Feb
2
2010
Making progress
My granny square blanket is taking shape and, frankly, I’m having a moment of NAKED pride at my achievements. Of course one shouldn’t really blow one’s own horn etc etc, but what’s the point of having a blog if you can’t shamelessly show off whenever it pleases you?
Ideally there would be a photo of the Work In Progress but it’s late, it’s dark, I’m tired and frankly I can’t really be bothered. So instead I have snitched a photo from my Photo A Day project on Flickr, of lovely pins. Too pretty to use of course but they look nice and, as we all know, that’s what counts. Style over substance, that’s my motto and I’m sticking to it.
Actually I had a bit of a false start, ahem. The first week of Grannies was good, but the second round of each Granny was quite hard going. Also they looked very ugly in terms of colour scheme. And I was using the wrong size hook (basic schoolgirl error). So I’ve relegated the first dozen Grannies the Home for Old Biddies (AKA donated to Megaboys for their current crochet obsession…which mostly consists of unravelling…shudders).
I’ve learnt a few lessons and these are they:
1. Always read the pattern. This will save a few tears and tantrums along the way.
2. If it feels wrong, it probably is.
3. A bad workman always blames his tools. And a good crochetwoman always uses the right size hook and doesn’t just ‘wing it’.
4. Many people have a natural ability to blend colour and tones effortlessly. I am not one of them. My attempts looked like dog vomit. A planned colour scheme works much better for me.
5. Yarn is really really pricey if you get all fancy and insist on cashmere/merino mix.
6. Cheap yarn is really horrible and scratchy.
7. It’s going to take a while until I can crochet and talk at the same time.
8. Or crochet without my tongue hanging out in concentration…
Some day soon I’ll show you how it’s going. But, be assured, the dog vomit grannies will never see the light of day. Mostly because the Megaboys will have unravelled them and thank the Lord for that….
