May 14, 2011
Refreshing some skills...
I taught myself how to crochet a few years back using YouTube tutorials (knitwitch has some good ones). I have only made a couple of beenies and a pair of fingerless gloves. I had been getting an itch to pick up my hooks again and do a wee winter project. I really wanted another pair of fingerless gloves, and this time, one that has thumbs rather than just a hole to put my thumbs through. I found this cool free pattern a few nights back and made a start using a ball of variegated wool I had hanging around. It crocheted up really quickly, and the instructions were good for my learner skills (although I did need to learn a new stitch for casting on) and within about 5hrs going at a relaxed pace (and taking time out to pick up the kids from school, putting away chickens, hanging up washing etc) I had them made. I'm really pleased with them.
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Nice. I knitted a couple of pairs last year but both ended up too small for my gardeners hands so the girls wear them.
Yeah, I'm fortunate I have small hands lol, because these are borderline for size. I did go for a different yarn size and altered the hook accordingly too. I now have a gardening pair and then these ones for not quite so grubby work.
Pretty colours too!
Oh so pretty! I'm envious of your crochet skills.
Ah, but you have the knitting skills that I don't! Knitting's still on my list of want-to-learn...
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