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Here is my patchwork bolero folks. I was testing the pattern for Donna. The patchwork effect is totally unintended!
Here is how the back looks:
And the whole thing without me inside:
Ta-da! Here is my Carpenter Hat, which I made online! Meaning, I was chatting on the monthly Crochet-A-Thon from Crochetlist and having great fun, all at the same time as making this. And they said I couldn’t multi-task! I was testing this pattern for Jackie over at the Crochetville forums. She very kindly gave me permission to put up this photo here.
Hey! Who shrank my head when I wasn’t looking?!
But seriously, the CAT was great fun, and I didn’t feel like a firsttimer at all!!! It’s a good thing it only happens once a month, though, because it’s far too distracting and I had to tear myself away from the comp to go cook/clean/breathe/whatever.
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. 🙂
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.
Finished Sweater for cousin’s baby. Don’t ask about the buttons. Pattern from 1960’s Fleisher pattern book. Made matching booties also, but forgot to take a picture. 😦
Believe me, it is the same sweater, the colour looks different because…well, just because! I can’t really say which one looks most like the original: I’d say they both do, coming from opposite sides of the spectrum.:D
Here is the back:
This was the back with one front done:
Update: Oops! I deleted your comment, Sheila. Never mind. I read it and that is what is important, right?! Anyway, as I had said in my reply to your comment, the sweater didn’t take very long to make at all, which is why I love using crochet rather than knit for kidswear. To paraphrase someone on the Net, I have the attention span of a gnat, so anything larger or which takes longer to finish gets either frogged or trashed. ;0
Long, long ago, before….anyway, this is my Mom’s Crystal doily from Panda Crochet for my doily_of_the_month Yahoo! group. Sorry for the fuzzy effect. You do not need to blink.
Isn't it amazing? You can follow all the steps exactly as the troubleshooting manual tells you, and still not solve your problem. I'm talking about my issues with my camera not connecting to my computer. Now my memory card is full (which I never thought would happen) and my poor pictures have nowhere to go!
The sea was incredibly blue yesterday, but no proper pictures were possible, as I was in no mood to fiddle too much with the camera settings, disheartened as I was with the whole business.
However!
I finished (finally) the Mom's Crystal doily for my doily_of_the_month, just in the nick of time for this month. I used a nice moss green thread (Anchor) in size 20 and a hook that simply says "5" on one side and "Jyoti" on the other. Imagine you are admiring the picture here { }.
Since I had quite a bit of the ball left, I thought I'd play catch-up and finish off the Shamrock doily (I know, aren't I early for next year!) from Crochet Paradise and things went swimmingly until I reached the ch5 rows. For some reason I kept messing it up and had to frog at least three times. I finally got past that and reached the winning post…when SLAM! I ran out of thread! 😦 The world is cruel, people. Cruel! I literally need only about another metre of thread to finish, and I really don't want to have to buy a whole new ball just for this! Anyway the unfinished shamrock now looks like this { }. I will let you know if I ever finish this.
Then I spent the whole of yesterday sneezing with an allergy attack, as a result of which now my whole back and neck are stiff (what's the connection? Don't ask!). No sneezing (yet) today, thankfully.
Ho-hum.
The batwing shawl is giving me so much trouble, you won't believe! Grr! At this rate I don't know if I will ever finish it. I have a good mind to rip it all up and turn to this pattern instead. Jewels posted a picture of the one she did at Crochetville forums. It looks so much easier, although she did say she had problems the first few rows…
A-frogging we will go!
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 😀
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.
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