W.I.P.Wednesday : My CAL project and more.

So today is Wednesday and I have a lot of projects on my needles and hooks as always.
I'm only going to share pictures of two of them.

I'm still working on my Teddy Bear Huggy Blanket which you can read about here .No newer photos though since I have a big and important project going on.

So Stacey from Freshstitches has started a CAL, which involves crocheting Jackie the Cow ,one of her adorable must-make- patterns. Yeah I'm a sucker for her patterns and I'm not ashamed to admit it! haha.
Of course I had to participate.

I'm not quite done choosing my colors, but I've started out with a dark pink for the body :

I'm using a 100 % acrylic for this cow. It's Jette from Hjertegarn.

Besides that. I'm doing a secret knitting project.
And it has a deadline!
Oh yeah. A VERY short deadline I might add.
I REALLY hope I can make it. Haven't been knitting since before Christmas. And I already had to rip out 15 rounds of lace pattern.
Reminder to myself : Remember a safety line!

I'm using 2 types of yarn :
Muskat which is a 100 % mercerised Egyptian Cotton, it has a fairly firm structure when knitted which is needed for some parts of this pattern.

The other  yarn is :
Cotton Viscose , a 54 % Cotton , 46 % Rayon. It has a nice shine ,but is a bit slippery to knit with when not used to it.


A sneak Peek : 

I hope everyone has a great and productive Wednesday.
 Thanks for stopping by and if you want to check out more W.I.P.'s stop by Tami's :  

F.O. Friday - Nathan, the Platypus

This W.I.P I started a huggy blanket and I was actually determined it would get done so I could post it as my F.O.
Well...I didn't take in to consideration , that :
1. I never did Granny Squares before.
2.There would be a lot of ends to sew.

It actually didn´t  accure to me until I was about to start the blanketpart.

And I really wanted to participate this F.O.Friday, so I had to think of something else, that was fast and easy to make.
Since I already bought the yarn and the pattern, I decided I would crochet a Platypus for my daughter.

And so I present to you  : Nathan, the Platypus

The pattern is designed by Stacey Trock aka Freshstitches. She makes so many cute animals, it's hard to choose which to make first. Eventually I'm going to make them all. Probably in pairs. One for me  and one for my daughter.
Sorry about the strange light in the photo.The color is supposed to be  Turquoise and orange.

Nathan has been renamed and is called Perry, my daughter is a  big fan of Phineas and Pherb hence the new name.

I used Roma from Hjertegarn a cotton/acrylic blend. It's a very soft yarn to work with and I really like the feel of it.

I did have to rip once. You see, my printer decided to die on me. Very annoying when you buy pdf patterns and do a lot of printing. Since I didn't want to spend x hours fixed in front of my stationary, I moved the pattern to my notebook and placed the notebook on my coffee table. That way, I could watch a movie ,talk to my daughter etc. when I needed a break without having to leave my project.
Well mind you , always make sure  the part of the pattern on you screen is where you're at . I didn't.....I was crocheting the bill and I thought "Hey that is one big bill ,Nathan is going to be very big" ...For some reason the pattern has scrolled down to the head ,so I was actually crocheting the head in orange haha.

Anyway...I ripped and then everything went smoothly. He's so much fun to make.
After taking his photo I put him in my daughters bed (she's 6 1/2 Years), so she would see him when she woke up.
First thing she said this morning ,even before saying good morning; was " Aww he's finished ,thank you ,I love him mom "

Got to love your kids when they appreciate the things you make for them with so much joy and excitement.

So that's my finished project this week, what about you ?

If you want to see more finished projects , you should pay a visit to :

Tami's is the one responsable for F.O. and she has a list of links to other peoples blogs where you can see some awesome projects :) 

Thanks for stopping by and reading and have a wonderful Friday :)

Edit : Better photo 

The cutest

grandson anyone could ever have, came to visit his grandmother.
 I don't get to see my grandson very often ,so I was very happy when my daughter and son in law asked if I would babysit for 2 days...
Those 2 days got extended to 4 days since everything went smoothly (they had stuff to take care of) , I'm a bit surprised at how smooth everything went. 10 month old and not once did he act up or seem to miss his parents.

I haven't really crochet that much in those days, but I did finally finish a dog for my youngest daughter. More about the dog here

Better late than never and I think he turned out just fine.
I made him in 100 % cotton worsted weight and a size 4 mm crochet hook.

I also made a beanie. A friend of my daughter asked if I could make one for her son when she saw  my grandson wearing his. I used  a 100 % cotton, Victoria  from Marks and Kattens. Double stranded and a size 10 mm crochet hook.

I bought the pattern at Craftsy here and it's designed by Busy Mom Designs

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