W.I.P. Wednesday - Progress and frogs

My teddy bear huggy blanket is still hibernating. At least until I'm done with my big secret project.
Last week I started participating in a CAL started by Stacey also known as Freshstitches. It's no secret I'm a big fan of her patterns, so of course I had to join.The goal is to crochet Jackie the Cow , one of her patterns.
You can read the start of my CAL here.
So far I've only done the body and one leg. Besides the dark pink and the white, I'm going to use a light pink.

Next is my secret project. It's coming along very nicely and I'm very close to finishing it.
I also got to make pleats for the first time when knitting, so you can say that I've learned something new.

Moving on to my frogs.
When I was looking for needles, I discovered that I have at least 3 unfinished projects lying around for myself. One is a scarf from Nicky Epstein's book Signature Scarves. It's almost done so I'm keeping it and will try to get it done in the near future.

The other projects is a dress in drops silke alpaca  , both knitted and crocheted,  and a jacket made in fabel.
I'm going to frog both these since I'm in the middle of both and my tension and gauge has changed since I started them. Yeah they have been lying around for a long time.

I'm not sure if I'll do the jacket again what do you think ?

I'm propably going to start over with the dress. The yarn is discontinued and I bought it especially for that dress.

Well enough rambling from me this sunny Wednesday.

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Happy crafting!

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.
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