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Finished Project: Rug

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I’ve been playing around with crochet lately, and decided I needed to swatch.  This is perhaps the largest swatch I’ve ever made.

Look!  I made a rug.

I’ve been playing around with Irish Crochet, and I wondered why I couldn’t explode it, the same way Doris Chan does with lace.  The rug was my first attempt.  There’s a few kinks I want to work out before it becomes something I might write a pattern for, but the rug is deliciously cushy and used up a good chunk of my worsted and aran scraps.  This is a good thing.

I’m busy packing for the Fiber Festival of New England (I’ll be teaching on Saturday – sign up for my classes!), so I’ll leave you with some great cat pictures:

Peake, sleeping.
Watson, quite unhappy with our attempt to dress him up for Halloween.

Newport all worked up!

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I’ve got a few more lengthy blog posts in the works, but while those are marinating, I wanted to share something exciting.  Textilemagician  from Ravelry just finished Newport, my crochet design
from Classic Elite.  You’ve got to take a look, it’s gorgeous!

She chose to do a yarn substitution, using Tilli Tomas Rock Star and Pure and Simple, both in Moroccan blue.  She says of Newport, “Fairly easy project.  I am hoping that the silk will drop when washed.”

It’s so exciting to see the pattern all worked up and on somebody!  It’s one of the best feelings to know someone took your thoughts that you put on paper, and then was able to construct what you envisioned.

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