Well, I finally successfully blocked crocheted pieces for the first time yesterday. First was this pink shawl. The yarn was so cheap it felt like stealing (79 cents each!). It was the promotional color from october, which I bought in mid-November. I picked up the only three skeins thay had, vowing to do something with it, just not knowing what.
So one day I was looking through patterns I had been collecting on my computer, trying to figure out if I had enough yarn for one of them. I did. and it was such an easy pattern that I could easily make it longer ot shorter, depending on how much yarn I had. So I got started. As is typical for me these days, the pattern quickly changed from what was printed to what I wanted.
About halfway through the pattern, the recipient changed from me, to my sister, as I drew her name for secret santa. Now I really enjoyed making it as it was no longer something I was doing for myself. I guess I'll save that keeper project for when I finally get some lace yarn.
So here is a close-up view. As I was unpinning it this morning I was thinking that the next time I do this pattern, I might try pinning the edging, and giving it a little breathing room. I noticed when it was dry that it looked somewhat cramped in comparison with the rest of the shawl. Sorry Ginger.
Here's the full view right after I was done pinning it.
And here's my daughter wearing it.
Here's how it fits on an adult.
This is a hat I made not too long ago. It's really cute, but the edging was a bit too crazy in the yarn's natural state, so I thought I'd try blocking just the edging, to get those ruffles under control.
And this is a scarf I made a while back. Now that it's finally blocked I can add the fringe and put it in my box of craft fair stuff. Or sell it on etsy. decisions, decisions...
This is the last piece I have to show, and I can't even show all of it, because it's a surprise. But I was so excited I just had to post it! I'll post the full picture after it's given.
So one day I was looking through patterns I had been collecting on my computer, trying to figure out if I had enough yarn for one of them. I did. and it was such an easy pattern that I could easily make it longer ot shorter, depending on how much yarn I had. So I got started. As is typical for me these days, the pattern quickly changed from what was printed to what I wanted.
About halfway through the pattern, the recipient changed from me, to my sister, as I drew her name for secret santa. Now I really enjoyed making it as it was no longer something I was doing for myself. I guess I'll save that keeper project for when I finally get some lace yarn.
So here is a close-up view. As I was unpinning it this morning I was thinking that the next time I do this pattern, I might try pinning the edging, and giving it a little breathing room. I noticed when it was dry that it looked somewhat cramped in comparison with the rest of the shawl. Sorry Ginger.
Here's the full view right after I was done pinning it.
And here's my daughter wearing it.
Here's how it fits on an adult.
This is a hat I made not too long ago. It's really cute, but the edging was a bit too crazy in the yarn's natural state, so I thought I'd try blocking just the edging, to get those ruffles under control.
And this is a scarf I made a while back. Now that it's finally blocked I can add the fringe and put it in my box of craft fair stuff. Or sell it on etsy. decisions, decisions...
This is the last piece I have to show, and I can't even show all of it, because it's a surprise. But I was so excited I just had to post it! I'll post the full picture after it's given.
By the way, the shawl is based on Refracted Light Shawl from http://www.universalyarn.com/
The hat is Betty from Kreamer Yarns
The scarf is original
The blue one, well, I'm not yet telling.
And all of a sudden, I have no crochet works-in-progress. Geez, what happened?
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