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I've tried everything, including changing the USB cable, uninstalling and reinstalling the software so many times, but I still can't upload pictures. I am still clicking away merrily, and have added to my FOs: the sweater and booties from the Fleisher pattern book from the sixties that I talked about earlier. It has now gone to the baby it was intended for, and will hopefully be useful in the Texan winter this year.
I am continuing work on the Serafina/Batwing shawl, although now it will go to my cousin visiting her parents here from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, where last winter a war was fought for the ribbed beret I made for one of my nephews. She doesn't know it yet, so it will be a nice surprise 😀
My digital camera is not cooperating! I connect it as usual to the USB port and it isn't being recognised….I have so many pics to be loaded and this is really bugging me! The worst part is, it may be because of something I did. I was trying to remove some spyware I got with something I downloaded from the net.
Anyway, without visual aids, here is what I am upto crochet-wise:
1. One baby set (not the one from Crotiques whose picture I have below) from an old Fleischer pattern book, (my mother's) which has mostly knitting patterns otherwise. This is in a cream yarn.
2. One Batwing shawl. Grey yarn with some spangle running through it.
3. One Inspired Lace Scarf from Rebecca over at Crochetville Forums. Brown yarn with a maroon trace (sort of like shiny thread, but not quite).
As I write this I realise how illiterate I am when it comes to describing my hooks and needles. It does not help that much of the yarn I buy (or thread, for that matter) is not labelled comprehensively with composition, gauge etc. (complain….) So half the time I don't even know if it is cotton or wool I am working with. For all you experts out there, is there any way of making out whether a yarn is wool or acrylic or cotton without labels? Maybe I should post it on the forum.
Hmm.
This is the Fans and Fantasies doily from Denise Augostine’s site, Crochet Paradise, again for my doily_of_the_month group. Click on the doilies link in the left-hand menu and scroll down for the Vintage Doilies.
The Simple doily from Nancy Hearne’s website, for my doily_of_the_month. It was a major relief to work with size 10(?) thread, and this doily works up really fast, too.
My current doily is the Fans and Fantasies vintage pattern from Crochet Paradise, which I am crocheting as part of my doily_of_the_month. Although it was last month’s doily, I am enjoying catching up. 🙂
This is from the reincarnated website of Denise Augostine. I cannot give a direct link to the pattern, but here is the homepage of Denise Augostine’s Crochet Paradise. She seems to be missing the picture, though. I used a finer gauge thread, so the doily is smaller than the pattern indicated. After doing this I feel like I don’t want to look another cluster in the face!!!
The largest doily I’ve ever made. I couldn’t resist something called the Star of India! It worked up to 25 inches with the lurex(?) I was using.
If I ever take up another filet project, this might help.
Looks very interesting, maybe it can be tried with a thick yarn and a large hook?
Diagonal crochet
In my perennial search for patterns that I can actually use in my home, one more pattern for chair backs. Will record later if anything fructifies (Pun, pun, pun!).
Pineapple Fan Chair Set
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