Blocking
Posted on | November 13, 2009 | No Comments
Until my big granny afghan project, I’ve never tried blocking before. It is magic folks! My rather sad looking squarish shapes metamorphosed into lovely squares! I simply spread a big towel on our mattress (make sure to peel back the sheets first unless you don’t mind them getting holes). My husband wasn’t too happy with the holes I punched round one… 
Get a water sprayer filled with tepid water and have some T-pins or straight pins on hand as well as a ruler.
I then laid out each square, measured every single one and pinned them out to the exact measurements so they’d be consistent. After they were pinned, I misted them and allowed them to airdry. The finished product is lovely but I still need to get some good pictures of it. Our camera broke so I have to use our older, crappier one to take them.
Ugh, I’m having technical difficulties so if you want to check out the pictures go here or here.
Busy Bee
Posted on | October 17, 2009 | No Comments
I love fall. The crisp days, colorful trees, and blustery rainy storms. With it comes colds and coughs unfortunately. But that means I’ve gotten lots of snuggly days with my boys and time to finish up and start yarny projects.
My cousin is expecting her baby this December and her shower was earlier this month so I buckled down and finished up a baby blanket for her son that I started some time ago! I didn’t like the patterns edge so I created my own design and even took my own hand at writing a pattern for it!
Eh hem. Here it is:
For edge:
Row 1: 1 ch, 1 sc in each st or position to end, turn.
Row 2: Same as row 1
Row 3: 1 ch, *sc 3, ch 4* -don’t skip any stitches, repeat from * until the end. Join with sl after ch 4 in 1st sc3, turn
Row 4: 1 ch, *sc in 2nd sc (middle sc in the group of 3 sc’s), sc 5 in ch 4 space * Repeat from * until end. Join final sc with sl in first sc.
Well…
Posted on | August 25, 2009 | 1 Comment
I had been hoping to hold off on posting until my site got up and running how I want it but who knows when that will be!
It’s been busy in the Tron household. New driveway, new paint, new doors…my hands are so cramped and sore from painting I’m afraid I’ve been unable to do much crocheting.
In the meantime, I figured I’d share another one of my projects. Here is yet another baby blanket I made for a friend and her baby!
I wasn’t happy with any edges I found for these granny blankets so I came up with a simple but elegant scallopy edge:
Thanks for looking!
~Sara
Revamping
Posted on | August 14, 2009 | No Comments
As I told my husband last night (who is a web developer) “Help me, my blog looks like crap!” Hahah, so he agreed to help me get this thing looking decent but right now it’s in transition. So don’t be scared by the funky appearance of momotron. It WILL be better.
I’ve got a little something in the works right now in addition to granny square blanket. I needed some organization in my life so hopefully I’ll have some pictures to share of that with you soon. Second, it’s my son’s 3rd b-day party this weekend so I’ll be away. But I am making an amazingly awesome cake for him (hopefully..) and I will take lots of pictures of that as well. I’ve got big plans. 
Mario!
Posted on | August 12, 2009 | No Comments
My very first ever finished crocheted project was….
Yes, I know, the picture isn’t the greatest and while I still have this pillow adorning our couch It has been loved and is a bit scraggly. This is what induced me to study and learn crochet again. I love video games. I love the old video games and the happy memories they bring back of late nights trying to beat levels and no way to save! Memories of fighting with my brother for MY turn to play…hahaha.
There are so many mistakes I made with this thing but he turned out cute nonetheless and I love him!
Rainy days
Posted on | August 11, 2009 | 1 Comment
I love rainy weather. Love it. And it’s a good thing as Western Washington has more than it’s fair share of them. There’s just something so cozy and domesticating about the rain. I automatically want to bake something yummy, cuddle my children, do a little crafting… Our yard has been so dry and brown that I can almost hear the sigh of relief. Sometimes, I even like to take rainy walks. It’s just cleansing and refreshing. I’m afraid that if I were to move to a particularly dry climate, I would wither away without all this wet.
