Granny Square Madness!

Here are two more pictures of yarn that I have received from the Granny Square materials swap on Swap-bot.

From Sandra in Portugal...

... and Karrie (aka Girl on the Rocks)


And here is a granny square creation that I made with this wild acrylic rainbow yarn that I couldn't not buy! (It's a cat mat for Andrew and Tony - I sprinkled a little catnip on it and they slept on it most of the weekend!)

Norwegian goodies!

Thanks Nina in Norway for the Granny Square Materials (and more!) from the Swap-bot swap!

Goddess swap

Here's what I received from another swap-bot swap. The theme of this one was to celebrate the goddess you are!

Projects from the weekend

On Saturday, I received my second bunch of buttons from the swap-bot swap I participated in.



Ove the weekend, I continued working on the cranberry colored wrap that I've been crocheting for weeks and weeks (I guess that's what happens when you are in the midst of several projects!).



I also started to wind the cotton yarn that I bought from an Etsy seller. I'm having a lot of problems with tangling - especially since it is such a fine yarn.




I've hit a roadblock with the lion I've been trying to crochet. I've just been making him up as I go. I've finished his face, sweater, pants, and two paws. I haven't been able to find a good solution for his mane. But, this weekend as I walked up to AC Moore, they had a bin of clearance yarn on the sidewalk and I found some crazy furry yarn that just may work!

Three firsts!

I decided to try making felted (actually fulled) coasters. They're a little distorted, but pretty good for a first try!
Another first try - my first try at needle felting! Instead of using wool roving, I used a piece of wool yarn to embellish this recently created cuff bracelet. It was a lot of fun! I look forward to embellishing more projects with needle felting!

The last first - this was my first time participating in a swap-bot swap. For this swap I had to send 20 buttons each to two different people (designated by the swap coordinator) and will receive 20 buttons each from two other people. Both of the people I sent buttons to live in the US, but the first set of buttons I received came all the way from London!