Here's a crocheted Critter Knitter's Knit-a-thon blankie. Wendy mentioned crochet yesterday and I had been planning on starting a crocheted Kitty blanket too. So when I saw that she had started hers, I caught the crochet bug. I started it early this afternoon and I just finished it. Crochet is so quick!
I am a total beginner when it comes to crochet. I did crochet a blanket for Maddie before she was born and she sleeps with it every night now. It was a small version of a "learn to crochet" granny square sampler thing from Leisure Arts, I believe. And I made that almost four years ago. Needless to say, I needed to brush up.
The best place I found online for crochet help was http://crochet.about.com/. They have pictures of the different stitches and step by step instructions. Very helpful.
This blanket was made from some more of that Homespun I bought over the weekend. I would have to say that this is about the worst yarn you could use as a beginner. It is so lumpy and bumpy that you can't even see your stitches. Yes, it does hide your mistakes, but you can't even see if you are making them. So, I really didn't learn much about crochet from this project. Next time I will use a nice smooth yarn. I think I have some Encore somewhere in the stash. I believe it's in Christmas-y colors (I was planning to make a christmas stocking from this at one time), but I don't think the kitties will mind.
And I will close tonight with talk of a future project. My friends over at ThreadBear just got in Dale of Norway's Daletta. Yep, I'm going to be making Ingeborg. Count me in Wendy!
Hi! Don't know if you remember, but you gave me permission to use your bag pattern to make a bag for our hospice "Soup for the Soul" silent auction....I'm here to report that our little bag got 5 bids, and ended up selling for $75! Thanks! (I know I have a picture of it somewhere, will send along when I locate it!)
Posted by: Bren | Friday, March 26, 2004 at 06:15 AM
Nice blankie! I'm about a third done with mine -- only working on it a bit before going to bed each night. Glad to have you on board for Ingeborg!!!
Posted by: Wendy | Friday, March 26, 2004 at 08:55 AM
That sure doesn't look like crochet by a beginner to me! I'm impressed and even a bit inspired to return to my feeble attempt at self-taught crochet. Great job!
Posted by: Sheila | Friday, March 26, 2004 at 09:42 AM
I have to agree. Homespun is the worst yarn to start with. I tried it, but had the same problem...could even tell if I was messing up. I felt comfortable with crochet so I'm using it to do an afghan, but as I get more familiar with it, I can tell my gauge is changing since I'm able to crochet a little tighter with. I haven't attempted to knit with it again yet, but I hope I can get it worked out. I have a great scarf I want to make with it.
Posted by: Rayne | Friday, March 26, 2004 at 02:56 PM
I'll be crocheting a few blankets myself as I like the variety when I make blankets. I'll be sure to try and post pictures.
Posted by: Opal | Thursday, April 01, 2004 at 11:47 AM
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone can tell me if there is a rubberstamp store in Denmark.
ANYWHERE? Looking for one to tell a friend who lives in Horsens.
Thank You
Linda----USA
Posted by: Linda | Monday, April 19, 2004 at 03:04 PM