What I've Been Up To

Hello everyone! Happy Sunday! I know it's been a minute since my last blog so it's lovely to be chatting with you all again. 

I don't have a big project to share today, but thought I would do a quick little blog about what I have been working on and what I'd like to work on in the future.

A big reason as to why I haven't been in craft mode lately is that I've very much been in video games mode! I am a big fan of the game Stardew Valley which had an update recently so I've been spending a lot of time playing that. However, I do have a few crafty things up my sleeve!

My biggest project I've been working on in the midst of game playing is a crocheted blanket using a fun variegated yarn. I won't say who it's for just in case they happen to read this, but I am reaching the final stages of this project: 

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I have also been spending some time consolidating my various yarn bits into some larger balls of yarn. I am looking to use up all of the end and smaller pieces I have left over from various projects to make some smaller baby/lap blankets for upcoming fairs. 

Here is an example of this project. I took my variety of pink/purple-toned yarns and cut them up in different lengths. I then attached all the pieces together one by one using a magic knot technique which involves overlapping the lengths of yarn, making two knots and then pulling them together. I always go ahead and make another knot or two over the "magic knot" as I'm slightly paranoid about the knots coming apart. I was able to make 2 decent balls of yarn with all these scraps.

I'm excited to see how these turn out! I have some various ends of blue/green/brown yarn as well so I could do the same process if I like how it turns out with the pink/purple. I did make sure to only use yarns of similar weight. It would be very hard to make a cohesive project while using extremely thin and extremely thick yarn at once so I think a big key to making your own yarn ball is ensuring all the yarns are roughly the same size.

Finally, something I have had in the back of my mind lately is finding something to do with the rest of the pole wrap I have from my IKEA upcycle last month.

If anyone has any bright ideas on how I could use this up, feel free to leave them in the comments below!

That's all she wrote for today. I'll talk to you all soon!

​ - Rebecca 

P.S. Today's photo on the homepage is from Pexels user Anvi Jain:
www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-photography-of-colorful-yarns-635002/