The challenge this month was to create and design a Fall themed card with some kind of a fun-fold!
SANDRA
Our challenge for the month of OCTOBER is a HALLOWEEN-themed or "Breast Cancer Awareness-themed" card!
This blog is about our family. Events, pictures, devotionals, ideas... things that interested us and would like to share with you.
SANDRA
I'm excited to present card designs that are diverse and innovative for this month's swap. It's always inspiring to see how artists interpret themes and cater to specific audiences with their unique styles and ideas.
Here are the standout designs or themes that participants have incorporated into this month's card designs. I'll start with our newest member. We are so excited to have her participate with us; she's relocated to Texas from Florida and we're proud to have her join our card swap!
SANDRA Due to most of her stamping materials still on the move to Texas; Sandra was using her "bare necessities" to complete her card swaps - she designed SIX cards for this challenge! Unfortunately, I was able to only photograph three designs. I am so sorry! Here are the ones I did snap a pic of!
MARIA
ANGIE
APRIL
MELISSA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK-JYEJfqMA&list=PLpolLUf9SLHhu3J6fyAPvXHLCDx-HOPwj&index=1
Never heard of a MOOGLY - just wait! It's a CAL (Crochet-A-Long) with 24 patterns that are designed by crocheters all over the world. It's been active since 2014 AND you can go to each year's patterns on this website! https://www.mooglyblog.com/category/2014-afghan-cal Such a treasure-trove of designs and ideas for a blanket. Two patterns for a 12" square per month - 24 squares per year! I can't tell you how much we have learned from completing a MOOGLY in our crocheting skills.
Kyle has completed several squares and is in the process of putting them into a blanket. This is my 2nd MOOGLY and I've already started on the 2024 one!
This blanket is completed with BIG TWIST 100% acrylic yarn with a color scheme of white, mustard, rose pink, ruby red, and beige. I wet-block each square before joining them together.
Here's my first "lovey" to crochet!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFjxA14f3qk&t=10002s&ab_channel=KittensandCrochet
Followed along with this youtube video, and it is SO CUTE! Excited to make more of these for future baby gifts!
https://www.yarnspirations.com/bernat-study-of-texture-afghan/BRC0502-011777M.html
Here's our "Study of Texture" Blanket that we crocheted this year, 2023, from Yarnspirations. We each chose a different color scheme, resulting in different looks! This was a fun stitch-along to complete! I'm giving this blanket to one of my favorite family pairs to remember me by!
https://thecrochetcrowd.com/study-of-snow-crochet-blanket
Here's my blanket from the "Study of Snow" that Mikey designed. It's a free pattern from The Crochet Crowd. It is made up to be a quick, thick & cozy blanket. Going to give it to a sweet cousin of mine and her family (I was a flower girl at their wedding many, many years ago!) - hope she likes it!
Here it is - my first MOOGLY!
This crocheted blanket is made up of 24 12x12 squares that are assembled during a year - two per month with selected patterns for a CAL (crochet along) project.
Remember to hug the ones you love, until next time...