I’m leaving home tonight to go on a trip to Missouri with my dad to visit his parents. My grandma was just moved to a nursing home, so we need to see her. We’ll be gone through Thursday but I’ve got some posts pre-scheduled already so there won’t be any breaks from the “usual” schedule here on NYAC. See you soon!
crochet clamshell blanket: border
May 5, 2015 by 3 Comments
Almost done! Just the border to go! Sandra over at Cherry Heart did a lovely border, so I decided to use that pattern as well (only I added an extra row of sc to add just a tad more width).
But before the pretty ruffle-y, wavy edge, there’s a technique I wanted to share with you that I used. It’s from Felted Button, and it tells you how to crochet a clean edge along a rough edge (aka the sides of a blanket made with rows).
Click the link for the full tutorial, but I’ll tell you that you use your border color to do a preliminary row of slip stitches along the sides of your work, and then when you start your proper border you work into those slip stitches. Here’s the front:
It looks that way all the way around, just normal sc. But check out the back view, on the sides of the blanket:
You can see the “dotted line” of the slip stitches, but it looks better, in my opinion, than the rugged “v” shapes you get when you don’t do the preliminary slip stitches.
Well, that’s all for now. I’ll have the rest of the border and completed blanket photos up soon! Thanks for stopping by!
crochet clamshell blanket: blocking
May 2, 2015 by 6 Comments
The blanket is not as big as I’d planned, but it’s big enough, and it will be augmented by the border. I’ll get to that when this has dried.
It looks a bit dark, both because this photo was taken at night and because it’s wet.
Each color was used 5 times, and the tails were woven in by crocheting over them as I went along (see this page for more details on how to do that).
crochet clamshell blanket: 4 reps done!
April 28, 2015 by 6 Comments
4 repeats of the color pattern are complete, and just 1 more to go before the border!
It’s definitely smaller than I had planned so I’m going to block it before I add the border. When I get to that point I’ll share some new techniques I’m going to try!
Well, that’s all for now. Thanks for stopping by!
Harry Potter scarf: WIP progress
April 25, 2015 by 5 Comments
I’ve started knitting a Harry Potter scarf. This is the version seen in the first movies, not the later ones (I’ll get to that one later), and once complete I’m going to share the pattern with you!
It’s knitted in the round for both aesthetics and warmth (although I’m not using a very warm yarn — we don’t need that sort of insulation very often in the South).
This scarf pattern (and hopefully also the different version) will be available on Harry’s birthday, so keep checking back!
Thanks for stopping by!
not your average crochet 