Fifty-three to go

 

Seventy-one patches done. Fifty-three to go. Although I think I miscounted and need actually a total 128 - in that case, fifty-seven to go. Plus of course the outermost ring to each one. And the sewing.

I think I gotta do something else for a while. Something I can complete sooner. Something like this, perhaps, to use as a purse when flying.

Macramé

Temping as a substitute teacher of arts and crafts some time ago, I was to teach a bead workshop. I know nothing about beads, but fortunately the kids knew what they were doing. So while they were doing whatever they were doing with tiny seedbeads (for which I would have not had patience), I was skimming through some books about the subject. And there it was, what I had tried some years ago in a craftshop in Estonia and then forgotten: macramé. The book said it's "ethno-spirited but can look nice when used right". (Nice and right meaning, cheap.) After my first, succesful try, I came home and started to check macramé patterns in web. Probably should have tried this with something else than alpaca.

Neverending patches

My eternal problem seems to be that I buy more yarn that I can possibly use. Sometimes I go on strike: no more yarn until at least some of the old is finished! And then I stare at my yarn collection (and believe me, it's huge) wondering what to make. For example, what to make of the odd collection of alpaca?

Inspired by this, I started my own crochet quilt. Unlike this beautiful tulip quilt, my patches won't be so flower-like: just rounds surrounded by either a hexagon or octagon. The color for the outermost ring isn't decided yet either, as I thought I'd finish all the yarn I already have before choosing the binding color.

I counted that I would need some 124 patches for a blanket - that is, if there's enough yarn. Still 83 to go.