I was very touched when I was asked to finish it. 
Grandma's eyesight wasn't so strong - so there were a couple of mistakes that I tried to cover up with some little flowers. 
I hope I did it justice.
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Friday, December 2, 2011
Grandma's Hat
A friend of mine lost her Grandma recently - it was a great loss for their family. Grandma left behind a half finished hat for her daughter. 
I was very touched when I was asked to finish it. 
Grandma's eyesight wasn't so strong - so there were a couple of mistakes that I tried to cover up with some little flowers. 
I hope I did it justice.
I was very touched when I was asked to finish it. Grandma's eyesight wasn't so strong - so there were a couple of mistakes that I tried to cover up with some little flowers. I hope I did it justice.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Crochet your cares away
I've been struggling to motivate myself with my continuous cable border exploration. I find that that long stretch of time needed to really concentrate and make notes is just not available to me! Baby bunny (who is now nearly 11 months old - can you believe it?) is into everything - cupboards, toilets, bags, kitchen trashcan, drawers - anything and everything is of great interest and needs to be explored and explored now!
So I've put down my concentration-needy knitting and picked up my crochet hook. I found this idea on Ravelry and decided to take it on a bit further for the border of a blanket.
The petals are scattered at random on one corner. 
This method allows you to crochet the flowers as you go - so no messy strands or sewing flowers onto the blanket.
The trickiest bit of the border was working out how many crochet stitches were needed for the sides of the blanket.
I used the same sized crochet hook as my knitting needles. For the starter row used 1 crochet stitch for every knitted stitch at the ends of the blanket ("sc into knitted st, skip next knitted st and ch1" repeat to end) ...
... and 7 crochet stitches for every 9 knitted stitches for the sides of the blanket: ("sc into knitted st, skip next knitted st and ch1, sc into next knitted st, skip next two knitted sts and ch1, sc into next knitted st, skip next two knitted st" repeat to end). The corners are made by sc 3 times into same stitch. I hope my scrappy diagram above explains it a little clearer. Once the starter row is complete just keep sc into every st - 3 sc at the corners - adding the flowers as and when you please. I crocheted 4 complete rounds of the blanket - adding flowers on rounds 2 and 4.
So I've put down my concentration-needy knitting and picked up my crochet hook. I found this idea on Ravelry and decided to take it on a bit further for the border of a blanket.
The petals are scattered at random on one corner. 
This method allows you to crochet the flowers as you go - so no messy strands or sewing flowers onto the blanket.The trickiest bit of the border was working out how many crochet stitches were needed for the sides of the blanket.
I used the same sized crochet hook as my knitting needles. For the starter row used 1 crochet stitch for every knitted stitch at the ends of the blanket ("sc into knitted st, skip next knitted st and ch1" repeat to end) ...
... and 7 crochet stitches for every 9 knitted stitches for the sides of the blanket: ("sc into knitted st, skip next knitted st and ch1, sc into next knitted st, skip next two knitted sts and ch1, sc into next knitted st, skip next two knitted st" repeat to end). The corners are made by sc 3 times into same stitch. I hope my scrappy diagram above explains it a little clearer. Once the starter row is complete just keep sc into every st - 3 sc at the corners - adding the flowers as and when you please. I crocheted 4 complete rounds of the blanket - adding flowers on rounds 2 and 4.
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