{ A crocheting Saturday }

I have always found crocheting to be a calming hobby, something I could do to make me forget about the world, to calm my heart and my soul, to remind me to see the beauty in every moment.

 

When I stopped crocheting, a year or two ago, it wasn't for a specific reason, frankly I don't know why I did.  I don't understand it myself, because I made the conscious decision to stop, no one did it for me, and I certainly wasn't forced to.  It's strange that I would stop doing something that I know for a fact, brings me so much joy and peace, but sometimes we do things out of character, don't we?

 

Whatever the reason, I am just happy that I picked it up again, and now that I am back into it, the rows are just flowing.

 

I worked through Part 5 last week, making a row in the morning and a row at night.  I told myself that I can read or watch tv, or do whatever else I want, as long as I do two rows a day.

 

It's funny that I have to negotiate with myself, but this is the way I find that helps me to have a routine where I do what is expected of me as a wife, mother and homemaker, and I also allow myself the fun things.  

 

A time and place for everything right? 

 

 

So, this is my Solstice Star Blanket by Helen Shrimpton at Crystals and Crochet.  I have followed Helen for so many years and have made many of her blankets.  I love the patterns, I love that she always does videos to take us along and help, and she always provides us with these exquisite pieces of art, that may seem so complicated but it's really just a combination of easy crochet stitches, just placed ever so daintily row after row.

 

 

The colors for this one came purely by accident.  I wanted to get back into crochet and I knew that if I didn't do immediately when I got the urge, I wouldn't.  So, I didn't want to wait for more yarn, or go to the store and try to figure out a combination that would work.

 

Instead I turned to my own yarn stash and picked out some colors that I already had on hand.  To be honest, at first, I didn't think these colors would work together, they're also very different from my usual muted pastels.

 

But I picked them up, and as I always do when crocheting, I just grabbed the first one at hand and went with it and then started alternating the yarn. 

 

 

As it started growing, I started loving it.  It screams Autumn to me though, but that's ok, it can be finished and put away until the cold weather returns later in the year.  

 

I do plan on starting another as soon as this one is finished.

 

I started Part 6, which is rows 63-72 and I am on row 65 at the moment.  I'm really looking forward to it being done just so I can say I did it.  

 

Next blanket I plan on making will be a Universe in Bloom from Look at What I Made.  I did a Sophie's Universe blanket 10 years ago, also from Dedri and loved it.  Actually I've made a few of her patterns, and they're all wonderful, so very much looking forward to the new one.

 

Now, I better get off here and work a few more rows on this beautiful Solstice Star.