houseelf: A line drawing of Dobby the house elf holding a skein of yarn and knitting needles. (Default)
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Fall has definitely arrived. I'm sitting in my bedroom wearing a hoodie and seriously considering making my next project a pair of fingerless gloves to keep up here.

I took a crochet class last week at my LYS. It feels like I should know the basics even if I have no intention of taking it up as a main hobby. I started a granny square while I was there and promptly ripped it out when I got home. I have better uses for a full skein of yarn. I got the rest of my practice with the remains of a ball of some sort of kitchen cotton, and pawned the result off on my grandmother. She likes it.


Practice crochet



It's inexpertly made, but I have the general idea now.

I finished the tree square that I mentioned last time. Weaving in the ends can wait until after it's blocked. Astute viewers will notice the mistake in the cable in the upper right. That was on purpose. It was not on purpose when I did the same thing on the lower left. I figure that symmetry should count for something.




The square:
Tree Square

In greater contrast, thanks to the scanner:
Tree Square Closeup

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Date: 2006-09-29 02:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capecodgirl.livejournal.com
I love the tree. If you've read Tolkien, you'll know when I say that it looks like the illustrations in LOTR.

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Date: 2006-09-30 03:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] houseelf.livejournal.com
I have, but it was a text file on the computer. I'll have to track down a copy of the actual books the next time I'm at the library. This sounds interesting.

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Date: 2006-09-30 05:49 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ariestess
Oh the doily's fun! And the tree square is absolutely gorgeous!!!

And crocheting is fun! I adore it, even tho' I'd first learned to knit [which hurts too much for me, and my stitch tension is for shit]..

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Date: 2006-09-30 10:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] houseelf.livejournal.com
Thank you :)

Funny that you have problems with stitch tension with knitting... I'm finding that I'm having the exact same problem with crochet, except probably in reverse. It feels completely unnatural to me to have to keep the yarn so loose and floppy.

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Date: 2006-09-30 03:08 pm (UTC)
ariestess: (Default)
From: [personal profile] ariestess
Yeah, when I knit [because I tried it again last Christmas to see why I hated it], my stitch tension goes back and forth in tension, and I get rolling hourglass-shaped items...

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Date: 2006-10-01 05:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] houseelf.livejournal.com
...that could make an interesting scarf, really. It's all in the application.

*g*

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Date: 2006-10-02 05:10 am (UTC)
ariestess: (Default)
From: [personal profile] ariestess
That's very true...