So what do rainy days entail in this house? Craft time:
Errands:
Cleaning:
And of course, yarny fun!
Exhausted
Posted on | August 9, 2009 | 3 Comments
We are preparing our house to sell and oh man, I am pooped! It’s hard enough getting through that to do list without any added complications but when you add it two busy little french fries it gets darn near impossible! Thankfully my parents took the boys for us yesterday and played them hard while the hubs and I worked worked worked. We finished painting our large family room and installing new baseboards. It looks great but oh so different. When we first moved in, just a month after our wedding, I painted this room key lime with dark brown trims and light blue accents. It is now a creamy white with bright white trims. It looks good but it’s so not me. I miss my cheery green little room.
Before
After
It looks nice and hubsy did a great job on the trims, I just miss my colorful space.
Onto cheerier things. I thought I’d share another of my past projects with you. In addition to that blue blanket I made for my nephew, I wanted to make sure my little niece got a little surprise too. I had this fuzzy white yarn sitting around, well, actually it was in a half finished scarf that I frogged. I also had the red yarn lying around. I modified a purse pattern I found online as well as a flower patter and voila! My little girly purse.
Do you enjoy crafting for others?
Posted on | August 7, 2009 | 3 Comments
Something that has helped me immensely as a crocheter has been making things for those I love. It can be so overwhelming when digging into a new skill set so some focus really helped me! My life has been filled with babies! It seems as if nearly everyone I know is having or has had a beautiful baby. It’s really so fun to dig through patterns to find that baby blanket that’s just right for that special little one.
My brother and sister in law just had their second child, first son, and he is just the cutest little guy! I finished the blanket for him just in time, like days before he was born. Life is really such a miracle. I had the honor and privelage of watching him be born. It was so amazing and my sister in law is one tough cookie!
There’s just something so, almost meditative, about crocheting. Each stitch is filled with love for the one you are making it for. Without further ado, here is my Gingham Baby Blanket.
Stats:
- Cascade Cherub 4 Ply DK
- 2 Skeins each of 4831, 6676, 6293
- 4mm Hook
One last picture of the pretty edge:
Sneak Peek
Posted on | August 6, 2009 | 3 Comments
I love love color. I’ve been so busy making gifts for others (which I LOVE) but I really wanted to make something snuggly for my family. I’ve really been inspired by Lucy’s beautiful Granny Square creations over at Attic 24 that I wanted to make a big granny square blanket for me and my boys.
Isn’t this just beautiful?
So luscious!
I’ve crafted a few granny squares but I’m not liking them straight up. I think I am going to pull out the outer edge and have four different colors instead of coordinating inner and outer colors.
So squarey!
So circly!
Hello, My Name is … Momotron
Posted on | August 5, 2009 | 2 Comments
I’ve been reading all these lovely crafty blogs for ages now and I am finally taking the plunge. Here goes: I am Sara, mother of two little boys, wife and stay at home mom. I am surrounded by masculinity, geekery, weaponry, pirates, cowboys, cars, tractors, bad guys… and while it is thrilling and wonderful to have this in my day to day, my crafty side is a way to hold onto a tiny corner of frills and femininity.
I took up crocheting for keeps about a year ago. My first project was a little wooly hand muff. Then came slippers. Then an afghan and a plethora of baby blankets and other odds and ends. In the past, I’d pick up a craft for maybe a project or two and I’d get completely bored. But, I find that the more I crochet, the more I love it and want to learn! I love that there are so many great resources online for learning stitches as well as a TON of free patterns to play with.
I gotta say I never thought I’d have a blog. My hubby (who is a geek by profession) laughed a bit when I asked for his help in setting one up. Thanks darling, your support in my crafty endeavors is heartening!
Over the next few days I hope to get some pictures up of my past projects and my current endeavors.
-Sara