Friday Round-Up.

Crafting wise, it has been a busy week.  I finished three commissions in the last 7 days, and I got another one as soon as I finished the first two.  Those crocodile stitch booties are POPULAR.  Between gifts and sales, I've made 10 pairs of those booties!

I also completed a blanket for my mom, which I think turned out nicely.  It is based on the Milles Rings pattern, which I used first to make a blanket for my son when he was born.

E's blanket, Christmas 2011.  Done in cotton (too heavy) and acrylic rings.

Three of the four colors started for the second blanket.

Speaking of E, my big summer project is a granny square blanket for him.  Rather than purchase a whole linens set for his room, I wanted to make something special.  Once I'm done, I will  post the pattern / diagram here.  Until then (and it might be a while), here is a preview:

This ombre-like motif will be repeated in 5 other colors, plus a classic granny border.

Finally, I've been teaching myself tunisian crochet (AKA: afghan crochet or shepherd's knitting), which is a cross between crochet and knitting.  While you can do it with a regular crochet hook, you can also use a longer tunisian crochet hook.  I'm trying to learn how to change colors properly so I can convert a piece-in-progress to this technique.  Tunisian crochet is very thick, solid, and looks great with the intarsia technique.  Over at Moogly blog, Tamara recently stumbled upon a tunisian motif that looks like strawberries, and her site has been a creative beehive trying to figure out how to re-construct it.  Moogly has some of the best free patterns, round-ups from around the web, and really clear tutorials.  Her creations tend to be just my style.

- Crafts Ahoy!