The third poll on this blog has closed and the results are kind of dull….
Also, we had an increase of just 3 voters from our last poll.
Anyway, the results are as follows:

Your favourite place to crochet is
Living room 82 % (14 votes)
Kitchen 0 % (0 votes)
Bedroom 17 % (3 votes)
Porch/sitout/deck 0 % (0 votes)
Under a blanket with a torch 0 % (0 votes)
Bathroom 0 % (0 votes)
Total votes 17
What, nobody is a closet(blanket) crocheter at all? I’m disappointed.
I have to say I belong to the minority on this one, my favourite place to crochet is the bedroom, watching TV. Maybe we can start a webring for bedroom crocheters…and call it Bedtime Yarns…

Look out for the next poll, and keep up the morale, troops, we need all the support we can get.

The visits to my blog peaked on 20 June according to this graph. Must find out what I was doing on that day…


I borrowed this from a friend and had a very nice hour browsing through it, Now just imagine if the entire thing were crochet alone! Yum!

Look what my SIL brought me today. They were in NZ in February. This is, I think, a Teko/Tiki. Any Kiwis out there who can tell me more about this, please? Thanks!

Peggy’s Sunshine Garden doily (link is now defunct. Crochet Paradise is sorely missed) for my doily_of_the_month Yahoo group. Only mine looks more like Peggy’s Been Splashing In The Mud doily! Whatever you may have to say, I LIKE BROWNS!!! So there!

Peggy's Sunshine Garden doily

Breakfast set partly completed. I’m thinking of having these laminated.
Has anyone got any of their crochet laminated? What are your experiences? Do tell me.

Table set

Very nice, Vera! All doily-lovers, please go read this post on her blog:

Vera’s Crafty Blog: Does Debbie Diss Doilies?

It’s that time of the week again, and the misfit has a new poll up on her blog. This time it’s about your favourite place to crochet. Be sure to visit the blog and cast your vote. All those who vote will win ……..
my eternal gratitude!!!
Remember, last time we achieved a polling count of 14. We have to beat that this time…

Yippee! Yesterday I braved the afternoon heat (Mad dogs, Englishmen and me) to the yarn shop and picked up a few things:
The bulk of it was this green unholy mess 570 grams (=20 oz) at Rs 199 (about US$ 4.50):


which I spent all of this morning turning into this (partly):


It will go into the Reflections poncho pattern I am testing for Dot.

But I bought a fair amount of thread. Yummiest was this in size 40 (don’t faint, I fell for its looks):

And also these in size 20 (ah, that’s better!):

All the threads are Anchor, holding about 20 grams (=0.71 oz) at Rs 38 each (just about US 90 c).

Then I also bought these polyester viscose threads which are also about size 20ish for Rs 40 each (again just less than one US$):

I love the shades in the green, which starts off as yellow. I don’t know what it is about variegated stuff…Though actually, it is very difficult to use in most patterns, I think. What do you think? Go on, tell me!
None of the threads has a pattern to go home to, although I think I might use some of it for my doily swap over at Crochetville.
Also a couple of Pony hooks, 0.75 mm and 3.50 mm, nothing to blog about.

All in all I blew up about Rs 400 (about US$9). Not bad for someone who professes to have no stash, eh?

I’d love to know how these prices compare with your experience where you live. Please tell me, I’m dying to know.

**Trumpets and flourishes**
Yes, the poll results are out, and the biggest news is! We had 14 voters in our second poll. **faints**
Well, what about the results, you say? They are interesting, to say the least-it appears we have a few deviants amongst us:

According to my poll, when the pattern calls for a colour change,
1 (7%) scream in agony and run away

4 (28%) fetch up the exact shade called for

8 (57%) pick up whatever colour is at hand

1 (7%) continue with the same colour and hope no one notices

Total votes: 14

Whoever voted for option 1, please email me privately, I’d like to talk to you.
Option 2ers, you’re sick…
Option 3ers, yes, I’m your blood-sibling
Option 4er: you are an optimist, aren’t you?

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