Jay's Place

Have a little sneak peek.

I felt after a long break from these it was finally time to work on another, this is to be my next favorite boy, Sanji.

Have a little bit of whimsy in your day!

I love getting to try new things.

My cousin’s farm has recently acquired a dairy cow, and she’s had a bit of buttermilk to spare, which bodes well since Pinterest is my best friend.

Adding a little something different this round while enjoying a long weekend. Work and overtime has been running me a bit ragged and I’ve yet to start any new big yarn projects. So a bit of baking instead.

Like a gentle reminder to ensure you take time to enjoy things for yourself.. and that’s what I did here with a slice of honey cake and a bit of ice cream.

“It’s been 84 years...”

Just kidding, but boy does it feel like it’s been that long! I’ve had plenty of ups and downs during this project, and a lot of personal life struggles to get this one finished. Between sickness, helping my sister move, and work stresses, I just didn’t have the drive for a while to do it until I sat down. 

One could say I really channeled my inner Moss-head and got lost along the way of completing this one. Napped on it some even. 

But he’s here, he’s completely finished, and I’m glad to have completed this project, 23 skeins later. For graphing out my first pattern, I have to say I only missed one stitch, but I’ve learned to live with that, as it’s not too terrible. My only other beef is the adjustments in the green dye between skeins, but again. Something I can learn to live with. 

Do I plan on making other Straw hats? Of course.

And here I thought I’d be finished.

But here so far, after vacations and birthdays and even some Holidays, I have at least a little update on the One Piece project I planned on. Or, at least one part of it. Zoro is probably my favorite character, so I thought to give him a bit of love first.

So I said something about a nerd project. Didn’t I? Funny how life tends to tell you otherwise.

We’ll, that was put on hold for A LOT of personal reasons, but I was absolutely still crafting!! I’ve made a few little cuties, which I sadly didn’t get pictures of before sent away to my nephew. I also took the time to jump onto A little Crochet Academy, made by TLYarncrafts (she had a yarn blog, a YouTube and SO much more!!). Thanks to her guidance I am PROUD to say I have made my first ever sweater!! I have another I just cannot wait to show and it’s all thanks to Toni!

It has come to my attention that there aren’t enough One Piece themed blankets. It has also come to my attention that I’ve never made my own pattern. 

Time to cease procrastinating and get to it, starting off with Straw Hats and their individual Jolly Rogers. 

Do I think anyone would be interested in these or want to buy them? Probably not. Is that going to stop me? Considering I’ve sketched out grids for at least 4 crew members and purchased Roronoa Zoro yarn already? Absolutely not. 

And now for the nephew’s blanket! I really do need to post more often when I do things like these! 

For starters, the pattern is from  reelcrochetnerd on Etsy, and I’ll go ahead and say the pattern was awesome! There are pieces here and there from my own hands either giving tight or lose stitches (My one downfall, gauge is difficult for me). Otherwise, I absolutely loved this one! There’s something satisfying about these blankets that I just enjoy.