Thanks to Kyliie and Elle for solving the mystery of this square!
It is the PUMPKIN PATCH SQUARE, click here for the free pattern
So, now that I’ve finally found the mischevious square… any ideas on what I could use it for???
The first thing that springs to mind is to make a cushion to match the afghan, [...]
this clearly written crochet pattern creates an interesting 12 inch square
as written there are four colours used; the colour changes at the beginning of each round – but it also looks superb worked in a single colour
square requires a 4.5mm hook and approx 50g of 8 ply yarn (DK)
please read through the assumed knowledge [...]
Now this is a technique that I heard mentioned a couple of months back, and finally decided to give it a try for myself.
Blocking with knitting needles.
Obviously it only works for small projects.
I’ve used 2.75mm needles, which are 35cm long. It would have been even better if my needles were actually straight, but these ones [...]
So I’ve started joining.
I’m using what I call a ZIG ZAG join.
Don’t know if that is the proper name for it or not, but you simply work a zig zag of stitches back and forth between the two edges which you are joining.
It’s a bit hard to tell in the photo below, but all of [...]
Alrighty then…
I feel like I’ve sickened myself of this afghan.
It’s been a Work In Progress (WIP) for such a long time… and I must have written a bazillion blog posts about it!
So…
If you’re as sick of it as I am, then you might as well stop reading right now.
Just walk away.
I won’t take it [...]
Actually… I’ve been home all week, but it’s just been kind of crazy around here…
The retreat was fabulous… magnificent… marvellous… tremendous… excellent… wonderful… superb… phenomenal… amazing… spectacular… awesome… brilliant…
Enough said – I’m sure that you get the idea!
The plan was to assemble my 2009 BAMCAL afghan while away… but I somehow managed to only pack [...]
You might remember that at about this time last year, I was all excited about the 2009 Block-A-Month Crochet-A-Long, otherwise known as the 2009 BAMCAL.
The general idea was that at the beginning of each month, you would be given the link to a free online pattern for a 12 inch crochet square. By working one [...]
I feel like all I seem to be working on at the moment is these squares… It’s not that I’m not enjoying them, it’s just that I’m no longer inspired by them. But the end is near, and I’m really excited to see the finished project.
Not only that, but I have signed up to do [...]
Wow!
Where did the time go???
It’s been ages since my last post.
I could tell you that I’ve been spending every spare moment at the gym, and that’s why you haven’t heard much from me… I can’t very well work out and blog and craft all at the same time now, can I? But that wouldn’t be [...]
This square is called Lovely in Green, by Dayna Audirsch. It is a free online pattern, click here for the link.
It actually worked up quite quickly and easily. I’ve used a 4.5mm hook and recycled 8ply/DK yarns. For the first two rounds I used the same colour, and after that the colour was changed at [...]