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She wears the headback every time I let her wear it to school which is about evey 2 weeks... hence she wears it every weekend. I just pulled it out of the dryer last night and it was on her again this morning. She wants to wear it with no pants but it is too short!
Tina, would she wear something like this in black? It is so soft and silky, very girly for sure!
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Hey Crafty ones, I can't remember if I got this idea from something new or from the 100 or so vintage copies of WorkBasket that I have (1960-80's).
It's a kitchen towel holder. So the towel can be switched out. The loop inside is an old mason jar seal. What do you think?
I made the stitches up as I went along. They are a picot (blue) and a bigger modified double crochet picot (white).
I wil give this one to my daughter to see if it is functional. I don't use hanging towels -- Kerry is a freak for them (like her Mom-mom who helped raise her)
I hope everyone is having a great day!
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Those are great Jane! I love hanging towels as well but the kids only take them down now so I rarely use mine.
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Started a couple more things as I use up the yarn I have in my stash while waiting to go yarn shopping again.
The yellow will be a crib blanket. It is just over 2 feet wide and will be about 3 feet long. The blue is the baby yarn I have been having so many problems with. The white threads catch constantly but I think I will stick with this one until it is done.
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I did the width across all in DC for 2 rows and then at the beginning of each row after that I do 4 DC's all together, in the middle of the blanket I am doing a DC, chain, DC, with the DC is the space where the chain is in the previous row. At the end of each row is 5 DC's. Never have done this before but it is cool.
I am doing a little throw with the blue, same design as the yellow only with a thicker border and wider.
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Last weekend I was able to get to WM and get some yarn, yippee!!!!
I made myself finish up the baby blanket I was working on. I did not at all care for working with the yarn but it turned out nice. No one to give it to yet but it is done.
Then I finished up Vanessa's 2nd blanket. She should be getting it any day now.
And I finished up 2 scarves, for 2 of my nieces who have had birthday's this past month.
I still have yarn left and am working on some black scarves and then I will continue work on Dan's blanket.
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Show off!!! I can see you won't be joining UPA (unfinished projects anonymous)!!! They are all great! I am working on finishing two things... but I could just start another
I have a ton of white yarn with that thread through it like the blue you used. Triss, I probably have enough of it to have made even all your kids Babtismal blankets!!! But, I can't even make myself finish a square in it!
I am going to make myself go to crochetpatterncentral.com and pick an border for this dang blanket!
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That is one yarn I do not wanna work with anymore Jane. It was not fun at all.
I did join the club though cuz while I may have finished those things, I have loads others left to finish! I have managed to almost clean out my yarn bin though and that feels good!
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It is nice to use up some old yarn. That way you don't have to feel guilty when you go buy more
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Very true, and it is making a wild looking blanket for sure!
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I actually sold a boxful of yarn on an online yardsale. The girl who bought it crochets alot. She designed a cool daisy square she makes charity afghans for a childrens hospital out of. http://krochetkrystal.blogspot.com/
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WOW, very cool link Wrennie. She is doing so much work and it looks like most of the putting together on her own for these afghans that she donates. I cannot wait to read more on her site.
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Wrennie, I just read through that whole blog. She has done some great work. Were the squares she got from Phonecia yours???
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Triss - I've been meaning to tell you how much I like the way Vanessa's blanket came out! That's the ripple stitch, right? Do you use 2 yarns at a time? The instructions I found online said to do that, but I don't think I'm going to try my first with 2. How large is that blanket? And how do you keep track of how many rows you've done for the color changes? Do you know the color changes?
So many questions - sorry!
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I do not mind the questions. It is twin sized, maybe a bit bigger but I do not know on the rows for the color change. Lemme look at it and see if I can figure it out. I don't keep track of that stuff usually.
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9 rows cream 7 green 5 cream 3 gold 5 cream 7 green 5 cream 3 gold 5 cream 7 green
etc until I had a total of 5 gold rows and then at the end I put 9 rows of cream.
Does that help?
Also this was 15 stitched in each part of the ripple. A lot of patterns I have seen use 10 or 12.
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Actually, I wasn't asking so much the actual color changes that you did, just how you kept track of the rows to change, and how do you start, end a new color?
Sorry to have put you through the trouble of counting them all!
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Oh gosh it was no trouble at all. For me the rows were pretty easy cuz with the stitch you can tell exactly how many rows there are as it is a taller stitch (DC). I just kinda played with the pattern on excel until I found what I liked and went from there. I like doing odd rows so that I am starting a new color on opposite sides of the blanket each time. All I have to do is make sure I pull the new color through the last part of the last stitch on the last row of the previous color. Then tie a knot and on the first row back I weave in the last color under the stitching and then pick up the new color under the stitching on the way back. That saves me from sewing the ends all in once the blanket is done.
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Lynne,
There and back again is two rows Beyond that I use small safety pins if I need to mark it. But, for what you are doing - if you are there it's an odd number row and if you are back again it'even :grinn:
I can't wait to hear Triss try to explain changing the colors
You're right I had you all wrong --
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Triss, We were posting at the same time!!!! Your explanation is great!
I was laughing at Lynne - because she keeps telling me she is not as good at crocheting as I got the idea she is.... and she was right!
Triss... When changing colors you really don't need knots. Just loop it around the hook and use it for that last pull through and and tuck in like you are doing (even though I way prefer tucking things away permanently with a tapestry needle)
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I have seen too many blankets get pulled apart by not having knots so I always use them. Just a personal preference on that one.
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Triss, I've never had one fall apart and it's so hard to know where to put the knot
If I'm worried it won't hold I tighten it nice, thread it and bury it the other direction for a good inch or two.
I bury most of my threads that way. I actually embrace that part. It's a zen almost done thing. God Bless Aunt Lu - to her it was the only way!
My Hubby, the fisherman, also taught me a knot for joining on a new skein of yarn. With this knot I can clip the ends to the quick. I don't have to bury any ends at changing yarn. God Bless Aunt Lu - she would have loved this knot.
Sometimes it pays to be married to a fisherman (besides the good eats that is)
Have a great evening and keep crocheting!
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I have never had one fall apart either but the lady who taught me to crochet showed all us girls how it could be done when she told us how important knots were. So I use them.
Hope you are having a good evening too, I finished up another scarf tonight, need more yarn again.
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Started work on yet another project. This is going to be one of two lap blankets that I am making for Van and Carolyn as part of their wedding present.
I am using Lion Brand Wool Ease (color Wheat) and a size N hook for this one. I am also grabbing the back of the loop in one direction and the front in the other so that I get all of the raised stitches on one side. I have no idea what that is called but it looks neat. The front of the afghan is on the right and the back on the left.
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Very nice Triss! Can't wait to see the finished product.
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Oh ya, Dan and I have already decided that we want one for ourselves eventually.
It is about 4 1/2 feet across and will be square. The next one I make will be a dark color. They can choose who gets which one.
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I am glad I am not. I did not realize when I picked it up at first that it was wool. I am really enjoying working with it though. So no wool scarves for you, right Wrennie?
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Cool Triss, I only know 2 stitches and one of them is raised stitches like that that makes a line.....I've always liked the looks of it!
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I like it too. Do not do it very often cuz it does not go as fast as the every other row line or no lines at all. But I do like how it looks for this really think stuff.
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