Ahoy there, crafty peoples~ :D It's time for the wonderful Gifted Gorgeousness update!
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At least I have something to show this time!
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...o_o. Well, it's
something, right? I mentioned before that the colors were pending on the Missus, and that they still are! I took a picture after the second attempt but this too has been picked out. I think it will work best for her inner swirls instead of main body color, though. I wonder if I can convince my husband that I
need every single green DMC makes to get her colors right. It's his gift and he needs it to be perfect of course! ;) Maybe I should fish out any and all olive-y sort of colors and see what I can come up with.
But this is not the only giftedness I've been working on. Here is a test piece I worked up to see if a) I could understand the pattern, b) liked the pattern, and c) liked the color combination.
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It's not very large, 2" (5cm) square but as a motif in something a bit bigger, I'm very happy with how it turned out! It was crocheted with a 1mm hook and ancient threads. I cannot make the rest of them from this thread as there will be enough and I know from past experience trying to match old threads Does. Not. Work! The motif is from the Star Book No. 78: Television and Radio Scarfs, published in 1950 (originally called for white/green)! I had a remarkably hard time finding
small individual motifs. This is one of the smallest I've come across (and liked).
Since it's an older pattern, there were a couple of things that I found odd. One was the "single double crochet" -- what on earth is that? After studying the description and some Google-fuu the answer: American half double crochet (half treble for you aliens across the oceans). Another was the making of the inner "picots." They're... weird. Weird for picots even. I might adjust the pattern. Otherwise, this is a really quick and enjoyable little motif! The whole doily calls for alternating the colors (i.e. switch the white and blue) to create a checkerboard effect but I'm not sure I want that... and I can't exactly ask the giftee what they think without spoiling the gift! I'll make a bunch of this scheme and see if I like the look and decide after (going against all the doily-making rules of joining as you go
cough). I only need 112 by Christmas... if I can squeeze in five per day assuming no weekends or other pesky days off... well... at the very least I need 48 done LOL.
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A few days behind but here's my TUSAL ORTs, looking just lovely in the jar. Filled with ripped out stitches (again, hah) and some random bits of floss I used for some mending. I'm pondering starting a big jar for yarn ORTs next year. I think that
pixel square afghan would produce enough to fill it in one go...
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Thank you for reading; I know I talk a lot without actually saying anything. :)
