Went to the cottage this year but sadly didn't get much progress done on my latest projects. Oh well I guess sometimes crochet has to take a back seat! Am currently working on two granny square baby blankets at the same time and some fingerless gloves for my friend Kira! The blankets are going to look awesome when they are completed! I am making them 5x6 (in 4 inch motifs). One will be white blue and a little green, the other white green and a little blue! I love making granny square blankets!
Some of my squares are a little more time consuming from the colour changes. I love the look of a multi-coloured granny square! After many years of doing these I still find what takes the longest is hiding all the ends! My personal favored technique for doing this tedious task is to hide them while I make the square. I use a yarn needle to hide the ends across the stitches where there are holes and then to just crochet them into the corners. Repeat until the ends are all buried!
I know that many people out there say that you should never knot your work. I however knot all of my work. Knots are small enough to hide and are barely noticeable when done right. Also when making anything for children I prefer to double knot my work as you don't want yarn ends popping out all over for them to choke on. Let's face it, babies put everything in there mouths! The end result of these two slightly time consuming extras gives not only peace of mind but also a square that appears to have no front or back!
And this, this baby here is my knitting machine! Brought it home from the cottage this year. Nana was very kind to pass this on to me along with all her pattern books and a big bag of yarn! Have been trying things out a little on it, doing test pieces here and there. I think that screwing thing up on this is a big pain in the ass but boy do you ever learn a lot trying to sort things out! Loads of fun this machine and I think it might be great exercise as well! This baby is all manual!Off to work on some more squares!
