I finished! I have the photos now!
A photo inside.
A photo outside.
The back is not as pretty as the front but still acceptable. I will block this project when I get back home and then it will join the other projects I have finished to give away someday.
Back to the Winter Wonderland Mosaic Crochet project now.
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Notes: 3.5 Crochet Hook, Stylecraft Special DK in Lipstick and Cream. The pattern is from Juniper and Oakes. It took about 4 months from start to finish.
I finished part nine of the Nordic Mosaic. It was called Skadi Hills...Skadi is the Nordic Goddess of winter, hunting, skiing and mountains.
It was a fun pattern to work.
I had enough cream color yarn to work the back part of the border but will have to wait for my yarn to come before the front envelope border can be finished. All the ends have been tied and trimmed in preparation for the last five decorative rows on the front border.
In the meantime I took out Winter Wonderland a Mosaic project that I have been working on for quite some time. I began in November of 2021. Uffda. I found the pattern, the proper hook ...I keep fairly good notes about which hook I used...I write the hook size right on the pattern!
Part 8 of my Nordic Crochet the Dala Horse is finished. In rural Sweden wooden horses were carved as children's toys and they later became a treasured symbol of Sweden. They were painted red and usually had some sort of floral design on them. I wood carved one several years ago...and I think I gave it away.
There are four Dala horses running along in my afghan.
So part 8 is finished and I am onto part 9 which is called Skadi Hills. I think I have enough yarn for that section but will have to play yarn chicken on the border...or order more yarn:)
I finished watching Roots so I watched Far Guy wood carve so he was my entertainment whilst I crocheted yesterday. He said " Are you waiting for some excitement like me cutting off a finger." So I got sleepy and decided to lay down and watch a movie on Netflix...I chose The Wonder...and as I fell asleep I wondered what it was really about. I would not recommend it to anyone. Totally a waste of really good nap time.
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I finished both seasons of Joe Millionaire and then began to watch Roots on tubi. I recall when it originally aired in 1977 it was a big television event. I crochet while watching. I will have to pick one more series to watch before I am done with the Nordic Mosaic Crochet project. I suppose I could always continue with Manifest on Netflix...does anyone have recommendations?
I am also working on the 2015 and 2016 photos in the Grands albums.
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We were feeling a bit antsy on Sunday afternoon, the weather was sunny but the wind was chilly...at any rate it was much warmer than it was a year ago. We took the car out for gas and a wash. Gas is $3.39 a gallon. Far Guy needed a new saw to help him out with his latest project so we headed over to Harbor Freight to purchase one. Then we went to Red Lobster for an early supper. The food was delicious...and I am certain I will have seafood dreams (very vivid off the wall dreams).
Jen and Andy were headed to a Super Bowl party...Far Guy will play with his new saw and I will crochet as we are not football fans.
As for the price of eggs. They were $5.39 a dozen the last time I bought them. I must be a terrible shopper as there are some things I do not pay attention to prices...bread, milk, butter, bananas, apples and oranges....we need them every week so we buy them.
Granny Marigold is paying $3.88 for a dozen eggs in Canada. Linda Reeder paid $4.50 for 18 eggs in Washington so that works out to be $3.00 a dozen.
I worked on the Grands photo albums...2014 is all done! I am making progress on a few of my projects. I am watching an old program from 2003 Joe Millionaire while I crochet. Yup that is me 20 years behind the times.
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I finished the section that is called Baubles. I would call them ornaments. It was part 7 of 9.
Now I am working on part 8...called Dala Horse. It has 31 rows...I debated if I wanted horses in my blanket and decided to just go with the flow and stick to the designers pattern. I will slog through the pattern row by row.
Andy got the stomach flu over the weekend. He is feeling better after a couple of days and is back to work. Far Guy and I have escaped it so far. Knock on wood or what ever good luck charm may work.
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I am still working on the Nordic Mosaic Crochet. One more design is complete.
Part six the Nordic Trees are completed and work has begun on part seven called Nordic Baubles.
The pattern has nine parts. It is slow going.
This week is appointment week, we have appointments everyday but Friday. We had to pick the coldest week out of the winter to go out everyday.
The last day of January is upon us and we are gaining a bit of sunlight everyday.
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I am making slow progress on my Nordic Mosaic crochet project.
Pictured are Nordic Snowflakes, Wintergreen Trees and Nordic Star. I have a start on the Nordic Trees in the upper part of the photo. I am on part 6 of 9.
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I am making progress on my Nordic Mosaic project.
There are nine parts to the blanket; Hygge Cross, Guardian Angel, Nordic Snowflake and at the very top I am working on Wintergreen Trees. So I am not half way done yet! Each section has a different pattern.
I love the red and cream colors. I am very pleased with how it is turning out.
If you can do a single crochet, a double anchored crochet and you can count then you could do a Mosaic project too!
It turned cold here it was -17 F or -27 C so I did not venture out.
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My newest start of a project. A Nordic Mosaic pattern all done in red and white.
It is not going very fast! I stopped to do those Mosaic bags.
Baxter thought one of the red yarn balls was a ball...no harm done...but he got my attention real fast!
We had a quiet day Saturday. Trying to figure out what day will be a baking day this week...most likely Wednesday...pumpkin bread and pumpkin pie in a pan without a crust ( we have a number of Gluten Free people)....mashed potatoes which can only be done just before we eat.
I am still working on the old photo scanning project in my spare time.
A dog on a farm truck at my Paternal Grandparents home.
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