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….
i wonder if dog vomit grannies are better than retarded monkey ones. heck, at least you managed to make grannies. i haven’t yet gotten that far.
i recommend the bighugelabs color palette thingie for determining your colors. it’s fabulous.
Now, obviously you know that I have little interest in quilting, haha, but I thought that I would drop by and say hello!
You still hang in there and that is all that counts. Each step, granny, you make you will get more experienced. I am looking forward on seeing your progress.
If I work a little faster than I did tonight, hardly did anything, I will get something ready by friday. Nothing fancy, just one step in another direction.
Enjoy yourself.
Love these pins….especially the hearts!
Sending wishes of encouragement for your crochetting! Can’t wait to see how it is going.
♥
S
I give my rejects to the cats to play with. Perhaps Parker can transfer his aggression from things you find in your wellies to granny squares!
Oooooh, I’m jealous! I love the idea of making some granny squares. Might have to search for that YouTube tutorial you mentioned. Hmm…yarn…another buying opportunity!
Oh, we are kindred spirits. Though my obsession is currently with knitting dog vomit coloured items. And I totally sew with my mouth hanging wide open.
Where did the pretty pins come from? The best bit of sewing/crafting is the accoutrement, I think.
Umm, (revealing my ignorance), what is a granny square for? Is it going to become an afghan? Do the English have aghans?
Well it’s a real nice picture Spud… Fortunately I’m not qualified enough to comment on the rest though… lol… Sorry I’ve not been around much either…
Keep on hooking Spud! Can’t wait to see the squares! Yea!
this sounds like a pretty serious piece of work you’re doing there, I’m really looking forward to seeing the results
you almost make me wish I could crotchet. almost…
I wanna see the dog vommit grannies!!!
why can’t we buy those grrrrrrreat pins here in ireland?????? every project as simple it may be probably looks wonderful (even if remaining an ufo [un-finished object) for ever. i should check the made-in-china-market-booth next friday…. thank you, dear spud, for your many nice comments!
wow, just discovered my face!!!!!
))) i am in the process of moving my (german language) aromatherapy-blog to wordpress… i tried to sell my content to linklift and they don’t work with blogger due to copyright reasons. i wasn’t aware that i don’t keep my full copyrights when publishing on blogger.