It's clearly not that I've not got plenty on the go at the moment as I seem to be starting lots of different projects. It's not that any have been abandoned, all are moving forward, be it quite slowly in some cases.
Anyway, for some crazy reason last week I decided that I was desperate to have a go at crocheting, something that I haven't done for over 30 years!
I had been browsing Pinterest and found a website called Red Heart that provides lots and lots of free crochet patterns.
I decided that I wanted to have a go at a throw, but may have been a little ambitious in my first choice as I gave it up as a bad job after row 2.
My second attempt went better. I did have to trawl YouTube to remind me of how to do the simplest of stitches, but once I got going, as you can see from the photos, it didn't go too bad.
However, it wasn't quite what I wanted and it was still quite hard, as this pattern was for a throw that was all made in one piece.
I decided that squares stitched together would be a better option for me.
I found myself some really nice pale grey wool, in the Post Office of all places, and hit Hobbycraft for the right sized crochet hooks.
I started with a granny square and this went really well.
In my marathon crocheting session I tried a cross stitch one, which looked a bit wonky round the edges and I have now actually ended up pulling it down and starting again. You can see my second attempt below.
My marathon session also included a back loop square which, on reflection, looks a a bit tatty and I don't think it will make the final production.
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