Crochet!!!! Look, I made something!

[donutsweeper]

I used to do a lot of crafts but had kind of let it fall to the wayside of late, however some posts by jadesfire2808 got me to pull out my yarn and crochet hooks and after many (many, many many) false starts I made two scarves, one for my sister and one for her sort-of step daughter for this past Hanukkah.

This is the pattern I used. It's very easy to do, although if you're using a chunky, poofy yarn I'd suggest doing a practice run with some scrap yarn first.





up close look at the texture



All in all, each scarf used less than 2 balls of yarn each- probably a ball and a half (if that even). This pattern would be a great way to use up random leftover yarn.

Sis actually emailed me to say she loves it and sort-of step niece wore hers the whole time she was there so I'll consider this crochet project one for the win column. Now to decide what to make next....

pattern:
Start with a starting chain of a multiple of 4 stitches plus 3. (For example, 8 + 3 = starting chain of 11; 12 + 3 = starting chain of 15; etc)

Row 1: Chain 5 (counts as first dc and ch 2), sc in 6th chain from hook, ch 2, skip 1 ch, *dc in next ch, ch 2, skip 1 ch, sc in next ch, ch 2, skip 1 ch, repeat from *, end row with dc.

Row 2: Ch 1, turn, *sc in dc of previous row, ch 2, dc in sc of previous row, ch 2, repeat from *, end row with sc in third ch of the ch 5.

Row 3: Ch 5, turn, *sc in dc of previous row, ch 2, dc in sc of previous row, ch 2, repeat from *, end row with dc.

Repeat rows 2 and 3 until scarf is desired length. Weave in ends.

Comments

[travels-in-time.livejournal.com]

Oooh, looks soft and fluffy. I want to cuddle them!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

love love love your icon! So appropriate for this post!

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

Pretties! Definitely one (two?) for the win column. *nods a lot*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

We'll go with two. I like the idea of having two in the win column as opposed to one. *nods* good idea.

[phoenix64.livejournal.com]

Pretty!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

Oh, those are awesome! I especially like the way the pattern turned out on the yellow/cyan/green one. It looks like coral.

My mum knits and crochets all the time, but I'm more of a cross-stitch/embroidery girl myself. I have tried to learn to knit and crochet in the past, but my mum and I have this problem where my mum can only teach by doing and I can only learn by doing, so we sort of both need to be holding the yarn and hook at the same time and that doesn't work very well. We both also have the exactly opposition spatial reasoning, so anything we describe to each other doesn't compute with the other.

You could always crochet yourself a TARDIS (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tardis-easy-amigurumi) :-p

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Eeee that TARDIS is adorable. I'm terrible at tension so I don't think I could do it. I used to do embroidery, but haven't in ages and I'm no good at knitting, I can knit, but I find it hard and clumsy.

I do better with hands on learning as well- my aunt showed me crocheting and if not for that I'd probably never have picked it up.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Neat.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

thanks!