Two Basket Weave Crochet Blocks Done!

 

 Two Basket Weave Crochet Squares

for my version of the 

Crochet Sampler Crochet Along @ The Inspired Wren

Click below for the free block pattern: 

Block Design 2 ~ Basket Weave Blocks

I have this block pinned to my blocking board to square it to size.

Cick Here for info on How to Block

I am looking forward to starting my 5th square tomorrow.

Happy Stitching and Sewing! 

Slow Stitching Crochet Blocks

 

I am slowly working on Basketweave Block #2 for my 

 Squares Sampler Afghan ~ Started Here. 

I have not made much progress with the second block as I am having a day when my health issues are troubling and I have been resting when I have not been sitting with Mr Scrapatch. and watching the football playoffs.  I will get it done when I get it done.  This is a no-stress activity for me.

I do have one of my previous squares on the blocking board. This block was definitely smaller than the first of its kind.  I do have a tendency to crochet more tightly as my stitching goes on. Blocking helps to even out my work.

I have also been perusing this new purchase, 

Crochet Stitch Dictionary by Sarah Hazell

It is a colorful and comprehensive book showing how to do each stitch in a photos and how to read a crochet chart for each stitch. 

For more of a glimpse inside this book click on the link below:

Crochet Stitch Dictionary ~ Preview on Google Books

As much as I am learning from videos online,

I like a good book on hand for reference.

I am thinking that after I complete the  squares for my

Crochet Sampler Crochet Along @ The Inspired Wren

that I may want to make another sampler squares or stripes quilt using this book.

That is thinking far to the future, though.

For now I am taking it one stitch at a time.

Linking up today with 

Slow Sunday Stitching @ Kathy's Quilts

Happy Slow Stitching!

First Basketweave Crochet Square ~ Stitched and Blocked

My first block in the 

Block Design 2 ~ Basketweave Blocks

is done. This block took me longer to stitch. 

I have also been busy with other things.

The block is a bit smaller than my first two blocks,

so I decided to block it to size.

For this process I used my 

I bought this backing board at Fat Quarter Shop:

Blocking Board by Riley Blake @ FQS

It is nice dense foam and it easy to use.

The reverse side allows you to block round blocks. 

This is an easy process.

All that is needed is a foam board, pins and a water spray bottle.

If you are unfamiliar with this process:

Hw To Block a Crochet Block @ Heart Hook Home

I plan to block al my squares for this afghan

 so they will be easier to sew together.

Time to start the second basketweaave block.

Edit:

Here is my pink basketweave square after it has dried and with the pins removed.

It now has a much more even shape to it

and the stitches look more flat and even.

I am happy with how this blocking method is working. 

I hope you are have a happy weekend!

I Like Thursday # 119 ~ I Like Smiles

 

Good  Morning and Welcome to I Like Thursday!

This is my 119th post for 

I Like Thursday @ Not Afraid of Color

where every week we share the things that make us smile. 

The above photo is of my progress on my  Sampler Squares Crochet Afghan .

I am stitching the first block of the 

Block Design 2 ~ Basketweave Blocks

I have done this block before. 

If you are unfamiliar with this, here is a good video tutorial:

Basketweave Crochet How-To Video @ Happy Berry

There is an interesting fact check in this video. The video is from the UK, where what I in the USA call a "Double Crochet" is called a "Treble Crochet."  I knew this once but had quite forgotten the difference in the terminology on opposite sides of the pond.  I hope to finish this block and start the second today.

Here is another project that makes me smile.  

Embroidery Kit from Gingiber

that I received as a gift. 

 Someone must have seen me working on 

This Improv Quilt in her "Words to Live By" fabric 

and knew it would make me smile.

The embroidery image is pre-printed so I am hoping I can see to stitch it.

I am adding two blues to the original colors in the kit as I hope to make a pillow to go with my quilt.  I hope to have both of these projects finished in 2022.

My daughter sent me this photo and it gives me a big smile.

My grand-darling is under the quilt in the above photo playing with her tablet.

Here is the link with the story of: This Old Quilt.

Everly's chosen quilt was ripped and shredded and the batting was coming out ... again. This time I was not there to help fix it.  So my daughter did.  She went to her local Joann's and found a new blue calico for the backing and new batting.  She went online and even found three yards of another ten year old fabric in the top. Then she patched and she quilted and she made the quilt larger by adding border in the new, old fabric.

Here is an enlarged photo of the old and the newly found fabric. You can see how much the blue fabric on the left has faded from the many washings. It was once the same color as the fabric on the upper right.  We know it is the same fabric, because I had found a scrap of the stuff in my stash that had the selvage information on it which helped my daughter to find a match on ebay.

Here is a photo of my beautiful grand-darling, bedhead and all, peeking out from under her quilt shortly before my daughter fixed it.  You can see how frayed the old binding was. 

Here is another photo of the newly fixed and enlarged quilt.

Everly is still under it ... her favorite place to be.

These photos makes my heart happy.  <3 

This book made me smile.  I read it and passed it on as a gift to a friend.

This book is self-published by an elderly man and it is an internet phenom.

Read the story of the man and her poems Here.

I like poems. 

I like Wordle.

Three days ago, I discovered Wordle from a friend on FB.  

I am three for three and I am hooked.

Here is the link to play online 

Wordle

I like words.

Thank you for reading my words today.

May you have a Happy Thursday!