Our Friday morning charity crafters have only two rules. Oooops, make that three rules. First, we only use our leftovers or donated yarn. Second, we are not obligated to work on any charity projects except those two hours on Friday mornings. And, third, we only use patterns we each like and find to be stress-free and a delight for each member to work with.
Now, Rule #1 is constantly broken because we often use yarn from our own stash or buy some to finish something off. Rule #2 is often broken because many times, we work on charity projects throughout the week at home. However, Rule #3 is one that we try never to break.
As for the patterns, the photos here will show how the "average" or "intermediate" level crocheter can use up their leftovers for everything from baby blankies to lapghans and even scarfs.
I'm giving you one link for the diagonal stitch here, and another over here. You can choose which one is easier for you to use. One of them has absolutely great photos in the tutorial and the other is brief and to the point. I'd suggest you browse both.
Now, what we love about this one is that we can easily use up our leftovers. These photos show a baby blankie about 34" square. I even used different weights - some sport, some a lightweight worsted. I was careful to keep a "drape" so baby could be wrapped easily.
One close-up shows that I even changed colors part way into a row. For this type of "blanket of many colors," creativity is allowed.
Another thing we like about this one is that, unlike a granny, it only increases so far, and then it decreases, which makes it less stressful and less tiring.
I hope some of you find this one useful. We love it. Tomorrow, I hope to post some photos of some scarves I've made for the homeless, using this stitch.
Oh, for each of our group, our first try gave us headaches. We had funny protrusions after the first couple blocks, but then, we didn't have the benefit of the photos in that tutorial.
Now you know what to do with those little balls of this and that which you have tossed into a container, hoping to use them in something other than a granny square.
Now, Rule #1 is constantly broken because we often use yarn from our own stash or buy some to finish something off. Rule #2 is often broken because many times, we work on charity projects throughout the week at home. However, Rule #3 is one that we try never to break.
As for the patterns, the photos here will show how the "average" or "intermediate" level crocheter can use up their leftovers for everything from baby blankies to lapghans and even scarfs.
I'm giving you one link for the diagonal stitch here, and another over here. You can choose which one is easier for you to use. One of them has absolutely great photos in the tutorial and the other is brief and to the point. I'd suggest you browse both.
Now, what we love about this one is that we can easily use up our leftovers. These photos show a baby blankie about 34" square. I even used different weights - some sport, some a lightweight worsted. I was careful to keep a "drape" so baby could be wrapped easily.
One close-up shows that I even changed colors part way into a row. For this type of "blanket of many colors," creativity is allowed.
Another thing we like about this one is that, unlike a granny, it only increases so far, and then it decreases, which makes it less stressful and less tiring.
I hope some of you find this one useful. We love it. Tomorrow, I hope to post some photos of some scarves I've made for the homeless, using this stitch.
Oh, for each of our group, our first try gave us headaches. We had funny protrusions after the first couple blocks, but then, we didn't have the benefit of the photos in that tutorial.
Now you know what to do with those little balls of this and that which you have tossed into a container, hoping to use them in something other than a granny square.
1 comment:
Thanks for the link. I hope the tutorial is a help to all of you. I love this stitch. It is one of my daughter's favorites as well. Happy crocheting!
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