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And the new yarns I'm not playing with yet... The first one is from the yarnkoo seller, a nice variegated peach/green/violet mixture the label says the brand is "Leisure Time Yarn".

Next is the "wine gray" from the jojosquare ebay seller - brand is "Jojoland".
Finally, the Burgundy from jojosquare. It's hard to tell from my photos, but the burgundy is about the same deep red as is mixed in the "wine gray", so I think they'll complement each other well.

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And here's the Bernat "Rose Garden" - I really like this one! Again, this is using the same "sideways shells" pattern as the Color Waves, easy and fast, and looks nice with the variegated colors.

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And here's the Color Waves. Because it's a bouclé, the definition of the stitches isn't really clear - it makes for a very fuzzy sort of fabric when done, but soft and comfy.

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OK, first the finished product, the afghan for Tim and Traci. Of course, the cats have decided it's theirs. Guido's the orange one, Mia the gray (if anyone didn't know).

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So I've been doing a lot of crochet lately (switched from knitting) and I thought I'd start to log my efforts. I'll take some pictures as I go along, and post them here. Unfortunately, I've already given away the first crochet afghan I made. I used Lion Brand Homespun in Tudor (see left) - the image doesn't do it justice at all though, it is a variegated color that changes through blue, purple, pink, blue and sometimes even yellow. I basically made one HUGE granny square (sort of like this). I gave that one to my boss and his wife as a late Christmas gift.

I have another one I made for my brother- and sister-in-law, Tim and Traci and my niece and nephew, Alondra and Mateo. I'll post a picture of it sometime soon. It's based on the 5 1/2 hour throw pattern from Lion Brand Yarn. I used Lion Brand Homespun for that one too, you'll see the color as soon as I get a picture posted.

The ones I'm working on now are two. I have one I'm making for a co-worker who LOVES purple, so I'm using another Lion Brand yarn, called Color Waves. I have a purple and a red, so it's purple with red stripes. I'm using a patter I found through Project Linus called the "Sideways Shell Baby Afghan". I haven't yet made a blanket to donate to Project Linus, but because I'm using their pattern, I will soon.

I have another blanket I'm doing with the same pattern, using a standard white acrylic yarn, and a nice soft variegated acrylic Bernat yarn, I think the color is called "Rose Garden" - it changes through various greens and rose colors. I'm using the colored yarn as the base, and the white for thin stripes. Again, pictures will be added later.

Lately I've been addicted to buying yarn on eBay. I got the Lion Brand Colorwaves via an auction a few months ago. The Homespun I used for the Boss' blanket and the one I'm giving to the B- and S-in-law, as well as the knitted afghans I made for Mom, Dad, and my mother- and father-in-law, I got a couple of years ago from an auction, too. Recently I've purchased the Bernat "rose garden" yarn and some beautiful high-end type wool yarn in a couple different colors. Again, more pictures to follow.

So that's it for now, I'll continue updating, hopefully, on a regular basis.