Minerology Part 4

Compared with Minerology Part 3, Part 4 took forever! The motifs in the corners were fine, but between the winter holidays, the end of the quarter and starting back up at work after the New Year, I found it really challenging to sit down with enough concentration to assemble the corners. Once that was done though, it was smooth sailing.

 I am still loving all of the detail and texture of this project. And in the next part there are elephants!

Minerology Part 3

Part 3 of the D'Histoire Naturelle has been a delight. I am looking forward to the next set of instructions.

While Parts 1&2 had those wonderful bee and butterfly details, Part 3 is all about the leaf detail for me.

I am not the only one in my house obsessed with the Scheepjes CAL.

 Both with this this year's D'Histoire Naturelle and last year's Rozeta, I have struggled with cat-thievery. All of which is very strange, since normally Boris is not that interested in random balls of yarn. When it comes to Scheepjes though, he is constantly trying to walk off with my balls of yarn to bite and bunny kick. Not even my loose ends on the project are safe, as he will try to chew on them if not watched. Strange!

FO: Almost Twilight Rozeta

In my excitement about starting the 2020 Scheepjes CAL, I realized that I had never posted pictures of the finished 2019 Scheepjes CAL: Rozeta. Oops!

I had loved the Twilight colorway, but this kit was sold out everywhere by the time I went to go purchase it. Fortunately Webs had all the "stained glass" colors, so found a good color match for the base color in the Valley Yarns Huntington line, to make sure the that the fiber match was good. Note: these yarns have a fairly different construction and a slight weight difference. It wasn't a perfect match but it worked for my purposes.

This was a really challenging and enjoyable project, and I was sort of sad to see it end. I had never worked with Our Tribe before, but it is delightful. Highly recommended! It is soft and the color graduations are subtle and mesmerizing to work with. It was pleasant to crochet, although it has a slight fuzz that can be challenging to rip out work if you are impatient. I can't say that I minded it though.

Pattern: Rozeta (2019 Scheepjes CAL)

Yarn: Scheepjes Our Tribe and Valley Yarns Huntington

Yarn Supplier: Webs

Hook: 3.75 mm (F)

Minerology Part 1 & 2

I have been so excited to be working on the 2020 Scheepjes CAL: D'Histoire Naturelle that I finished Part 2 only a few days after it came out. Fortunately the 2 weeks until 

I am loving the bee and butterfly details here.

I am working in a Minerology Stone Washed and River Washed kit. In Row 37a I grabbed a different color for the butterfly wings, but just rolled with it. All and all, it has been a delight, and I am looking forward to the next set of instructions being released.

Almost Twilight Rozeta

A friend was planning to do the Scheepjes Rozeta CAL and got me all excited about it as well. Next thing you know, I made a trip to Webs and swatched. The Our Tribe Twilight kits were already sold out, but I was able to get the colors other than Color A (Iris Garden) as individual balls of yarn.

Instead of the Color A in Our Tribe. I picked up some Valley Yarn Huntington in Navy, to provide a similar color and weight, although the texture isn't quite the same.

Rozeta: 1 row short of week 5 completion

The instructions for Week 6 are out, so I have a plan for the rest of my lazy Sunday. So far I am having a lot of fun, and I am already thinking of a second one.