Peaseblossom Tunic CAL: Getting Started

When I didn’t get my shipment of yarn on Friday I figured I wouldn’t see it until today (Tuesday) since it was a holiday weekend. So I was surprised and delighted to find it on my doorstep on Saturday! I got started on my September 2010 CAL pretty much right away. I have possibly a few of you that are interested in joining me for the CAL. I found a Ravelry thread for it here if anyone wants to discuss it further. The designer, Kristin Omdahl, mentioned it on her blog over the weekend so perhaps a few more have come along? I still have an extra copy of the magazine with the pattern that I’ll send to someone for free to whoever asks for it first.

Anyway, here’s what I have so far:

No problems so far but I’m only through row 5. I’m reminded of the last time I crocheted with lace-weight yarn. It certainly is time consuming! But the results are so beautiful so it will be worth it.

Tags: CAL, crochet, lace, seamless, sweater, tunic
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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
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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
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