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July 6, 2009

Pain requires simple things to do with hands

So I ripped off something Sarah Hazell was crocheting at St Julien l'Ars, with beads and a simple crochet trellis pattern, and using up three balls of Panda Silk sent to me in a previous swap.

It's simple, grows fast, has nothing I need to remember, and the red is fabulous. It'll either be a scarf or a shrug/bolero. I have some nice teardrop shaped glass beads which I may use in an edging later. When I can concentrate, and when I have less back pain to contend with.

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October 18, 2007

Linen skinny scarf

It is getting dark in the evenings here - hell it's getting dark during the day, so photographing FOs without proper lighting is difficult. If I get the chance to take these again, I will change the pics above.

Anyway, this is Get The Skinny Scarves by Sandi Wiseheart from Interweave Crochet, Fall 2005. The pattern, together with a 4mm hook, and 2 balls of Cool Linen by Diamond Yarn in shade number 8699 were sent to me recently by adriennec as part of Knitty SP9. I really enjoyed crocheting this scarf, and I think I will actually wear it! Thanks again Adrienne.

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July 11, 2006

String bag, made of, well, string

String bag, Erika Knight

I did a crochet workshop with Carol Meldrum a little while ago, and my first proper 'c' word project was this string bag. Made from parcel string - the tough white nasty non biodegradable stuff that hurts your hands. I had a ball lying around and thought a bag would be a great way to use it. This was hard on my hands, but I am quite proud of it! Pattern from Simple Crochet by Erika Knight. My next 'c' project will be the string cushion cover from the same book.

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June 10, 2006

Crochet workshop

I went to a crochet workshop yesterday, organised by the delightful Anne Makepeace, the Rowan consultant for my local John Lewis. Anne secured the teaching talents of Carol Meldrum, a freelance designer of knitting and, more recently, crochet patterns. Carol was fantastic and managed to get the group though learning the basic stitches, as well as encouraging us to follow a pattern, and make our first object - a flower. It was a great day and as well as Carol's book, I was inspired to buy Erika Knight's simple crochet. This morning I hightailed it to my local Stationery Box, and bought up the visible stock of string. Cotton parcel string and polypropelyne parcel string. The synthetic stuff is being made into a sturdy string bag (it's quite hard on the hands), and I have plans for string vessels with the cotton stuff for my bathroom. I only went to learn how to finish off my knitting nicely. And I feel like another world of crafty creation has opened up. Please remind me that knitting is the thing and the 'c' stuff is merely a supplement.....

In the meantime, here are some piccies of my first crochet attempts. The colourful cotton stuff was from the workshop, and the white plasticy stuff the beginnings of a string bag. You will notice I got cocky and beaded my flower....