My oldest is a part of the public school’s *Craft Club*, and has taken quite handily to things like Rainbow Loom and now Crochet. So with a massive grin, and a fair chunk of effort she spent some time over the last week teaching me how to do it. I am now 64 yards of bulky thread into a blanket project of my own. A few things I have learned. 1.) Count your stitches. 2.) Orient the work so it flows better for you. 3.) A blanket will require atleast 300-400 yards of bulky thread, unless I plan to make a floor mat sized blanket for an infant. 4.) Keep your work flat so you don’t create a warped spiral. These are things I learned after doing the opposite, so I now have one tenth of a warped, spiral blanket, with missed stitches. Ha. However, I appreciate the time spent with my oldest child chatting, and working on potential Markham Fair entries.
It’s currently a very colourful mass of big, fat, bulky threads. The slip knot starter spine is way easier than the looped parts that actually build out the bulk of the project. Oh well. Live and learn. It was something I didn’t know how to do at all a week ago. Not a matter of being good, but doing & learning something new. Strike it from the list!
Also managed to complete my VF-1 Valkyrie yesterday too. It has been a productive week. Made some additional progress on the Urn project as well. Coming up roses.
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