Thursday, August 21, 2008

crochet





i was miserable at learning to knit when i was a child. my needlework teacher was highly dissatisfied with me. but somehow i managed to teach myself to crochet (with a little help from my mother) and when i got the grasp of that i soon learned to knit.


i have crocheted a lot in my life. doilies, garments, dolls clothes, grandma square afghans. but it is a long, long time ago.


since adrian posted her anne scarves i have been quite interested in crocheting again and hence i took the hook in hand last night a crocheted a scarf. it is not the anne scarf but something very much similar made from noro i had in my stash. it is actually two colourways but that just adds to the charm (seriously you will not notice).


it was great fun and i ordered some kureyon for some more scarves, but i think i will use it for mitered mittens instead. i am so much more fascinated with knitting when it comes down to brass tacks although crochet in variegated yarn has some jimi hendrix qualities to it. but i think that is all about the variegated yarn.


stay tuned for my alice starmore knock off for alba and a cardi for her mum.


there is a lot of knitting going on here and i am sick from waiting for my hebridean three ply order.

2 comments:

Shan said...

That crochet is so pretty - I never got the hang of crochet and I shall have to work on it more.

Anonymous said...

Very pretty! I still don't know how to crochet. I do need to learn. :)