Actual Craftsual Content!

I hope you all are sitting down. I know that actual craft content Chez Bossydog must come as a huge shock.

First, the second of two afghans in progress. This one I think will be for me. It is going to be a whole lotta blues with a few shots of grape (shown below), lime and fuschia. It is very, very loosely inspired by the Babette Blanket, except in my own color scheme and concept. I saw this one and thought "Hmmm, I don't particularly care for it, but there's something about it...." and next thing I knew, I was up to my butt in cotton yarns and the thing has started designing itself. I'm thinking solid squares, some in two colors, some in three, maybe some will be bigger or smaller, we shall see where it goes. The colors are almost true, but the turquoise is much prettier in person, it's actually a vibrant shade of Cottontale 8 called Tropic. Not shown in this picture is the third color (so far) a really lime-y lime green.



Next we have the hexagonal beachy-themed afghan that started this crochet binge. I started with a cocoa brown that has since been benched for use in a later project. In its place we have two shades of aqua, plus vanilla and cream. I'm thinking of the ocean waves, white foam, and of course, sand. They are artfully posing with the two Yankee Candle scents that caused me to eat my words about YC. The two scents are Beachwalk and Sun & Sand. I swear they really do smell like the beach, very light and fresh, and they coordinate nicely together. Sun & Sand sits in the living room, while Beachwalk occupies my dresser, and when they are both burning the house has a light, faint aroma of salt air and a hint of flowers, and without the sinus-burning properties of a lot of YC scents.



These hexagons will not be edged - too retro-granny - but will be crocheted together from the back with the sand colored yarn.



And yay for Bright, Sunshiny Days when Mommy can take pictures without the flash that hurts Murphy's eyes. It took several shots to convince him that yes, he really could look right at the camera and it would not hurt, but this one was worth it: