In the last two weeks or so, I found a pattern that called for a "No Turning Chain DC." Huh? What is this glistening gem of crochet cool? Am I the last to know about this? It looks so much better than a regular turning chain!
I can't really explain how to do it but HERE is a link to the Youtube video I saw. I wish I had known about this eons ago. It looks so good and there are no weird bumps at the ends of rows. You can also do this with TRC. I wonder if there's a way to work it with HDC?
I urge all you crocheters out there to watch this video and try it for yourself! I'm sure going to use it on all my projects now!
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Summer Time
So summer has dropped like a rock here and all my crochet projects have been crushed under it. I really have no idea what to make for summer. I don't do lace work and I don't really like yarn that's smaller than worsted weight. So what's a girl to do? KITCHEN STUFF!
Yes! I dove into my sizable cotton stash and started making hanging towels. I feel one can never have enough hanging towels. It will be followed by a matching dish cloth and pot holder. Though maybe I should do the pot holder in wool. Seems like it would be better, yes? And because it doesn't stretch a lot, I also made a cupcake purse out of my brown and pink cottons. I'll get a picture posted when I get the zipper sewn in and decide if I want a cherry on top. I see most crocheted cupcakes have a cherry on top but to be honest, I've never seen a real cupcake in person with a cherry.
My train of thought got derailed for a moment there......The cotton I use for my kitchen projects is good old Lily Sugar 'N Cream. Lots of nice colors, the skiens are just the right size and it's pretty much all I can find here. I also make a lot of tawashi (scrubbies) in acrylic. I can hear the collective groan at the mention of acrylic but hear me out. It's tough, that's for sure, it doesn't hold water or promote bacteria, it's washing machine/dryer safe, there are tons of colors and it's cheap. But if you really dislike acrylic, you can always try to hunt down some Lily Sugar 'N Cream Scrubby yarn. This yarn looks like a terri cloth strip and is perfect for dish scrubbies. I love it and bought all I could find. I also traded for/bought some off Ravelry. It can be a little hard to work with, I won't lie, but to me the end result is well worth it.
As for my hanging towels, the pattern is really easy. I get a main color to start and work from the bottom up. I chain as many as I think would be a good width for the towel, plus 2. Then I DC in 3rd chain from hook, SC in next ST all the way across. It doesn't matter if you end on a DC or SC, just start the next row with the opposite stitch. So if you end with a SC, chain up and start the next row with a DC. You should end up with a DC in each SC and a SC in each DC. That will keep it from turning wavey. Then when I feel the towel part is big enough, I break off the main color at the end of the row and switch to my contrasting color. I do one row of SC then SC decrease on each side of the following rows until I have about 7 stitches left. Then I just go back and forth until I have a good size band that will wrap around my stove/fridge handle. I do the next row like this: SC in 2 st, ch 3, SC in last 2 sts. This makes the button hole, then I do one more row of SC all the way across and I'm done!
I hope you give this a try. It's super quick and useful too!
Yes! I dove into my sizable cotton stash and started making hanging towels. I feel one can never have enough hanging towels. It will be followed by a matching dish cloth and pot holder. Though maybe I should do the pot holder in wool. Seems like it would be better, yes? And because it doesn't stretch a lot, I also made a cupcake purse out of my brown and pink cottons. I'll get a picture posted when I get the zipper sewn in and decide if I want a cherry on top. I see most crocheted cupcakes have a cherry on top but to be honest, I've never seen a real cupcake in person with a cherry.
My train of thought got derailed for a moment there......The cotton I use for my kitchen projects is good old Lily Sugar 'N Cream. Lots of nice colors, the skiens are just the right size and it's pretty much all I can find here. I also make a lot of tawashi (scrubbies) in acrylic. I can hear the collective groan at the mention of acrylic but hear me out. It's tough, that's for sure, it doesn't hold water or promote bacteria, it's washing machine/dryer safe, there are tons of colors and it's cheap. But if you really dislike acrylic, you can always try to hunt down some Lily Sugar 'N Cream Scrubby yarn. This yarn looks like a terri cloth strip and is perfect for dish scrubbies. I love it and bought all I could find. I also traded for/bought some off Ravelry. It can be a little hard to work with, I won't lie, but to me the end result is well worth it.
As for my hanging towels, the pattern is really easy. I get a main color to start and work from the bottom up. I chain as many as I think would be a good width for the towel, plus 2. Then I DC in 3rd chain from hook, SC in next ST all the way across. It doesn't matter if you end on a DC or SC, just start the next row with the opposite stitch. So if you end with a SC, chain up and start the next row with a DC. You should end up with a DC in each SC and a SC in each DC. That will keep it from turning wavey. Then when I feel the towel part is big enough, I break off the main color at the end of the row and switch to my contrasting color. I do one row of SC then SC decrease on each side of the following rows until I have about 7 stitches left. Then I just go back and forth until I have a good size band that will wrap around my stove/fridge handle. I do the next row like this: SC in 2 st, ch 3, SC in last 2 sts. This makes the button hole, then I do one more row of SC all the way across and I'm done!
I hope you give this a try. It's super quick and useful too!
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