Saturday, June 30, 2007

Poor Neglected Blog....

It has been a while. I've been caught up in the daily grind of life---I've moved house and home, survived a graduation, managed to find a workable, though not perfect balance for work and home...And somewhere in there I found time to crochet a few odds and ends. Nothing to write home about for sure.

I've been teaching a few people how to crochet on the double or Crohook. You may have heard it also called Crochenit---there is a bit of diffrence. Has to do with the vertical and horizonal bar, Crochenit uses the vertical bar giving the fabric a nice garter stitch effect, Crohook uses the horizonal bar and gives the fabric a crocheted look that is even and thick. I think it's just a matter of preference. Either way you go, crocheting on the double creates such a nice piece of textured fabric. I love the overall effect for blankets, afghans, hats, scarves and baby booties, though I'm not exactly thrilled about it for sweaters and other garments. The ladies I'm working with all have some experience with crocheting, even if it's just making a chain :o) We're having a blast and staying busy. I think one might equate our little gathering to something akin to a quilting bee. We get everything and everybody pretty well talked about :o) Happiness is living in a small town!

I do have a little something to share....One of the ladies in the group noticed I keep a small rubber stopper on my crochet hook. It helps with my gauge as I have a tendency to let the thread or yarn slide further down the throat of the hook when I'm tired or stressed. The rubber stopper keeps everything even....It's not a big deal. I buy one of the Boyd rubber grips meant to help one hold a crochet hook more comfortably. I cut a small section off of the rubber grip and put it on my hook--making it a stopper, then I wrap a little bit of tape under the stopper and viola! No more odd stitches.




Regarding the pattern site...I have managed to get the baby bootie patterns tested and they should be ready to hit the web site...Now I remember why I slowed down making patterns...It takes so very long to write them out!!! Grrrr!!! Eh, nothing ventured, nothing gained....No pain no gain....And all of that other stuff meant to encourage us to solider on....

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