For a long time, I was in the habit of cross-stitching while watching TV in the evenings as a way to wind down. However, I don't enjoy finishing cross-stitch projects, so I just shove them in a drawer until I'm ready to add the straight stitching and turn them into a pillow or wall hanging. That's why I haven't bothered to document each of those projects. However, since I learned crochet, I've been making much better progress toward the final products. Here are some I've worked on in recent weeks.
I looked at a lot of beanie patterns and felt overwhelmed, so I did the simplest one. I don't need another beanie but needed the practice. I love this scarf. I found an old skein of yarn in my collection that looked like it would make a nice scarf, and it did except I ran out of yarn. I looked it up online to order more and discovered that it was from something like 2008 and is no longer made. Fortunately, I found a second skein of the same yarn when I dug down to the bottom of my yarn pile.
My son and daughter-in-law sent me a skein of Red Heart Granny Squares yarn for Mother's Day and I got addicted using it to make granny squares, so I ordered a bunch more in different color schemes.
