Uh oh, slipping into old habits here, as I publish Saturday’s post on a Thursday 😬
Bleh. I think I just need to accept this about myself: I do not want to turn on my computer on the weekends!
Weekends are for visiting! And going for long drives! And breathing fresh air! And sitting on the bed watching mysteries and knitting! If weekends were 3 days long, I’d totally give part of one of those days over to this blog. But weekends are only rarely 3 days long. That’s kind of a shame, really.
So, what is This Week in Pictures?
It’s a roundup of the little (and big!) moments I have captured all week. Some of these images are posted on Instagram, but many aren’t posted anywhere but here. Some days there may be no photos, and other days there may be multiples.
Photos taken with 📷 (Canon EOS 80D) or 📱 (Samsung Galaxy S9).
Saturday


(Also posted on Instagram).
Sunday




You can’t see it here, but this color of #cascade220heathers is more complicated than it looks. It has a surprising strand of hot pink twisted with the orangey coral. (That’s why I put hot pink at the collar and cuffs.) You really have to be in this yarn’s face and under a bright light to see this complexity, though.
(Also posted on Instagram).
Tuesday


(Also posted on Instagram).
Thursday




(Also posted on Instagram).
Thanks for helping me celebrate the week! If you want to see some of this stuff as it happens, please feel free to follow me on Instagram ♥
Hi Lisa! I really love the story about your great-grandma’s vintage crochet blanket…did you recreate the blanket instructions and, if so, are they available?
I’m sure she would have been surprised to see the wonderful ways you’re able to share her beautiful work with so many others! 🙂 Thanks in advance for your help with my question!
Hi, Vikki! I do not, unfortunately, have those instructions written out anywhere, since I really didn’t do much other than re-seam the squares into a more blankety shape. I did make myself a neckwarmer inspired by that blanket, though, and I put the details of that here: https://www.lisaclarke.net/2019/02/14/vintage-inspired-granny-square-scarf/ I didn’t provide full-blown instructions, but maybe there’s enough there for you to go on?
I think you’re right that my great grandmother would be surprised to see that I’ve put her design on the outside of mugs, made fabric out of it, and even am currently using it as my phone case! That’s not something that would have occurred to anyone sixty years ago. Isn’t technology great? 🙂