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Some Peaches n' Creme left over from Kat's CAT PAC with the help of # 7 knitting needles (don't ask me for mm please!) turned into this dishcloth for my first CLBFX partner: She actually wanted Sugar n Cream yarn, which I can't find here, so I sent her some local yarn (Vardhman, acrylic, what else), but decided to turn this bit of cotton into something she might use.
I know, I know, it looks hideously misshapen…Now you know why I crochet more than I knit…This was my first-ever knitted dishcloth and I didn't have enough of the yarn to make it square or to add a proper edging. Bah. Should I have blocked the thing for aesthetics? It'll only get wet again, anyway….
Also perhaps the stitch pattern wasn't the best choice for a variegated yarn:
And do you know, Sugar n Cream is thicker than Peaches n Creme? They are both 4-ply cotton yarns, mind!
Now to wait 15 days till she receives the packages (yes, after all that fuss, I forgot to pack the dishcloth into the package, so I sent it separately….)
Also does it sound nicer to say knitted or knit? Anyone?
Knit
Yarn: Peaches 'n Creme in ombre
Needles: Aluminium 7/4.50mm
Pattern: On the back of the yarn wrapper
Time: Don't remember
Size: Did not measure (was too discouraged by the shape)
Extra: #1 Ombre does not look nice with a textured stitch in knit
#2 I need to finish my knit items better
Yup, I've got a few….
First, I've signed up for Secret Pal 7. (expensive hobby, the husband calls it) I will be subsidising a few national postal services. This round runs from the middle of January till the end of March. From what I see, most of the participants seem to be knitters rather than crocheters…hmmm. Has it occurred to you that as the singular participant from India (which I'm very likely to be) I have little or no chance of remaining secret? Talk about lost causes…. But you gotta try everything once, right?
The other secret I have is a SWIP! No, not a Swap, a SWIP – Secret Work In Progress. I cannot reveal what or for whom, but I'm learning a few things on this one. It needs a few pattern repeats, and I'm working from a chart the first time. Very proud of myself because I used my scanner to duplicate the pattern so that it had the number of stitches I need for the width I want the SWIP to be. I just hope I don't run out of steam on this one…
Ok, needed an FO fast to feel occupied productive, so here is my version of Crabby Cabbie’s scarf.
Close-up of stitch pattern:
To recap:
Yarn: Local acrylic yarn in green, bought in Begum Bazaar in Hyderabad in September/October
Hook: Pony aluminium 6/5.00mm
Pattern: Crabby Cabbie’s scarf
Time: About 4-5 hours
Size: 6’8″ by 4.5″ (without fringe)
Extra: Chained 240 instead of 160 in pattern, was afraid of curving in the middle, but it worked out fine.
Yay for scarves!
I hold my hook…
There’s a thread over at Crochetville with pictures of how people hold their hooks. It’s very interesting. Have to see if anyone holds theirs like I do.
Sorry, I couldn’t resist. I made this Rolled Edge CD Basket using Donna‘s pattern for a friend who saw mine and wanted one too. Used…hmmm a 5 mm hook, I think. Left out the beads suggested in the pattern. The yarn is GUM.
Here is how it looks with bottles and things in it (it’s for the dressing table).
Some of you may remember I made a scrubbie with the said GUM. I am sad to report, it is highly useless. The thing absorbs a lot of water, but has little or no grease-cutting properties, and leaves streaks when I try to use it to wipe my stainless steel stove.
#2 Also, maybe someone might be able to tell me, how the dang do I use those scrubbies with the nylon scrubber in the middle (sort of like eggs sunny side up)? How do I hold the thingy? I can’t figure it out.
#3 Also, at what point in their lives do cotton yarn dishcloths stop leaving streaks on my stainless steel surfaces?
For "stageacter" who was looking for Denise Augostine's Crochet Paradise site, you can one used to be able to find it through webarchive.org here.
But checking today, I find that all I get from the archives is a domain registration site….Waah!
The Wayback machine is a good resource for finding any website that has become defunct, just enter the last address you remember for it and it gives you the cached archive. Sometimes pictures don't load properly, but you can often do a directory search and see them.
From Sara's blog, I couldn't resist!
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You scored as Couch Potato Cat. Decorative pillow? No, that'd be you sitting on the couch, even still. Hmm. . . I'm guessing you have Web TV.
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Please welcome the second crochet blogger from India……Yasmin! She does amazing, lovely work. Yay!!!
Never thought I'd use the term in real life, but that's how I feel right now…Remember the Yahoo group I started for crocheters from India? Well, I'd written to Needle n' Thread magazine (from Coats India) asking them to feature my letter about it in their next issue. Today I get a call from them saying they wouldn't be able to do that, because they have their own website! Phooey is the only term I can come up with right now. That website is the site of the UK/US Coats and Clark (the site http://www.coatsindia.com never seems to work), while mine is obviously just a grouping with no commercial purpose whatsoever. I guess it's a great thing we even have a needlework magazine in India. Sigh!
So we'll have to think of other ways to publicise the group. Right now we have 10 members.
Notice I have absolutely no hesitation in naming names, knowing I have nothing to gain.
swakrta.com 