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I forgot to brag blog about these FOs that I made to give on our recent road trip. I made both of them in Hyderabad. So here they are:
This is another skinny scarf, made with some novelty yarn that I bought in Delhi last year. It was an unfinished bolero in its previous life. I made it for my niece. Just ch to the desired width, and then dc (American) in each stitch across. The beauty (!) of the scarf lies in the yarn itself.
I made two caps for my cousin and nephew. One of them I forgot to take a photo of, but it was made from this pattern at Crochet Garden here in an ugly green yarn that was one of the only colours I was able to buy in Hyderabad. Why our people like to make(buy) yarn in ugly primary colours is beyond me. I changed the brim a bit to make it fit my *sense* of symmetry.
UPDATED: For Mimi, look at this post for a picture of the hat I made from the same pattern but in a different colour. The brim here follows the original pattern, though.
Anyway, this other cap I made from this pattern, (I can’t find the link online….!!!) in my famous patchwork yarn from Delhi, very soft to touch. I like this pattern very much, it works up very nicely, and the ribbed brim is cool!
Sorry for the blurry quality of the pics!
With Peaches n Creme yarn that I got from Kat for the August CAT PAC.
My dishcloth #2, the pattern on the wrapper is just rows of hdc, and I used size I hook, one size higher than recommended, Crystalites. The hook was also part of the same CAT PAC.
I love the colour repeat! Guess what desktop wallpaper I have on my PC right now 😀
Poncho for my friend’s daughter who is about 6 years old, and I’m afraid it might be too small for her…but it looks beautiful anyway, even if I do say so myself! Local (Santi) brand yarn and a size 4.00 mm (that Chrissie from England sent me in memory of her CAT friend Sue Renfrow). The pattern is here.
This is my first FO with the Solomon’s knot, Lover’s knot…instructions can be found here, here and here, amongst other places.
Here it is, the RH SS baby blanket I was making for my friend’s baby girl:
The 8oz skein finished midway through Row 28, so I frogged that row, ran out for some matching local yarn and segued into the border.
The pattern can be found at Angelcrafts*. I chained only 123, and made 27 rows (plus border 3 rows) to end up with a 32″ x 34″ blanket. Hook size was Boye K/6.5 mm. Yarn is worsted weight, 4-ply.
The border was my own inspiration (thanks everyone for your suggestions!). For the border I did (using American terminology):
Rnd 1. Without ending off at the end of Row 27 (or wherever you stop), ch2, working on side of blanket, * make 4 hdc in each ch4 and 1 hdc in each sc, 2 hdc in corner*. Working on the other side of foundation ch, ch 4, (dc in next st, hdc in next st, sc in next st, sl st in next st, [sc, hdc, dc in next ch4], tr in next st) across to next corner. Work 2 hdc in corner, then repeat from * to * once. Ch 4, +in next ch 4 (dc, hdc, sc), sl st in sc+, repeat across from + to +, join!
No, that was not written in gobbledygook, it’s just my confused mind.
Rnd 2. Hdc in each st till end, join
Rnd 3. Ch 3, sc in next st around. Join, fasten off!
Basically what I wanted to do was to produce a level set of stitches around to work a solid looking border, since the pattern itself is wavy enough.
Yay!!!! My first-ever object approaching a afghan/blanket/whatever.
Question: Won’t it be a bit thick and heavy? Although it is lacy…
Weird observation No.1: Both the RH SS and my local yarn are 4-ply, but the local yarn is much thinner, so I used 2 strands together.
* You have to register at the Angelcrafts site to see the pattern, but it is free and has lots more other patterns.
I realised I don’t usually show any UFOs here and wonder what it says about me (no, I don’t want to know, can’t you spot a rhetorical question?!)
So here is a UFO, a baby blanket I’m making for a friend’s new baby girl, born this September. I’m using the 8 oz skein of Red Heart Super Saver in Light Coral that I got for my August CAT PAC from Kat over at Crochetlist.
