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redroseI finished the punchneedle cat and it looks sweet. I'm now working on a heart for a friend of mine. MR, don't look! I should be done to give it to you on Monday!
The Clover hoop and stand are really nice and make it so much easier to work than propping up a regular hoop on a pile of coasters. The Clover punchneedle is sweet, and is much nicer to use than the cheap one that I purchased when I wasn't sure I would like punchneedle.
Oh, I subscribed to Interweave Knits in order to get the Priscilla Gibson-Roberts tabi pattern. (Tabi are big-toe separate socks, and PGR is awesome.) I'll be letting my New Stitches and Piecework subscriptions lapse. New Stitches is $70 a year, and the Piecework and Interweave Knits subscriptions are the same cost.
Project Notes: another headkerchief
So, my wrist is better enough that I have started and finished a headkerchief in white, yellow, blue, & green variegated Lily Sugar 'n' Cream. Yay! Started it on Friday night, finished last night. I used a seed stitch on the strap-border part, though not on the straps themselves. With the short repeat of the variegation, it looks very pretty.
Project Notes: String bag in Size 3 Crochet Cotton
String bag project in general here.
Pattern here.
Fiber: J&P Coats Royale, 2 balls, one pink, one green (colors here) 150 yds per ball.
I used the 2.5 mm (size C) Clover hook for most of it, but for the handles, I used a size H (5.00 mm) hook and 30 stitches, not 36. This made nice, thick handles, that I expect will be comfortable.
I used the additional 4 rows of chain 20, and the additional single crochets around the handles, which widened them nicely.
I had originally bought 4 balls of this thread in order to tat bookmarks, but I decided that it was too soft to use for tatting, and anyway, I have enough tatting thread to last a lifetime. (I bought out a local sewing shop's stock at half price.)
I started this and finished it in about 9 days, and it was not my only project.
The Clover hoop and stand are really nice and make it so much easier to work than propping up a regular hoop on a pile of coasters. The Clover punchneedle is sweet, and is much nicer to use than the cheap one that I purchased when I wasn't sure I would like punchneedle.
Oh, I subscribed to Interweave Knits in order to get the Priscilla Gibson-Roberts tabi pattern. (Tabi are big-toe separate socks, and PGR is awesome.) I'll be letting my New Stitches and Piecework subscriptions lapse. New Stitches is $70 a year, and the Piecework and Interweave Knits subscriptions are the same cost.
Project Notes: another headkerchief
So, my wrist is better enough that I have started and finished a headkerchief in white, yellow, blue, & green variegated Lily Sugar 'n' Cream. Yay! Started it on Friday night, finished last night. I used a seed stitch on the strap-border part, though not on the straps themselves. With the short repeat of the variegation, it looks very pretty.
Project Notes: String bag in Size 3 Crochet Cotton
String bag project in general here.
Pattern here.
Fiber: J&P Coats Royale, 2 balls, one pink, one green (colors here) 150 yds per ball.
I used the 2.5 mm (size C) Clover hook for most of it, but for the handles, I used a size H (5.00 mm) hook and 30 stitches, not 36. This made nice, thick handles, that I expect will be comfortable.
I used the additional 4 rows of chain 20, and the additional single crochets around the handles, which widened them nicely.
I had originally bought 4 balls of this thread in order to tat bookmarks, but I decided that it was too soft to use for tatting, and anyway, I have enough tatting thread to last a lifetime. (I bought out a local sewing shop's stock at half price.)
I started this and finished it in about 9 days, and it was not my only project.
