Art Doll - In Progress ... Ever so slowly

4/28 - it's been a few days, so here's the latest:

4/23 - slowly but surely more and more beads are finding their way onto the little critter:

4/21 - I kept hoping that at some point this little creature will lose its goofyness and will suddenly feel like a piece of art. I give up ... maybe she's supposed to be a bit goofy and I should just let her be whatever she ends up being (hmm ... sounds like a good lesson in regards to the human critter known as Sadie). I need to get back to work on the Black/White Charm, but in the meantime, here's the latest:

4/19 update:

added 4/18 - I have been working more on the small doll, so not a lot of progress:

Just in case anyone has been curious as to the size of this lil critter, I've set it next to my ruler (if you ask really nicely, I might even take a snap of just the ruler ... hmmm ... think Mercedez next to a Yugo - both functional and serve their purpose, but you have to admit the Mercedez is off the charts in design and form ...). I don't think I realized just how much time was going to go into this little project. Today (at work) I cut oout two smaller forms - one for me and one for Sadie. I might put this one to the side and work on the tiny one (all of 2 inches), but I'm not sure. OK, I feel myself rambling ... instead, here's my progress photo:

Hope all is well with you and yours.

Much love, ~M~

The Eternal Blanket ... or one big project ... and a question

Woohooo! It's finally finished ... well ... almost. Above are pictures (feel free to click on the images for larger pictures) of the longest running crochet project in my personal crochet history. I started it back in March of 2000 or 2001 with the ambitous thoughts of having it done for my husbands November birthday of the same year ... that turned into an on again-off again frenzy of square making. The blanket is made up of 225 six in squares in three shades of blue plus a one inch boarder making it just over 7 feet square - perfect or a king sized bed. :) It's all together, but I do have one last step ... the spouse wants me to attach a sheet to one side (so we have a smooth surface as well as the nubly crochet surface). I like the idea - especially since this means that I don't have to work every one of the loose threads back through it. Here's my question ... how does one attach a sheet to a crocheted blanket? I am hopeful that someone out in blog land can offer some suggestions.