Crochet - A Dark Art

Actually, it's not. For months I've been trying to crochet and been getting nowhere with it. I decided to give this dark art another bash yesterday. What triggered this was knitting group the other night - Mad Knitters' Tea Party - when one of the ladies who comes to the group gave three of us a master class in crochet. The main thing was that she showed me a way of holding the hook and yarn that 'clicked' for me.

Here are the results...



This is a 'twirly' scarf for my niece. I did a row of double-crochet in shocking pink, then a row in lilac of half-treble, and finally the triple-treble. However, it looked like I was running out of lilac yarn, so the middle third is back in the shocking pink. It doesn't look much but I am incredibly pleased with it.



This morning, I still had the crochet bug... so I improvised a flower badge to go with the scarf. I can't believe how quick crochet is to create something. Ok, so I was only making small things but the speed is so surprising.

Knitting remains my first love, but I was still on the instant gratification kick, though not for socks, and I started making "Archie" ("Rowan Babies") in "Opal - Lollipop" for Bump. The back is already finished. Instead of buttons (as I don't know whether Bump is a boy or girl), I'm going to use press-studs.



PS On Friday, after a few mini-panics because the vendors' solicitors were not replying to faxes, it was finally agreed that we would exchange on Tuesday or Wednesday... we think. I am such a pessimist, but living in such a state means never being disappointed. You're either proved right or pleasantly surprised!

:-)