The pattern is from Angelcrafts, and you can find it here. The yarn is obviously Worsted Weight, and I’m using a K/6.5mm Boye hook. Instead of the 180 chain the pattern originally calls for, I chained 123 (don’t ask!) and that makes it about 30″ wide, which I reckon should be enough. I think I’ll work it to 30″ square, and then do an edging. Maybe not the one in the pattern, it’s too holey, which the blanket already is, anyway.
So if you have any ideas on nice 2-3 row edgings, please tell me.
And here are a pair of cute FOs! Booties for another friend’s baby, a boy this time:
The pattern is from Darcy Richardson, and very easy and quick. I finished this pair in just about 2 hours, with about WW yarn and a 3.50mm hook.
Yes, even if it sounds unbelievable…Got back from a hectic road trip to the neighbouring state of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, and since then I’ve been busy with a course for radio announcers at All India Radio. Will put up pictures of the trip in my travel blog shortly, but here is one of the two FO’s from that trip:
The pattern is from Pineapple Crochet Designs ed. by Rita Weiss:
I used size 20 Red Heart thread in gray, and and and….a .95mm hook, if I remember rightly…A lot of ends to weave in on this one!
I also made a hat for a nephew, but forgot to take pictures…
ETA: I thought the pattern was from that book, but I can’t find it in that book now. So if anyone knows the actual source, please let me know? Thanks!
Also while I was away, I received my CAT PAC from Kat for the August CAT. And here are all the goodies she included:
My first ever Red Heart Super Saver, in Light Coral. Now I only have to figure out what to make with 8 oz/225 g of acrylic worsted weight yarn in a pale colour…
This pen:
These translucent markers:
These yarn needles (blunt-ended) from Boye:
My first ever Crystalite hooks from Red Heart, and you know what’s most ironic? They were made in India!!! Where oh where can I buy these here?
Another first, a skein of Peaches & Creme cotton yarn in a pleasant blue-green ombre:
I’ve used the Crystalites, not any of the other stuff yet. But I *loved* the PAC. Thank you so much, Kat!
was this:
from Laurie on Crochetlist/CAT. She remembered I was looking for tops to hook with thread/cotton and sent it to me when she saw the top on the cover and another inside. Haven’t made up my mind yet which/whether/with what I will make either, though. I love how generous people are! Thank you so much, Laurie!
While here, I’ve also managed to finally find a proper use for the cone of cord(?) I had which is a bit rough to work with. I have used it for other things before, but this project finished it off nicely. I made the small Econo shopper bag from Natalie’s pattern. So here it is:
Econoshopper Mesh Bag
Nice and easy AND practical!
I also made a skinny scarf for my friend and a sweater for her kid (which I sincerely hope will fit him). But no pictures, sorry!
If you are thinking I’ve reduced my stash, think again! I enhanced it with several hanks of yarn in white, deep green, purple and pale green. Nothing very special, but something is better than nothing. No pics of that either till I finish unravelling it (which seems to be a regular thing whenever I buy yarn south of the Vindhyas).
ETA October 19 2011: While going through my Ravelry friend activity, I remembered this project and realised I hadn’t added it to my Rav notebook. So I looked up the pattern on the Ravelry database, where it is now a free download, downloaded the photograph from my Blogger/Blogspot blog, uploaded it here and to Rav and dusted off this post. I still don’t have pictures of the scarf and sweater, though.
And yes, I’m still alive!
Reporting from Hyderabad, where I’ve been for the past couple of weeks at my parents’ place. Struggled with the old computer a few days, and yesterday finally I upgraded it, so now it’s faster.
While I’ve been here, I’ve made my first cotton dishcloth, with the Sugar n’ Cream in Summer Splash that Grace sent me for my June CAT PAC. This was my first-ever cotton yarn, so I was really fighting against using it for something so mundane as a dishcloth, but I’ve given it to my mother, so maybe that makes it special enough. I used the pattern given on the wrapper, except using the same colour for the edging instead of a contrast. Here it is:
I love how soft it feels!
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