Block-A-Month

Some very important ladies (you know who you are!) introduced me to http://www.ravelry.com/. If you crochet or knit, or wish you could, check this site out. It is an entire community of people who are interested in this art/hobby. Patterns, groups to chat with, a place to list your stash, list your needles - lots, lots, lots of good "hooky goodness".


Ravelry has a Block-of-the-Month group where every month there is a pattern presented for making a 6 inch block and a 12 inch block. It is from the Janaury pattern that these blocks are made:

This pattern was the 12 inch block. The pattern calls for a specific yarn type but I had yarn, not yet earmarked for a project. So, my gauge is just 50% off. Meaning that I ended up with 6 inch blocks! Personally I was glad, because it made it very easy to still come up with a 12 inch finished Janaury project. The blocks look like they have a bit of a slant. Looking at the posts from other Ravelry group members, most have the same slanty look.

I am using a merino wool from Valley Yarns and it is sooooo soft and nice to work with. I intend to use the same colors for the block patterns that turn up for the rest of the year. In picking the colors, I brought in some of my quilting skills. In quilting, it is important to mix light, dark, and medium values. So in picking the colors for these blocks, I made sure I had light, dark, and medium in each block. It will be interesting to see how this makes up over the year.

Want to join me in the block-of-the-month? Go to the Ravelry website and join, if you are not already a member. Then shoot me an email and I tell you my "name" on Ravelry.

I've got to go crochet away!!!