Monthly Archive for: ‘March, 2007’
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ONE PROJECT AT A TIME
1Hmmm. I’m hearing from other yarnsters that they have several projects going at once. Not I. One at a time, my dear, one at a time. Kind of like men. If you mosey through my blog (click on the hooks & needles tab) you’ll see [...]
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PROBLEM SOLVED?
Well, I think this one IS better. What do you think? The leaves aren’t nearly as badly distorted as the earlier squares. I got a bit of advice from a poster on the Knitting Help forum. Isn’t the WWW wonderful!? Instant access to all these [...]
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HOW TO CHOOSE A CROCHET PATTERN
In the world of crochet there are two basic forms of crochet pattern instructions. One is chart based …… and the other verbiage base — lots and lots of verbiage as you can see from the page below. If given a choice, I will always [...]
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LOOSE STITCHES
Arrrrgh! I’m having issues with loose stitches — specifically what I’m having a problem with is the purl right after a knit stitch. On the reverse side (knit side) it looks like this. You can see that, compared to its neighbor knit stitch, it’s nearly [...]
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FRENCH KITCHEN CURTAINS
I think they look French. What do you think? It was my latest project that I FINALLY completed. From October 2006 until March 2007 – with a few breaks for the holidays – saw me hooking away! By the time I got to the third [...]
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LEAVES OF BLUE
Started this project earlier this week. It’s a free pattern from Lion … their version is in rose, which I wish I had chosen a lighter color as well. It’s difficult to see the stitches on the blue. Half way through the first square, I [...]
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A LONG, LONG TIME
I have been crocheting my whole life. My mother taught me when I was in elementary school. My first big, “real” project was a colorful afghan – a very airy afghan – made with left over yarn from my mom. I still love the colors. [...]
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