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Forays into Crochet

I have a hook, and I know how to use it.

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Here's the layout I decided on for the rug. I'm down to one row of motifs left to join, and then I'll be joining the rows and it'll be DONE!


I really should take progress pics of my sweater...
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I didn't realize it'd been nearly a month since I posted in this thing...!

I put the rug to the side for a while and really let myself get carried away with the sweater. It's 3/4 of the way done - i.e. the front, the back (which are joined at the shoulders), and one sleeve. But then I remembered...oh yeah, I did have another project on which I should be working...

So I fiddled a bit with the layout until I found one I liked (it's symmetrical! ooooh!) took a picture of it, got interrupted by a vacuuming request from my mommy, and then sat down with book on knee and hook in hand and started joining the danged things.

I have decided that I do not like this method of joining.

It took me 45 minutes to get the first row put together!!! x_X I think it is largely compounded by the fact that some of the slip stitching on the outsides of my circles is tighter than others, but frankly I think it's just really awkward. However, I am feeling too lazy to figure out a different way right now and so I told myself - "If you do a row a day, you won't get to frustrated by it." That was four days ago. I have 3 and a half rows done - the half was from today, and it's a half because my day got chomped up by some pretty intense cleaning. So that means, only two and a half more rows to do! Then I have to join the rows, which I am making myself not look at just yet because of how tedious it is to make the rows in the first place. But I want to get it done before I leave for TX on May 15th.

My sweater - that Eco really does work like a dream. Maybe it's just me but it seems a little less prone to slicky-ness than its cousin (the regular Simply Soft). It is just as prone to snagging though - I was removing a cat from laying on top of the body and one of his dew claws SNAGGED a strand...luckily it is close to what is going to be the side seam, so hopefully not too noticeable. My only sad thought about this sweater is - "I'm not going to want to wear it when it's done becasuse it's so warm outside!!" =( Maybe I will wait for a cooler day and brave it anyway.

Now...off to bed for me! WHOOSH!
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I bought yarn on a whim today, for a project that had been in the works (meaning my head) for all of about 5 minutes...

It's from the "Blushing Rose Pullover" from the March 09 Crochet! Magazine :) The yarn, which looks devastatingly ugly in this picture, is actually a very lovely purple-y yarn. I'm using Simply Soft Eco in Mulberry Mist (it's pictured toward the bottom and even that picture doesn't do it justice!!). Recycled plastic never looked so good.

I was a good little girl and did my gauge swatches before I started, too. Part of that was to also see if I could actually do the stitch for the body of the sweater =^^=


I'm excited...it's a really pretty sweater.

Also! I've finished all the motifs for the bathroom rug. I've now got to lay them out and figure out how I want it to look all joined together. I've just been too lazy about doing it *tsk tsk shame on you Danielle!!* On the bright side, it's the project that's taken the least time ever! I guess that's something...

I feel like maybe I should be more prolific...OH! I can at least be a little more!! I have a few more pictures of kitties "helping" me crochet. This time it's Cheeto. He has ~always~ liked to snuggle in my crochet tupperware thing...however, he's getting a leeeeetle too big for it!


The pile of yarn next to the box are rug motifs :)

Oh and I also picked up Interweave Crochet's Spring 2009 mag...drool!! There's a ton of stuff in there I want to bury myself under! I need 8 arms...like Shiva...
I finished it last night!  It was really fun to make.  Here is a shot of the squares before I'd whip-stitched them together - I was trying to figure out placement options and decided on this one.  I guess you can't really see the colors of the borders though...

I had some helpers during this stage of the project...my cat, Gwydion.  Now, how it is he can help by laying on the motifs I need is something only he understands...

Then he moved up closer and decided to lounge halfway in my lap.  He's holding my scissors for me...the orange kitty on the cornder of the bed is Cheeto.

And here it is!  I'm fairly pleased with how it turns out...if I ever make this pattern again though I think I will join the big squares a different way other than the whip-stitching it calls for in the pattern.

Next up...a rug for the bathroom! Details can be found here.