Nayu's Project Progress #3 Autumn Leaves commissioned blanket

Making progress!

It's time to give you an update on the progress of my first commissioned blanket! The request was from a family member to turn my Autumn Leaves Dream blanket into one big enough for a 4 foot bed. Progress was halted for nearly a month due to major hold up in acquiring more yarn. However, I am now merrily making it bigger. It's coming along rather nicely.

Today I'm actually visiting the family member in question, which means I can check my estimated measurements against the actual bed size - there's only a single and a double bed in my household. I'm hoping by the next time I visit this family member I can present them with a fully made blanket! Watch this space for more updates.

Nayu's Project Progress #1 Here's what I've been up to!

I know it's technically summer, but to me it feels more like Spring with the current temperature. Kind words are like Spring days - they make me feel warm and gooey!

I've opted to call this something different to my Nayu's Crochet Time posts because although they can be about anything, I feel having a specific type of post for my current projects is a good idea. So welcome to the first of many Nayu's Project Progress posts! Must add a tab thing at the top of the blog for it.

This week has been a bit crazy, which seems to be the norm at the moment, but that didn't stop me from playing both with yarn and thread. 

I just happened to take the photo on my smaller bed

On the yarn side of things I did a bit more on my current commissioned piece - I don't have a latest photo, but a few more squares and I'll have the correct width for a 4 foot bed. It crochets up relatively fast and will have another update in a few days time. 

I began a new blanket for a friend who needs a pick-me-up - I initially was going to make all the squares the same, with 1 white row for every 2 coloured rows, but an idea sparked for the 90% colour square and I like it enough to alternate the two. 

Before I started the bookmark looked like this

I've also done some sewing - excuse the quality of the second picture, I was in a rush when I took it and so far haven't had time to take another. This is a cute bookmark for me, made in counted cross stitch from the Emily Button range whch is super cute & girly. Using white thread on white background involves more concentration than coloured thread, but I'm getting closer to finishing this small project. Yay!

Here's the progress Imade with the white thread-I worked on the outline for both the trousers and the dress so that I can sew the rest without needing to look at the pattern.

Nayu's Craft Time #26 My first commission!

Yippee! Otome from the anime Aikatsu sliding down a rainbow slide looks like she's shouting this ^o^

I'm super excited at the moment, as I've got my first commissioned blanket! Well, nearly got it. It's from a relative, and they'd like a blanket in autumn colours. The decision of exactly colours, yarn, and pattern will be made over the next few weeks which makes me excited about what I'll get to do. Commissioned work is something I'll be advertising towards the end of the year, but I won't say no if anyone asks me now :) I'll most definitely keep you updated on the various stages of this exciting project! 

I'm still busy working on my competition piece, whose deadline is only a week and a bit away. It's action stations time!

Must keep crocheting...