for you?
So, yes, I decided to separate the sunburst squares, and AND I also decided that what I really, really wanted was to make something with them now. And, so, a garland.
I do like! These are the brighter squares and they are so happy, are they not? The bright springy colors are just the thing to battle the winter gloomies. I know that it has been said around blogdom, "I can't wait for spring" and "I'm so ready for spring", but you haven't heard that here. Not-uh.
Today I realized that's because I'm subconsciously associating spring with the duty to plant another vegetable garden. Gardening seems to equal less crafting. Tis a dreadful concept. Quick, let's move on.
To connect the sunburst squares I simply crocheted a long series of chain stitch for starters, then single crocheted or slip stitched along the tops (slip stitches helped keep things square-ish) and used 6 chain stitches between each sunsquare. There happens to be a nail in the brick above our fireplace from some time long ago, so I fastened my garland as fate would have it and called it a day.
Happy Friday!
{Stepping off the stool now and promising to be good}
Guess what? I have something to show you!
Last night it came to me that I CLEARLY do not want to combine my bright and not-bright sunburst squares. I haven't touched the yarn since that post last week, when I invited your shiny thoughts on my dilemma. And, then - poof - the decision appeared in my mind with mysterious clarity. I love how giving myself some space will do that sometimes. Doesn't that happen for you?
So, yes, I decided to separate the sunburst squares, and AND I also decided that what I really, really wanted was to make something with them now. And, so, a garland.
I do like! These are the brighter squares and they are so happy, are they not? The bright springy colors are just the thing to battle the winter gloomies. I know that it has been said around blogdom, "I can't wait for spring" and "I'm so ready for spring", but you haven't heard that here. Not-uh.
Today I realized that's because I'm subconsciously associating spring with the duty to plant another vegetable garden. Gardening seems to equal less crafting. Tis a dreadful concept. Quick, let's move on.
To connect the sunburst squares I simply crocheted a long series of chain stitch for starters, then single crocheted or slip stitched along the tops (slip stitches helped keep things square-ish) and used 6 chain stitches between each sunsquare. There happens to be a nail in the brick above our fireplace from some time long ago, so I fastened my garland as fate would have it and called it a day.
Happy Friday!