6 Months Later

I didn’t post about these right away because they were a surprise gift for my grandma but I can’t believe I forgot to post about them altogether. So here they are, six months later…

In January I visited my grandma in Florida and while I was there I finished my first pair of crocheted socks. She was so impressed with my handiwork that I started another pair for her when I got home. I had enough yarn leftover to make her a matching “Crochargosy” scarf too. The colorway I used has some of her favorite colors and they are both light enough to use most of the year, even in Florida.

Tags: crochet, FO, gifts, scarf, socks
Category Crochet |

September 2010 CAL: Lace Tunic

Even though I haven’t yet finished the August CAL, I’m planning and have ordered yarn for my September project: the Peaseblossom Tunic designed by Kristin Omdahl from the Summer 2010 issue of Interweave Crochet. I happen to have 2 copies (I bought it, then subscribed to it and they sent me another copy) so I’ll even send the whole magazine to the first person who wants it (comment below!)

Yesterday I ordered yarn for it (along with yarn for a couple secret projects). I’ve been wanting to make a lacy sweater for a while so I’m looking forward to getting started. There is a possible CAL for this on Ravelry here and possible discussion here.

Tags: CAL, crochet, lace, magazines, sweater, tunic
Category 9/10 Peaseblossom Tunic, Crochet |

August 2010 CAL: Tunisian Scarf Swatching

Below are various iterations of my ongoing Tunisian crochet scarf design project. My biggest issue with Tunisian crochet, particularly for a scarf, is that it doesn’t always look great from the back and a scarf needs to be designed to be viewed from both sides. I’ve made a list of as many Tunisian stitches as I could think of and have swatched with all of them, trying out some combinations and increases and decreases.

I really like the combination of Tunisian knit stitch and Tunisian purl stitch because the former tends to curl forward and the latter curls backward so they balance each other out and look pretty nice from the back when used together.
The front of a Tunisian swatch (the knit/purl part is on the left):
The back of the swatch:

Tags: bulky, CAL, swatches, techniques, tunisian
Category 8/10 Tunisian Scarf, Crochet, Techniques |