Swahaste tvahastam (from my hands to yours)
This is my progress so far on the Evening shawl from Craftown.
Maybe a couple more rows and then I will fringe it.
Update: The shawl does have a nice scalloped edge naturally, but I might still fringe it, if only because I’m really, really scared of deviating from pattern!!! **nervously looking around**
Here is the thick warm winter hat from Etaria’s Haven and below is how it looks on Sridhar’s head:
The pattern calls for worsted weight yarn but I used sport weight and a 5 mm hook.
The model was busy having his post-dinner mango when I dressed him up. 🙂
Flowers in my balcony
I wish I understood Turkish, is it? She has some lovely crochet pictures on Flickr. She is awesomely talented!
This is my latest acquisition, as usual without proper gauge, although it does say “No. 8-c 1000”, whatever that means! And I’m using it to make these: a breakfast set from the book Take Up Crochet. Isn’t the colour combination wonderful!
These are the three coasters that I’ve made so far. I’m currently working on the larger placemat that goes with them. I haven’t made up my mind whether I will make 1, 3 or 6 of these.
1: is if I get too bored with working on the same pattern for too long
3: is because my SIL, husband and kid makes 3 people
6: is usually a set
Given my attention span, which would you guess? 🙂
The pattern calls for size 5 crochet cotton, with a 1.75 mm hook. The only thing I’ve got right (apart from the colours, which is a lucky coincidence!) is that the thread is cotton. I’m using a 2.00 mm hook.
What I don’t understand, is, by my reckoning, size 5 thread would be thicker than the one I’m using, while a 1.75 mm hook would be much thinner. So how does that go? **scratching head**
Well, all I can say is, none of the things I make are as their designers intended. LOL!
Update: Sheila, yes, it is thread and not yarn that I’m working with. Haven’t yet seen yarn packaged this way here. Besides, I think the photo is kind of deceptive about the size of the skeins.
Ok. Something at last to make for my SIL’s husband. It is so difficult to find things to make for men, especially in a country where you don’t need woollens much of the time, or at all, most places. But, the man in question travels a bit, to Europe and the US and stuff, so he can use this. I only hope he doesn’t refuse to take it. They’re funny that way! 🙂
THICK WARM CROCHETED WINTER HAT
Now I just have to stop laughing/scratching my head and try to make some of these….
For some reason it is called “binding by the hook” and not “crochet”.
I was reading from Bloglines and I came across The Wicked Stitch, a blog which no longer seems to exist, sadly. Anyway, she was complaining about not being able to access the Smart Yarns patterns anymore. Apparently they are making these knit & crochet patterns available at the link below:
Solutia Acrilan Acrylic Fiber
Hurry, because they will only be available till September 1, 2005.
Ok, a new WIP! As threatened in one of my earlier posts, I have taken up the Pineapple Fan chair set. I’m working on it with size 20 Anchor thread in white (rather than the size 30 recommended in the pattern), and here is how it looked at one point in the afternoon yesterday:
It has since moved on, but I haven’t taken any pictures yet.
Size 20 seems to be the most popular gauge around here. Which reminds me, thank you to all 3 yes 3 voters in my poll so far (on the right somewhere). I now know that 3 people have at some point of its life or other, read my blog!!! Cheers!
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