I've been really busy lately, what with seeing friends, getting involved in campaigning against local council budget cuts to Brooke's nursery and, well I'm not sure what else I've been doing but by and large, it's not been a case of sitting on my backside watching the world go by. Anyway, in amongst all these things, and sometimes during, I've been crocheting.
A while ago I finished Brooke's scarf. I was really happy with the stitch, the scalloped edging and the yarn, but the foundation chain was much tighter than the rest of the scarf, so as you can see it has curled up on itself. I took my friend Liz's advice about using a bigger crochet hook for the foundation chain in future. Brooke is happy with it anyway, so job done. I have learnt not to send her to nursery in it though, after one pick up when it couldn't be located for 10 minutes.
Well Brooke's keyworker at nursery liked the scarf, and it was her birthday, and she had no scarf so;
As you can see from the third picture, there is still some curling despite the bigger hook trick. Maybe I should have done foundation single crochet instead of a regular chain. Something to try next time.
Then I thought, why not finish that amigurumi cat that's had no face for months?
I had been holding out for stitch on eyes, with white background and black pupil, but John Lewis didn't have them and then I kind of forgot about them. I think the black stitched ones look nice though.
And since that's been done, how about that cardigan I started back in November, but abandoned because I thought I didn't have enough yarn for it? A little bit of rejigging and it turned out okay, although I still need to put a button at the collar and I'm thinking a pocket or applique bird on the front might complete it nicely. (sorry I don't know how to do an accent on the e)
Well now I can get back to my flowery blanket, and there is much more space in my bag thanks to all the unfinished bits being completed. Well there are still 2 pairs of gloves but I'll deal with them later.
On another note, this has taken me about an hour to type up. Our computer is about 7 years old and does not cope well with all these uploads. I know I am impatient but I still think we need a new one!
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