Author: Amy Maxwell Published: July 26th, 2010
According to my notes on Ravelry, I started this sweater on August 9th, 2009. I finished it this weekend, just 2 weeks shy of a year. It’s not that it took me that long to crochet, it’s just that I dragged my feet on sewing on the buttons for sooooo long. I finally decided to forgo the button idea, frogged the edging and added new edging that will work with a shawl pin or an inline link.
I know the pictures aren’t great. I need to set up my tripod and some lighting so that I can take photos of things on me (they look much better that way than laying flat) … but you get the idea. The yarn is N.Y. Yarns Cotton and is really light and soft (though splitty and not the best to work with.) The arms are the perfect length for me but if I were to make it again (or if I had more yarn) I’d make the torso a bit longer. The original pattern was a long jacket with short sleeves and a ribbed shawl collar – as you can see, I changed it quite a bit. Doris Chan’s patterns are so easy to modify and mix & match. The edging I ended up using was taken from her Outta Sight jacket (except I doubled it.)
Oh, and if you’ve been here prior to July 25th, 2010 you’ll notice that the site looks totally different. I’m still ironing out a few kinks but let me know what you think or if you find any bugs!
Tags: closure, cotton, crochet, FO, seamless, sweater
Category Crochet |
Author: Amy Maxwell Published: July 20th, 2010
The first (of at least 2) crocheted kitchen rug is finished! I was originally going to crochet a border around it but it wasn’t working out the way I’d hoped it would so I decided to leave it as is. I washed and blocked it last night… washed in vinegar to keep the colors from bleeding. The reason I went with gray instead of white is because I was afraid the black and red would bleed into the white. It doesn’t look like anything bled but there was an awful lot of lint from the yarn. I think it will look better after a second washing. I’m happy with the way it turned out though – it’s the perfect size for in front of the sink and very nice and cushy to stand on. I’m now working on a small matching rug to go under our pug’s food bowls. I’ll post patterns for both in the near future :)
Tags: bulky, CAL, cotton, crochet, FO, rug
Category 7/10 Fibonacci Rugs, Crochet |
Author: Amy Maxwell Published: July 8th, 2010
I had planned to use a free semi-circle rug pattern and then I thought, why not write my own pattern for this. I’d like to have something modern and striking in my kitchen so here’s my idea. A couple years ago I designed a purse using the Fibonacci spiral… originally being an idea for an afghan. I never wrote down the pattern though. I think it would make a perfect rug pattern so I’m finally going to publish it. I have two different ideas: one being the original spiral pattern and the other being simple stripes. The yarn (Peaches and Creme Double Worsted Cotton) arrived yesterday and I started the Fibonacci Stripes Rug last night. It’s going so quickly that I’ll probably get started on the spiral squares rug next week.
Tags: CAL, cotton, crochet, house, rug
Category 7/10 Fibonacci Rugs, Crochet |
