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Crochet & Stitching
My knee is so much better, so I could go upstairs and reach my stash. Not that I needed to because… well, you will see.
Hexie Cardie
I can proudly say that the cardie is finished! Behold:
I spent some time wondering what kind of edging I wanted to use, I even made some swatches, but nothing felt right. So, I didn’t rush it. I finished the base of the cardie and let it sit.
After some random online browsing, it dawned on me. I swatched it, and it was the perfect choice. The edging is half-double in the third loop:
I love the look; it is so smooth and neat. And I decided that buttons would not break the pattern, so I informed the recipient that this cardie would be buttonless and asked whether she still wanted it. She did.
Then came the same struggle with pockets. I made two granny square pockets, but it didn’t look right when I pinned them down. It took me hours, but I figured a little rotation goes a long way:
Don’t mind my ugly work phone; that was the only thing I had on hand.
But isn’t that cool?
Sometimes, when the project is almost finished, I rush through it, and whatever comes out is the result. But in this case, I took the time and convinced my erratic brain there was no reason to rush. And I am glad that I did that.
Scrappy pillow
After finishing the cardie, I had some yarn left, and I was uncomfortable putting it back into my stash. So I made a square from a dense stitches combination, sewed the sides, stuffed it with polyfill, and voila, the pillow is finished:
It’s small and soft. I used a basic double-crochet square, but instead of doing chains in corners, I used treble crochet to avoid holes and to compensate for the corner height.
Rainbow blanket
I just wanted to tell you: there is NO progress. I am too intimidated. I have too much yarn, and my plans are too big. I want the big blanket, and I want to make it. Again, I just need to convince myself that this is no big deal. I can have a blanket on the hook for a year… or ten, right?
Zombie WIP
As my WIP count is decreasing (which I LOVE), I took out a sleeping WIP and planned to finish it.
Last year, I wanted to use up some Chinese yarn I bought when I started crocheting. At that time, one could get yarn on eBay so cheap it was criminal.
I’ve decided to take all those little variegated and solid skeins and make squares out of them. I chose this pattern by Hooked by Robin. I do ten rows and then a border using some super-value white yarn.
Before pulling it out of the WIP bag, I thought I might remove the white border and do some continuous join. But:
As you can see, I have quite a bit already made. So I will continue doing the white border, which adds two more ends to weave in, and then join them again with the white.
I don’t know how many squares I have finished, but 1] it’s not enough to make a blanket and 2] I still have plenty of yarn to use up.
Acquisitions
As I said last time, there was a box coming.
Apart from new headphones, there was a bit of yarn.
Here is the Portuguese brand I wanted to order last time. It is a different line of yarn because that one was out of stock:
It’s so soft and squishy, and I want to keep one on my desk to squish when people piss me off at work.
Then we have a few hanks of linen yarn:
It’s not soft or squishy, but I hope it will make a nice summer top. Or tops. I think I bought too many.
The last three are:
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alpaca with mohair
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mercerized Egyptian cotton in two colours
And I got these simply because they were so cheap, and I was looking for yarn for summer wearables.
Buyers remorse? None.
BUT. There is always a but. A friend told me that her stash is too huge and fussed about getting rid of it; it’s too much, and yadda yadda yadda. So, my endless curiosity got the better of me, and I went and counted how many skeins of yarn I had. Her count is 373. Mine is 548.
She said that I have a problem. And she might be right, but unless this problem limits me in my life or causes other issues or harm, I don’t see why I should be worried. On the other hand, that number is rather high and… that actually sparks joy. I know I have a lot of projects ahead of me, and I look forward to them!
See you in the next post ~