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Showing posts with label crochet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crochet. Show all posts
Thursday, July 07, 2016
Quick note
ust a really quick note to say--I finished the Central Park Hoodie. And even though it is currently 85 degrees F outside right now, I made people model:
Friday, February 04, 2011
red and gold
You would think that a snow day (or two) would make for some knitting results. But alas, I still have about an inch more on my screaming green socks and then I'll start the toe--which makes me feel like I have HUGE feet (the better to walk through the snow with).
But then I remembered, I made this:
As a birthday present for a friend, I went and bought red and gold beads special as these seem to be the colors she wears the most. I still have yet to finish one for me. Better get on that!
But then I remembered, I made this:
As a birthday present for a friend, I went and bought red and gold beads special as these seem to be the colors she wears the most. I still have yet to finish one for me. Better get on that!
Monday, November 22, 2010
beads
I think I'm addicted. Addicted to beaded crochet of all things.
It started out as a neat idea to give the teachers, something non scarf, not because I have any objection to scarves really, but more because I'm not really all that inspired at the moment by scarves--wait a month I'll be cranking out scarves like mad. and then it sort of got out of control.
First there were the swatches, and then:
And then:
Seriously, I had two teacher gifts in less than a week. Turns out I can knock out 3 strings of a necklace in about 90 minutes. So my teacher gifts were done, but I couldn't stop.
I have two different types of metallic threads, but I like the dandyline in the top pictures the best.
I've already been to the craft stores twice since this project started, and I'm sure I'll be back for more dandyline. And gold clasps. And maybe just more clasps because I was teh dumb and bought 4. I mean really, what was I thinking? That I'd be able to stop with 4?
I think it might be the beads
It started out as a neat idea to give the teachers, something non scarf, not because I have any objection to scarves really, but more because I'm not really all that inspired at the moment by scarves--wait a month I'll be cranking out scarves like mad. and then it sort of got out of control.
First there were the swatches, and then:
And then:
Seriously, I had two teacher gifts in less than a week. Turns out I can knock out 3 strings of a necklace in about 90 minutes. So my teacher gifts were done, but I couldn't stop.
I have two different types of metallic threads, but I like the dandyline in the top pictures the best.
I've already been to the craft stores twice since this project started, and I'm sure I'll be back for more dandyline. And gold clasps. And maybe just more clasps because I was teh dumb and bought 4. I mean really, what was I thinking? That I'd be able to stop with 4?
I think it might be the beads
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
gifts
Usually about this time of year I start to get all excited about Christmas knitting. The last few years I have knit scarves for my girls' teachers. ANd then last year I made a pair of socks for my MIL. At the end of the Christmas season I wished I had whipped up a few scarves for my co-workers. This year I was determined to start earlier and do that very thing. Um yeah. Let's just say this year, I don't really feel the need to knit everyone I work with a scarf. It isn't that I don't like them, I just don't want to spend the money. Ok and I've been feeling tired lately at the end of the day and the thought of such pressurized knitting fills me with dread.
But that's not to say I won't be knitting some gifts! In fact I've already started (and finished) a few. LAst year my girls got American girl dolls for Christmas, and while they don't "play" with them exactly, they do like dressing them up. So this year after browsing the catalog--and realizing that the scarf trend that is so popular with adults is trickling down to the dolls, I decided the dolls needed scarves. And hats:
All this is cascade fixation done one size 4 or 5 needles. Fours I think.
I did measure the heads and worked up enough stitches to go around based on gauge, which was about 52.
The one doll is sporting a complicated updo (as seen in a doll magazine--it had directions so of course we had to do it...) and the hat doesn't fit over her head. It will fit when her hair is down though.
I have no idea this year if the girls' teacher is a scarf appreciator. Last year I figured if the teacher wasn't, she had a teenage daughter who might be. This year, there are no teenage daughters. Also complicating this year is that the aide in their classroom (who is there to help one boy but she really does more) was also the aide in their kindergarten classroom. So I already made her a scarf. And even though she has a new coat this year, I know she knits--AND I gave her the pattern for her scarf (she asked). So I figured a scarf wouldn't quite do.
Enter a quick look around ravelry and Lo and behold, I discovered you can crochet beaded necklaces. I'm following the directions here. I'm really happy so far:
I think I need more and bigger beads though. Who knows, maybe I'll end up making necklaces for my co-workers too.
But that's not to say I won't be knitting some gifts! In fact I've already started (and finished) a few. LAst year my girls got American girl dolls for Christmas, and while they don't "play" with them exactly, they do like dressing them up. So this year after browsing the catalog--and realizing that the scarf trend that is so popular with adults is trickling down to the dolls, I decided the dolls needed scarves. And hats:
All this is cascade fixation done one size 4 or 5 needles. Fours I think.
I did measure the heads and worked up enough stitches to go around based on gauge, which was about 52.
The one doll is sporting a complicated updo (as seen in a doll magazine--it had directions so of course we had to do it...) and the hat doesn't fit over her head. It will fit when her hair is down though.
I have no idea this year if the girls' teacher is a scarf appreciator. Last year I figured if the teacher wasn't, she had a teenage daughter who might be. This year, there are no teenage daughters. Also complicating this year is that the aide in their classroom (who is there to help one boy but she really does more) was also the aide in their kindergarten classroom. So I already made her a scarf. And even though she has a new coat this year, I know she knits--AND I gave her the pattern for her scarf (she asked). So I figured a scarf wouldn't quite do.
