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I can finally show my first FOs from the booklets that Cordelia sent me. These are two bookmarks I made for my elfin duties for Christmas in July at Crochetville. At least one has found a new home now. The blue one is actually smaller than the white one. I changed the pattern slightly to accommodate my different-gauged thread.
Nice and quick pattern, but then I expect most bookmark patterns are.
So this was one of the mystery doilies I was working on the last week. I was testing the pattern for Kathy aka Katchkan at Crochetville. It was a great pattern to work with, every round was interesting. I’ve never done this sort of stitch before, I think it’s the “Lacet” stitch. It makes for a very nice look.
I specially loved how Kathy designed the last row, which is basically composed of ch, scs, tr clusters and trs and picots. Instead of having you do four different monotonic rows, she composed a single composite row worked in manageable sections. Ingenious!
I do have FOs, I do! 
Scrubbie with GUM, made using the magic square pattern. The hook is to show the size.
I finished testing the pattern for the doily that I bragged blogged about a few posts ago. But no pictures yet. I’ve sent off my report to the designer and when she finally approves, I shall duly put up images.
The other doily is what I’m hoping to send my partner in the Crochetville Doily Swap. So for obvious reasons, I don’t want to post it here…
On an exciting note (for me) I’ve made contact with a lady in Bangalore who crochets and also uses the net for crochet-related activity. She says she has actually sold stuff, so I’m eager to find out more, including how she prices things, what materials she uses and so on. She does it in a personal circle, I think, not on the net. I found her thanks to a friend on Crochetlist CAT which I wrote about at the weekend. Thanks so much, Glenna!
After much peer pressure, I succumbed and made something(s) from the booklets Cordelia sent me. But, they are for my Elfin duties on Crochetville, and as such, they will be invisible on this space until at least the end of the month, I should think.
I’m just offering up this information as proof that I can finish things! So there!
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!
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.
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**
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