Category Archives: Creativity

Crocheted Bandages

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This morning was Mission Sunday at Jon’s churches and our speaker was from Global Health Ministries. It was an interesting sermon with great stories and when I was perusing his display, I saw a handout on knitted and crocheted bandages. Apparently, these can be used in tropical situations where you’ve got people with leprosy or ulcers on their bodies to cushion the area and protect any dressing that’s been applied.

I have some of the brochures and I can email you the info if you’re interested. It can be a Lenten project (instead of giving up chocolate or something else) or it could be a 4-H or youth group project.

A Little Project

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Allow me to introduce myself… my name is Michelle and I am another guest blogger while Jen is away in California for a couple of weeks. I blog over at Mikao’s World. I’ve known Jen for about… oh, about ten years now (or is it eleven?). We were pen pals way back then, thanks to a postcard exchange, and somehow miraculously have remained in touch over the years and now both blog. I think it’s neat how these things work out!

It’s taken me a couple of days to get this ready, but in honour of my crafty friend Jen, I whipped up my first “how-to” creative project and completed what I call my “Arrow Purse.” You can view it here. It’s more quilting than Jen’s crocheting, but I don’t know how to crochet! 🙂

My Charity Afghan Is Complete

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I finished edging the afghan with the help of my felixes (orange ones included) and washed it several times to try and get rid of some of the fur. I then aired it out and took this picture.

My afghan on the clothesline

On Monday, I’ll mail it to San Francisco where Afghans for Afghans will sort and mail it to Central Asia. I’m having some separation anxiety as I’ve worked so hard on it and now it’s headed to a place I can only dream about. I’m working on a patchwork afghan for myself in the same colors as the one I’m sending because I love them and I have lots of black yarn left over.

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My Recent Crocheting Projects

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I usually blog about my crocheting attempts on other blogs but I figured that it might give me something non-political to write about here while I’m gathering my thoughts for my post on the same-sex unions fiasco in San Francisco.

MANLY Afghan
Edda (my black cat) *helping* me edge the afghan
I started it in January and worked on it mostly at basketball games for my confirmands. (All three of my girls and two of my boys played on their school teams.) It’s made with a little over 4 skeins of Red Heart Supersaver in Camouflauge. As you can see, I had a little help in working on it. 🙂 (I’d pick up Edda every time I had to turn the afghan over to start a new row. She’s a mellow little girl, so she was very OK with this.)

Afghan for Afghans
I started this after I finished the MANLY afghan. I’m making it for Afghans for Afghans. I currently have two stripes (of 5) done and I’m waiting to do more until I can get to Walmart to get the rest of the yarn for it. (I need probably 4 more skeins of Red Heart Supersaver in Dusk and 2 more skeins of Red Heart Supersaver in Black. In other words, I need to make a Walmart run.)

Patchwork Blanket
This will probably be another donation to Afghans for Afghans. I’m making (and collecting for those who are interested) 7″ squares to make a blanket. 36 of them will make a baby blanket and 63 will make a full-sized afghan. It’s basically a project to use up my scrap yarn for a cause other than cat toys.

String Bags and Kitchen Stuff
I found a really cool pattern for string mesh totebags online and I’m making a couple for my sister-in-law as a graduation present in addition to some potholders and dish towels and stuff. (I figure, the kitchen stuff can be used when she gets her own place.) I actually like working with the cotton yarn better than the acrylic stuff — it’s stiffer and easier to work with. Working on the bags and potholders is good relaxation when I get sick of working on the afghan. (The one being donated is made with two strands of yarn and gets REALLY heavy, which taxes my wrists. The potholders are hard in their own way, but it’s easier than trying to work with 4 lbs of afghan.)