Sun 29 Aug 2004
Completed: May, 2004
Lion Bran Homespun [1 skein]
Hook: J
A couple of my knitting buddies and I had occasionally alked about learning to crochet. Some patterns call for crochet embellishments; it would help us get a feel for using a crochet hook; and it would potentially open up a whole new world of patterns and textures at our disposal to help reduce our growing stashes. When we found out that a beginning crochet class was being offered at one of our favorite yarn shops, we decided to take the class together.
While I can’t say the instructor was very good, I was able to pick up the basics and learned how to do simple crochet stitches. After the first class, I decided to practice my stitches and started crocheting a head band, later
deciding to decrease and shape it into a hat. This was my first attempt at a crochet hat and I was making it up as I went–I later learned that hats are typically crocheted crown to brim, for instance–but it still produced a servicable cap. The stitches are uneven and the row joins stick out like a big scar up the seam of the cap, but I did succeed in making something cap-shaped, and it does fit on my head!
November 20th, 2006 at 12:04 am
[...] So I went to my stash. There was a period of time a while back when I was not so good at doing gauge swatches and I purchased a holy sh*tload of Lion Brand’s Homespun to make a sweater, with which I grew disenchanted. It sat on my needles for several years, during which time I also made various other smaller Homespun projects (like this, and this, and this) (Oh, and this). Since I had the same yarn in least six different colors, in whole and partial skeins, I thought they might possibly be good candidates for this scarf. They weren’t necessarily colors I’d bring together, but since they were all the same texture it might work. [...]