Category: Crochet
Saturday, September 8, 2007
My japanese motif book has arrived. Now I just have to really figure out what colors I want to make my hexagon blanket. I’ve looked over the pattern and I don’t think it will be too hard. It’s primarily charts and pictures so even though I don’t know japanese, I shouldn’t have any trouble working through it.
The pattern calls for 7 different colors and gives a chart for which color combinations to work for each hexagon, so once I figure out what colors I want, I’ll chart out my color combinations. I was originally thinking I’d only work with 4 colors and that will do if I decide on just 4 colors. But now that I’ve seen the pattern, I like the idea of using 7 colors. So now I’m not sure what I’ll do.
I can’t exactly afford the yarn right now anyway, so it will have to wait, but that’s okay. I need to finish up a few projects before I jump into this one. And it gives me some time to decide what colors I want while I work on other stuff.
I’ve heard it recommends DK weight yarn, so I’ll have to do some searching to find a fairly inexpensive DK yarn in the colors I want. Fortunately, I don’t need too many balls of each color. But I definitely want something that will be machine washable, since it’s an afghan.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
The tunisian dishcloth is finished. I really like how it came out. I bound off using a single crochet and followed through by doing sc around the rest of the edges. I think I’m really going to like using this dishcloth in the kitchen. :)
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
I’m learning how to do tunisian crochet. It’s so fun and I love the fabric that it creates with the vertical bars. Right now I’m working on just a dishcloth using the basic simple stitch and a slight variation that is helping with the curl. But I’ve got an afghan book in my wishlist that has quite a few tunisian patterns in it. I’ve wanted this book for a while anyway since I just love afghans, but this is all the more reason to get it.
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Thursday, August 9, 2007
I’m having so much trouble getting gauge on my sister’s afghan. The pattern suggests hook size K. When I swatch for gauge, I’m not getting enough stitches or rows. I tried using an L hook and it seemed like I had too many stitches per inch, so I went back to the K. But last night I got fed up with it and tried again with L and it seems now that I short with L also. Agh! I can’t figure out what size hook to use. Either way, I don’t have nearly enough rows per inch and my stitches per inch is slightly short too.
I need to go to Michael’s at lunch anyway, so I’m going to look for an M and maybe try it. If that doesn’t work, I may have to just go with the L and make a conscious effort to make looser stitches. Last night I was making an effort to tighten my stitches because I thought I was too loose with the L hook, but maybe I just need to loosen up a bit.
Anyway, this will be the 4th or 5th attempt at working the *1st* square! One of these days I’ll get it right and finally be able to move on.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007
I’m working on the loop edge of my pinwheel sweater and I’m not sure if I’ll have enough yarn. I might just make it, but it’s going to be close. And holy cow, it seems to be taking me forever. It’s like it won’t ever end. I will be glad when it’s finished and I can move on to the sleeves. I do have to say, I like the loop edge though. Gives it just enough frill for a little girl sweater. If I make one for myself, I’m not sure I’d keep the loop edge.
The autumn afghan is falling apart. Agh! Apparently the seaming I did was crap and it’s coming apart in places. So I have to revisit my seaming of this blasted thing. But the good news is that my sister loved it so much, she put in a request for her own. I’m not too keen on making another, so I sent her some links of other afghans that would give the same thickness and weight (which is what she loved about it, since she is always cold). Hopefully she will pick an afghan that is much easier on me than this thing was to put together. Both her and dad are looking forward to their socks. I hope to cast on sis’s socks this weekend and since they are going to be ankle length and toe-less, they should go pretty quick. At least I measured both their feet so I have a rough estimate of how long to make the foot portion of socks.
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