Stitch Witch Sundays

Hey - in the group I'm in we are doing Sunday Morning Stitch Witch.  We are trying out a new stitch that we can use elsewhere, but in the meanwhile making an afghan with it.  Kim is helping to devise the stitches each week and doing a bang up job. 

At first I was more interested in doing textured stitches as I love the look and feel of them.  However, it has progressed into multi-colored stitches, which is fine with me!  You can pick and choose your stitches, should you want, to get a textured look or a bright happy multi look.  All depends on your mood.

I have finished more of the Brick and Mortar rows, but for some reason the photos came up blank.  I will have to go back and try taking more photos and post them later.

So no one told me what the cabbage looking plant could be.  I haven't looked it up yet, as thought I'd get some good info here! Rats.

I found out the name of another plant that I thought was a Hydrangea.  Turns out it is a Black Lace Alderberry.  Stunning!  I love the lace cap pink flowers against the black-purple lacy leaves...just don't look at the hose in the background!  It does give you a perspective, though, of the large leaves and flower heads.

So - now I want to have a contest...have to generate some fun, don't I?  I have a book that is called "50 Knit & Crochet Accessories: Go from beginner to expert with easy bags, mittens, socks and hats"

If you would like this book, please note in your post to this thread, put in a guess as to the plant in the previous post, and then I will put all the names in a box, shake it up and pull out a winner!  I will also take the answers and figure out who is correct and that person will get a smaller, different prize.  Hopefully you are on Ravelry and can PM me your address should I need it!  

GOOD LUCK!!

It is coming along....

I am not much further than this shows.  It is the edge of the shawl...then a border goes on it, and then I turn it around and complete the body.  I love the cross stitch texture.  Not so sure I want to block it as it flattens it out a bit!

The reason I am slow on this is that I am also working on several other projects at the same time...don't want to get bored, ya know!

One of those is another JAL (join-a-long paid for pattern) for the Happy Hippo.  The pattern is really called Happypotamus The Happy Hippo and was designed by Heidi Bears. She may also sell it on her web page, I don't know.

Isn't this darling! It is her hippo above, but the beginning of mine in blues, a different edge, with the cream borders.  Only have three finished, but on Tuesday I will have many more!

Now....if anyone is reading this...I need to know what this plant is...it is in my raised garden bed and acts rather like cabbage, but not really.  I just don't know.  It's about two feet tall now and it bolted so has the tall skinny stalk with the small yellow flowers which is what makes me believe it is in the lettuce or cabbage family.

Anyone??????

New shawl pattern...with sock yarn!

The pattern is the Kornblomst Shawl. It is a paid for pattern and we are doing a JAL for it in the Cat's Crochet Corner group on Ravelry.

My main color is pink!  ;o)  Can't you tell???

This is how the bottom border of the lacy part will look...in the pattern there will be two areas with this variegated yarn.  Above the lacy border that you see below....which is below it when you crochet the pattern!   ;o)

Isn't this the prettiest little shawl!  I hope it turns out as pretty as the photo above!

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Now on to my favorite rant.  I have been in touch with the sheriff's office about the fraud.  Turns out a lot of my neighbors have suffered the same fate.  The woman responsible did a tour of the street after hours and stole mail...don't know if she stole my mail that was outgoing or stole mail that was incoming.  She took the info she found to open the Amazon account.  Looks like some of my neighbors are out thousands of dollars, so I feel a little selfish about my less that $300, and my Amazon problems.  At least I have my money back. They may never see their money ever.

I hope she rots in hell for a long, long, long time...and her name is Monica, it turns out, not Mona.  Guess that the feds are after her, too, for mail fraud.  Yay!