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Now is that an ambiguous title or what?!
Why am I not surprised?
Which part of crocheting do you hate the most
Choosing a pattern 1 (5%)
Frogging 3 (15%)
Changing colour 0 (0%)
Adding a new ball of yarn/thread 1 (5%)
Weaving in ends 10 (52%)
“Picking up” stitches on sides 2 (10%)
Sewing seams 2 (10%)
Blocking/Pinning 0 (0%)
Trying to convince people to accept your crocheted gifts 0 (0%)
Total votes: 19
So many of us hate weaving in ends. And some of us hate frogging the most. But how come no one is with me on failing to find takers for crocheted gifts, hmm?
Anyhow, Sheila wanted to know at which stage people prefer to weave in ends, so that will be my next poll. Be sure to look out for it.
Bloopy is now oval after an encounter with the frog. Since the original pattern was a rectangle, I’m on my own on this one…I like the stitch, though, which gives me loops without the Loopy stitch, which I’m scared to try!
And yes, those are my new stitchmarkers, put to work speedily.
I gathered up samples of all the yarns I have and burnt them at the stake in a candle. The results: every single one of them is manmade!!!! They all curled up and died on me in a hard fused mass. Boohoo. Anyway, that answers the sneaky doubt I had that maybe one of them at least was cotton or wool…Sigh! A couple did have ashy ends which came off when I rubbed them, could they be blends with some natural fibres?
I do have FOs, I do! 
Scrubbie with GUM, made using the magic square pattern. The hook is to show the size.
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Seems quite true…I’d have thought the percentage could have been higher, though.
I’m calling this “Bloopy” in honour of Loopy-the-Sheep, but it will be turning into a bathmat. Regular readers will remember the G.U.M. (Green Unholy Mess) from some time ago. The pattern is from here.
I’m disappointed, however, to report that my new Q hook isn’t being used for this….The yarn isn’t thick enough. 
And just to be upfront, it hasn’t baa-ed yet.
I’m lovin’ it!
A Christmas Elf dropped off a Christmas in July package for me today and I was jumping up and down because it had:
Susan Bates Q hook in Luxite
which should be perfect for that bathmat I want to make. Then
Beaded stitch markers…my first-ever!
Now I don’t have an excuse to be monochromatic any more in the things I make! And
Crochet World magazine June 2005-fresh off the press!!!
Call me sick, but I’m getting almost as much pleasure out of sniffing it as out of reading it 
Thank you, Cordelia!
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