Rainy Day Hooking

It’s cold and rainy out; a perfect day to stay inside doing something you enjoy and having something hot and yummy to drink.  I spent today, or most of the afternoon any way, making many small granny squares from the leftovers of yarn from other projects.  I plan on eventually stitching them together to make an afghan or throw blanket.  I love how quick a granny square comes together and that once you have the pattern down you can just sort of fly threw it.  It will be like my own patchwork quilt minus the quilting but with a whole lot of hooking.  This is definitely an ongoing project that will be done here and there in between other projects as I do them but when it’s done I will definitely post some pics.

Pictures

Pictures behind the cut of several projects:

3 new finished projects

Over the past week i finished 3 planned projects.  I hooked up a scarf and two hats and am very happy with the results.  The scarf and one of the hats is for my hubby and the other hat is for me.  I have yet to take any pics (I only finished them all up yesterday) and am waiting for some decent lighting in order to do so.  As soon as I have some pics I will post them and show my work.

So far I have now made 3 hats, 2 scarves and a couple of geckos not to mention a few odds and ends with flowers and what not.  I think I’ve got the hang of it; or so it seems to me.  Definitely having fun with it either way.

No new projects planned at the moment but I’ve got a few ideas swimming around in my head for possible gift ideas I wouldn’t mind whipping up but we’ll see.

Hooking Again

I started work on a new project yesterday; a scarf for my hubby.  I frogged it at least 3 times before a 4th and final frogging because it was driving me mad.  I was following the pattern exactly but somewhere along the way (every single time apparently) I made some mis-step of which i have yet to figure out and the thing wanted to make damn circle.  Incidently it was the waffle patterned scarf from Lion Brand’s website.  Although I am now making him a different scarf I am determined to try this pattern out again and get the damn thing right because as much as it frustrated me to work on it; it frustrates me even more to not have acoomplished it and not know exactly why it wasn’t working like it should.  This is the first pattern I have had such problems with; all others that I’ve tried have come out pretty much correct and like the pattern shows.  I suppose if it were of a higher difficulty (according to their site it was easy +) i could understand my mishaps but at the level it was I’m a little surprised I kept fucking it up.  I’ve made intermediate level items that didn’t give me as much trouble.

Ah well, for the time being I will work on the other scarf I’m going to make instead and move on to the hats I also plan on making.  At a later date I will revisit this pattern; although I may just use scrap yarn to practice the pattern rather than make an entire scarf.  If I make enough squares with it I can make myself a nice little blanket.

Long Time No Post

Been a while hasn’t it?  Since my last post I have made a hat; also from the SnB Crochet book although I modified it a tad.  I haven’t had the time to take pictures or have good lighting since it’s been so cloudy out and my flash washes everything out if too close to the article in question.  I do plan on taking pictures though and sharing my latest creation.  I have another two hats and a scarf planned for future projects and I’m debating on a few more for fun and for christmas presents.  Have yet to decide what they may be or whether I will do them.  I haven’t been crocheting much these past few weeks due to not having the yarn and I do miss it but I know I’ll get back in to it as soon as I get to the store for more yarn.  Getting a 10% off coupon from Joann is good incentive to actually go out and buy some yarn so I can work up some new projects.  Soon hopefully.  Happy hooking.

Autumn Colors Scarf

Using the pattern for the One Skein Scarf in SNB-Crochet book I made this scarf.  I shortened it a bit because the given measurement seemed a bit long for my height.  I think it turned out great and was a great way to spend a saturday.  I love the colors of it.  I used Paton’s Decor yarn in Autumn varigated.  I love my new scarf.

Full length view of the new scarf.

Closeup to see the colors better.

My First Real Project

My hubby saw a gecko bookmark pattern (from lion brand yarn website) and immediately fell in love with the picture and asked if I could make it for him.  I was happy to oblige and have it be my first project.  I missed one of the poor fellows toes (lost track because I was watching the hubby play a game while i crocheted ^^) so one of his back legs has 2 rather than 3 toes and I lengthened his legs a few stitches because they looked funning at the given stitch length.  I also changed the yarn to one hubby really liked.    All in all I’d say it came out pretty good.  This was fun.

Full body of gecko/lizard

Bit of a closeup

In Bloom

I practiced reading and working from a pattern and made a couple of flowers.  The flower on the right is my favorite looking but was the most annoying to make because my head didn’t want to wrap around the instructions at first.  These were fun to make.

My first mini crochet projects for practice.

Progression

Circles are pretty  much down other than the occasional miscount of stitches.  Learned v-stitch, bobble stitch and shell stitch.  Will work on puff, popcorn, and a few others this weekend when not doing other things.  I’m having fun with this.

Found several free beginner patterns that I downloaded and am looking forward to trying out and increasing my skill.  I can’t wait to work on my first project; if not this weekend then perhaps next weekend I’ll get some more yarn for an actual project.  I think I’m ready for it.

Hooked All Day Yesterday

I spent almost the entirety of yesterday on the couch crocheting; or practicing any way.  I got better at working into a chain (which I still don’t like much), improved on my single crochet and learned the half double, double, triple and a couple of taller stitches.  I now have this somewhat long and odd looking swatch because I worked several rows of each type of stich into it.  To me it’s so pretty though because I made it even if it was only for practice.  I feel rather accomplished.

Today I will work on increase and decrease as well as stitching in a circle.  At this rate I’m going to have to get some more yarn and start working on some sort of project.  I found a beginner scarf pattern I think I will try when I feel up to it.  Before that though; practice, practice, practice.

I’m really digging this whole world of crocheting.