I finally finished the cabled scarf for my one of my friends... It was a doozy. Not that it was hard it was only time consuming... It ended up measuring over 5 feet long and was actually quite pretty. She picked a cranberry red and the sheen on the scarf and the huge cable running down the center will be so pretty peeking out from behind a winter coat.
If I could just figure out how to keep the edges from curling without having to crochet around the thing I would be 100% satisfied with how it turned out... Anyone have any suggestions?
Although my prayer is that we will be able to put away our winter coats very very soon.... I love snow but I am soooo ready for spring...
I have almost decided that I like to crochet more. It just seems more soothing to me. Now that I have taught myself the basics of both crafts I just seem to gravitate towards the crocheting more so than the knitting. I do like to knit, don't get me wrong, it just seems that mistakes are harder to fix and it takes quite a lot more time to finish something if I am knitting it. I tend to lose interest in anything that takes longer than a week's time. I love the look of a knit, the finished product always looks more polished to me. But I do love, love the vintage-ness look that crocheting gives you. I associate crocheting with my grandmother as she is the first one to expose me to the craft. I assume that is why I feel a tie to it in a way I do not knitting.
Anyway, here is a quick look at my next project already underway... I picked up this quick square from a blog I frequent every.single.day. If you have a chance you should stop by and check out Ms. Lucy @ Attic 24. Her house is full of very gorgeous, delicious, colorful wonderfulness... Catch my drift. She does things with colors that I wish I were brave enough to do... I love going over there it brings a little sunshine to my day. All of that said I took her tutorial for the Summer Garden Granny Square as the center and am making it into one giant square for a quick afghan.
As you can see the second square (on the left) turned out a little better than the first try (on the right)
I bought the yarn on sale at Michael's a while back and wanted to do something quick with it... So here we go on this adventure... I started the afghan yesterday and it seems to be coming together nicely (and rather quickly). I think I have the basic color repetition figured out so I am diving headfirst into this thing.
And here it is this morning... She has grown quite considerably...
And here it is this morning... She has grown quite considerably...
Wish me luck....
