Crochet Part 4

Is anyone else watching "The Voice"?  Im starting to lose interest...at least with American Idol they dont drag the stages out...well except for the auditions.  I mean "The Voice" had I think 4-5 audition shows, and they are going on the 3rd battle round show.  Come on just GET ON WITH IT!  And all the singers I liked arent going through except for the opera singer so yeah Im losing interest on this one.  But Once Upon a Time is getting GOOD!  Finding a heart in the woods, Red Riding Hood a warewolf...the plot thickens, I cant wait to see where this goes.

Enough of TV...the crochet journey continues!   This time I think I was a little too ambitious in thinking I could use a wavy yarn and be successful...I was at first...and then I got all wonky.  Dont get me wrong, its a pretty yarn and all but the wavy-ness makes it a little harder to see what you are doing and the way its made makes it easy to frizz out, which happened to me a lot.  I have 2 more balls of it so I may have to power through but be warned its a little frustrating which is why it took me so long to tough it out and finish it.  This time I did the double stitch because i THOUGHT I was better at the turn on this stitch and for 3/4's of the project I was, then   I dont know what happened but I got all crazy.  Here see for yourself.

The bottom is actually where I started and the top is the last 30 minutes of the project.  I dont know what happened, I was doing so well!  Its pretty much the opposite of my first project which here is a pic to remind you...

Whats funny is they look almost the same but this one I was getting smaller as I went and the other one I was getting bigger as I was going.  Looks like I still need some more practice before I can make a scarf, and I thought that would be the easiest!

My next lesson is going to be granny squares...maybe Ill be better at that than trying to make a straight project :)

Project Housewife Out!

Crochet Part 2

Last week I shared with you my attempt at making a scarf that turned into, well I dont know what it tuned into, but you can see that here.  This past weekend my friend Geri, who is a crochet master, showed me the double stitch.  The double stitch (is that the right word, it doesnt seem like it but I could be wrong) is in my opinion better than the single stitch because you get done faster, which is always a good thing in my book.  I dont quite know how to explain this yet, but you can check out a tutorial here.  The tutorial is from Lion Brand yarn, which I have said before is a GREAT resource for all things crochet/knitting so if you want to learn some great stitches go check them out.  So do you want to see what I made over the weekend?!  Well I guess it doesnt matter because here is the picture : )

This is from yarn remnants that Geri had so its not very big, but big enough to practice turning and the stitch itself.  Also, big enough for a pot holder yay!  I made something that I can use!!  So you can see its not totally even but Geri counted my stitches and there are the same amount of stitches at the top and the bottom so its just me pulling too tight at the bottom and not at the top, which I will work on.  Geri did give me a great tip though if I wanted to make this a perfect square.  Pin the project down to a perfect square, put a little water on it and it will form to a square.  Who knew water would be so helpful with crochet!  So what do you think?  Did I do better this time?  I need to go buy some more fat yarn so I can practice, all I have at home is the thin stuff and I dont think Im good enough yet to work with it.

Where are my fellow crochet-ers?  You guys have any aweomse projects you made that you want to share?!

Project Housewife Out!