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my Sunburst Garland

Uh-oh, looks like I'm sitting on the naughty stool, cause I said I'd list ten favorite pillows, and I only listed nine.  It's true - I confess!  But, you know, the darn mosaic-maker won't allow for ten.  If I had listed a 10th pillow, it most surely should have been Junebug's rainbow pillow, by popular vote.  Apologies all around!  Next time it'll be 9 and the rules have been duly updated.

{Stepping off the stool now and promising to be good}

Guess what? I have something to show you!

Last night it came to me that I CLEARLY do not want to combine my bright and not-bright sunburst squares.  I haven't touched the yarn since that post last week, when I invited your shiny thoughts on my dilemma.  And, then - poof - the decision appeared in my mind with mysterious clarity.  I love how giving myself some space will do that sometimes.  Doesn't that happen for you?

So, yes, I decided to separate the sunburst squares, and AND I also decided that what I really, really wanted was to make something with them now.  And, so, a garland. 

Sunburst Garland

I do like!  These are the brighter squares and they are so happy, are they not?  The bright springy colors are just the thing to battle the winter gloomies.  I know that it has been said around blogdom, "I can't wait for spring" and "I'm so ready for spring", but you haven't heard that here.  Not-uh.

Today I realized that's because I'm subconsciously associating spring with the duty to plant another vegetable garden.  Gardening seems to equal less crafting.  Tis a dreadful concept.  Quick, let's move on.

bright & happy

To connect the sunburst squares I simply crocheted a long series of chain stitch for starters, then single crocheted or slip stitched along the tops (slip stitches helped keep things square-ish) and used 6 chain stitches between each sunsquare. There happens to be a nail in the brick above our fireplace from some time long ago, so I fastened my garland as fate would have it and called it a day.

Happy Friday!