Potholders - I gots 'em.

My potholders from the great Potholder Swap of 2010 arrived almost immediately after I blogged about the ones I sent. Of course, I am a little lazy about taking pictures (I can come up with a million excuses about why I can't take pictures - it's too dark, I don't have a good backdrop, maybe I should take a nap...), but I finally buckled down and took some today.

Look! Potholders! I love them!


These are from Yvonne, Minty, Lauren, Affiknitty and PumpkinMama (who got one of mine). I adore them, and they've already been put to good use in the kitchen (some before I even managed to get the tags cut off!). Thanks for a great swap, everyone!

Pretty little potholders

A few weeks back, I mentioned that Cathy cajoled me into joining the 2010 Potholder Swap. I finished my potholders well ahead of time, but I was lazy about taking pictures, so they didn't actually go into the mail until right before we left for our trip.

The more I craft, the more I find myself gravitating towards different tones of the same general color. I'm all about purple this year, so I decided to go with four different colors of purple ranging from deep violet to a light gray-lilac.

Fronts

This motif is from Edie Eckman's Beyond the Square Crochet Motifs. I was going for a flower look, and I think it worked.

BacksThe backs are just a simple double-crochet, and then I single-crocheted the two sides together for a doubly-thick potholder. Despite the fact that I had to use cotton, I really enjoyed making these and would do it again. And I'm really looking forward to getting my five swapped potholders in the mail.

A multi-symptom cold

I'm down for the count, friends. Justin had a horrible cold last week, and I, well, I didn't believe that it was really that bad. I'm paying for it now, because I have that same horrible cold, and I feel absolutely awful. I've been down since late Thursday night, and the only thing I can take without getting stomach pains is night-time cold medicine. Which is fine, because I do love sleep. But I was so looking forward to this weekend. Blurg. Anyway, I hope to be feeling better tomorrow, but I thought that last night, too.

In the meantime, I watched The Squid and the Whale, Every Little Step, and several episodes of my favorite Bravo shows (I include Project Runway in that because, I'm sorry, it will never be a Lifetime program unless one of the designers goes insane and starts stalking another designer). There's been reading and crossword puzzles (both bed activities), as well as lots of crocheting. Cathy taunted me with beautiful yarn until I signed up for the 2010 potholder swap. I'm on the final front - just the backs left to do after this. I'm very pleased with my yarn selection, and the whole thing has actually been rather fun. I haven't crocheted in a long, long time. It was my gateway craft, and like most gateway crafts, it got left behind for its more versatile cousin, knitting. I hope to finish all my potholders this week and get them in the mail before the deadline. Going to the post office is the hardest part.