x's and o's.

Somebody in our house was famous for crossing the days off his calendar 

with big fat x's at the end of a work day........before retirement, that is.

  I do believe the x's have now been replaced with smiley faces.  :o)

By the time I get home from work, throw some food on the table,

and clean the kitchen, I'm about ready to drop.  Since I've been working more

than I usually do, I'm pushing myself to do something productive at home and

crank out one or two of these each evening......

I did it.

I finally learned how to crochet!

The owner of the yarn shop where I joined a knitting group

volunteered to teach us how to crochet a granny square.

I was the only one who did not go home with a finished square that night.
"If everybody's done with the first color, pass your yarn to the right."
Wait for me!! Did I mention I'm a slow learner?  

I was feeling a bit like a failure until the graduates confessed that they've all crocheted before.

Cheaters.

I was not about to be thwarted by a simple granny square, so I watched

Youtube videos and eventually produced my first square to bring along with me

 to what I now refer to as Tuesday night group therapy.

Ta da!

That little square above got my crochet juices flowing

and prompted me to try my hand at a full-blown granny square afghan.

Since it's highly likely my blogging days will be over long before I finish

said afghan, Norwegian blogger Solveig of the blog Solstrikke

was kind enough to let me post a photo of her beautiful

Flowers in the Snow Afghan.

Gorgeous!

I chose this pattern after viewing her easy to follow tutorial here.

She made it look so easy, and it is!  I haven't reached the part where the flowers
are joined together, but her instructions and accompanying photos
clearly explain the process.  Thank you Solveig!

If you've never tried your hand at crochet, there are so many videos

available at Youtube University, that anybody can learn.

I'm currently working on my doctorate.

Tools of the trade.

 So many pretty colors to choose from!

While many of you are already cleaning out your flower beds and planting flowers,

we've still got a foot of snow covering our gardens.  The only flowers I'm planting

are those on my March calendar, and the yarn flowers covering my coffee table.

  By my calculations........

365 divided by three or four circles a week minus days I do nothing at all =

My afghan should be finished around April of 2025.

So do tell, what's on your calendar?

Thanks for visiting and I hope you find time to do something you love today.

Vickie

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