Made!

I started this blog to challenge myself to make something every week. Jede Woche eine Motiv, kann ich doch, said the header of this blog. (That’s German for: A motif each week, sure I can) I did continue to make creating part of my life, but documenting has always been my weakness. I mean, I don’t even know when my firstborn’s first tooth appeared, or when she first called me mama anymore. The list of her first twenty words? Went missing after entry #3. I think I exhausted all my documentation mojo in Vietnam during that one year of qualitative field research.

The idea was to make or bake or cook for friends weekly. I actually kept up the baking… Until I realised how much more of my cookies brownies and cakes I was eating than my friends and husband were. The bake-fest met its ominous end with my purge-fast, because after that fast I realised I was pregnant and apparently pregnant women really ought not to –no, no, tsk tsk — consume so many empty calories.
The crochet frenzy kept on a rather unexpected momentum, often waning with the achievement of milestones like draft completion and submissions, I.e., stress reduction, and waxing with crippling writer’s block and looming deadlines, because stress really needs procrastination. Looking back, it is amazing that I first picked up a crochet hook in December 2013, with such mastery my mother had to sigh in exasperation and beg me to stop trying because it just wasn’t going to work out.
Because I am a hardcore list-maker, here’s the list of stuff I have hooked, made and baked since 2013. I’ll be adding the pictures and links in a bit!
  1. Red hooded cowl
  2. Simple cowl in taupe and double crochet
  3. Simple loop scarf in forest green and double crochet
  4. Ripple baby blanket for Baby Boy
  5. Granny square blanket
  6. Stool covers
  7. Matching teal bucket hats
  8. Baby cocoon with yellow scalloped edge
  9. Green autumn scarf (Mooglyblog)
  10. Star stitch loop scarf
  11. Loop scarf with double crochet rib in purple, forest green, and grey.
  12. Loop scarf v stitch in cream, yellow, and red.
  13. Yellow envelope purse
  14. Purple earwarmer
  15. Green earwarmer
  16. Dark red hat with scalloped trim and brim
  17. Yellow shell cluster scarf for Elsa
  18. Red pixie bonnet with white ties
  19. Red pixie bonnet that looked like a penis
  20. Granny pentagons, squares, and circle garland
  21. Granny square cushion cover
  22. Granny shawl with purple trim
  23. Cluster shawl
  24. Blue.lilac.light blue moss stitch skinny scarf
  25. Red sling bag
  26. Ripple baby blanket for Baby Danny
  27. Rainbow-hued solid granny square blanket
  28. Grey sun-hat with wide brim
  29. Loop scarf with pistachio shell stitch in taupe
  30. Bunting in mint, taupe and cream
  31. Crochet baskets in all heights and sizes: Metallic grey, grey-white two-toned, mustard yellow, green recycled t-shirt yarn, grey recycled t-shirt yarn, 3-stranded cotton yarn
  32. Mustard yellow Camera strap
  33. Crochet 12-point star rug using Ribbon XL in taupe and cream
  34. Crochet 12-point star rug using Ribbon XL in turquoise and mint
  35. Colourful balls
  37. Abstract canvas art with kids
  38. Monochrome crosses
  39. Geometric lines stairway
  41. Yarn lampshade