Enter a quick look around ravelry and Lo and behold, I discovered you can crochet beaded necklaces. I'm following the directions here. I'm really happy so far:
I think I need more and bigger beads though. Who knows, maybe I'll end up making necklaces for my co-workers too.
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
insert obligatory hooking joke here
I have a very mixed history with crochet. Oh sure I can knit, and I can quilt and I can even do some basic weaving and dyeing, but I think I might have this mental block when it comes to crochet.
My mom crochets and has ever since I could remember. She mostly makes afghans which I once at the tender age of 3 or 4 thought were going to turn into dogs, after meeting an afghan hound. I don't know what my small self would have thought had I known a whole country existed... but I digress.
I have several afghans (the blanks not the people or hounds) that she's made for me (and for my girls). Once I tried to knit one, and boy howdy that's not something I'll rush to do again any time soon. And frankly, I have enough so at this point learning to crochet so I can make afghans is kind of pointless. Still, I love the 1970 style granny square hats and vests (although I would probably never wear a vest) and would love to make some.
My mom did try to teach me to crochet once, but it was very short lived as I had the attention span of an ant. I tried to teach myself once, about 18 years ago when my husband's roommate's wife was pregnant, and gave up on it shortly after the child turned 2--and gave everything away. And I taught myself to chain and single crochet for knitting projects.
This time though I'm determined to master this... in part because I thought it might be a good thing to teach my girls. So when my mom announced her annual visit--I said--perhaps you could teach me to crochet. She proceeded to teach both of my girls to chain and single crochet (sort of). She also helped me clarify why it is so hard for me to get this.
First, crochet is not knitting and I was expecting that I would be as good at crochet as I am at knitting. By this I don't mean that I am an expert knitter (I'm not) but I mean I can read a knitting pattern, know what's going on and follow it pretty well. I can look at my knitting and tell where I am. I can look at my knitting and see the mistakes AND how to fix them. I can do none of that (hopefully yet) with crochet.
First, the directions still don't make a lot of sense to me and second, I'm clueless when it comes to looking at something someone has crocheted and knowing what they did (I can do this with knitting pretty much). But my mom left me with two how to crochet books (one for kids and one for clueless adults like me) and the girls and I are working through them. My girls though, ever the optimists want to make hats and blankets for charity or afghans. Me, I have given up on the idea of a granny square hat anytime soon, and am focusing in on doll blankets as let's say practice swatches.
I guess it is like anything--a lot of bad swatches need to come out before you can start producing good. I wince at the first attempts I made at quilts, and I think I pitched my first knitted swatch (although I still have the project I made with my grandma--before I learned to cast on). So it is with this knowledge that I show you my efforts on single crochet
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52177363@N00/4971077987/
I think there are a lot of doll blankets in my future.
My mom crochets and has ever since I could remember. She mostly makes afghans which I once at the tender age of 3 or 4 thought were going to turn into dogs, after meeting an afghan hound. I don't know what my small self would have thought had I known a whole country existed... but I digress.
I have several afghans (the blanks not the people or hounds) that she's made for me (and for my girls). Once I tried to knit one, and boy howdy that's not something I'll rush to do again any time soon. And frankly, I have enough so at this point learning to crochet so I can make afghans is kind of pointless. Still, I love the 1970 style granny square hats and vests (although I would probably never wear a vest) and would love to make some.
My mom did try to teach me to crochet once, but it was very short lived as I had the attention span of an ant. I tried to teach myself once, about 18 years ago when my husband's roommate's wife was pregnant, and gave up on it shortly after the child turned 2--and gave everything away. And I taught myself to chain and single crochet for knitting projects.
This time though I'm determined to master this... in part because I thought it might be a good thing to teach my girls. So when my mom announced her annual visit--I said--perhaps you could teach me to crochet. She proceeded to teach both of my girls to chain and single crochet (sort of). She also helped me clarify why it is so hard for me to get this.
First, crochet is not knitting and I was expecting that I would be as good at crochet as I am at knitting. By this I don't mean that I am an expert knitter (I'm not) but I mean I can read a knitting pattern, know what's going on and follow it pretty well. I can look at my knitting and tell where I am. I can look at my knitting and see the mistakes AND how to fix them. I can do none of that (hopefully yet) with crochet.
First, the directions still don't make a lot of sense to me and second, I'm clueless when it comes to looking at something someone has crocheted and knowing what they did (I can do this with knitting pretty much). But my mom left me with two how to crochet books (one for kids and one for clueless adults like me) and the girls and I are working through them. My girls though, ever the optimists want to make hats and blankets for charity or afghans. Me, I have given up on the idea of a granny square hat anytime soon, and am focusing in on doll blankets as let's say practice swatches.
I guess it is like anything--a lot of bad swatches need to come out before you can start producing good. I wince at the first attempts I made at quilts, and I think I pitched my first knitted swatch (although I still have the project I made with my grandma--before I learned to cast on). So it is with this knowledge that I show you my efforts on single crochet
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52177363@N00/4971077987/
I think there are a lot of doll blankets in my future.
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