Crochet

Sunday Crochet Update 13/7/25

Suzy Shipman

This week has had some crochet-related ups and downs…

The Conch Shell bag I shared last week is now finished and looks very cool as hoped 🙂

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Conch Shell bag hanging up (stuffed with my advent shawl so you can see how it looks with things inside it – otherwise it flops and folds over itself!)
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Laid out flag you get the full glory of the shell shape. However the colour is a bit off here, it is more pinky. Imagine a colour between this photo and the previous one and you’ll be imagining the right colour!

I’ve been doing some learning this week – investigating some Tunisian Crochet stitches. I’ve learnt how to do Tunisian Lace, and I did also try Tunisian Star stitch but forgot to take a photo!

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Tunisian Lace experimental swatch

I recently bought some beautiful mini skeins from Wild Purl Yarns after seeing them on Instagram and loving the colours. They are just as pretty in real life, and are lovely and soft.

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June from ‘a Year in Bloom Yarn Club’ from Wild Purl Yarns

Because I only have the 60g (3 20g minis) I can’t make anything big and came up with the idea of doing a skinny scarf that would be worn for decoration rather than warmth! So I’ve given it a go with my newly learnt Tunisian Lace stitch. It’s really pretty but the only thing is that it’s leaning to the right. Looks like I’m pulling too much when switching colours. So now I am dithering between carrying on and assuming it won’t be noticeable when worn… or frogging it back and starting again, or even doing something else with it. Anyway, it’s lovely yarn to work with and is very pretty so it’s no great hardship if I start again!

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Skinny Tunisian Lace scarf so far… do I frog or do I continue?
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Close up of the stitches and beautiful yarn!

As I was learning a new Tunisian stitch I started to wonder if it might be something I could incorporate in my Clear Skies Cardi, as that is also Tunisian, but very slow work. The lacy stitch is faster as well as being so pretty. So I did a little experiment and added a few short rows of lace to the bottom of the cardi. I quite like it but I think if I do add it I need to do a few more rows of modified Tunisian Knit stitch first. I will see how I feel when I’ve got a bit further. It would kind of ruin the lines of the original pattern, so maybe it’s something to save for a future Tunisian project. Not sure if you can see in the picture but it has grown a few rows since I last took a photo of it.

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Experimental Tunisian lace on the Clear Skies cardi. Excuse my face!

Now for the down, after the ups of learning pretty new stitches with pretty new yarn …

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Sadly felted Perran Ripple Tee

I have accidentally felted my pretty Perran Ripple Tee 😭

I put it in the washing machine on a 30 degree cycle thinking it would be fine, and it clearly wasn’t.

So let that be a lesson to you (and me) that even a cold wash in the washing machine may be too much for delicate beautiful hand-dyed yarn 😦

We live and learn! Won’t be making that mistake again will I?!

RIP Perran Ripple Tee, I am sorry I failed you.

In Jigsaw news I finished another one. I enjoyed the kind of meta vibe of doing a jigsaw of a jigsaw.

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Latest completed jigsaw, featuring a sliver of cat butt on the top left!
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Full cat (Tids) who likes to accompany me when jigsawing, lying on the folded out flap of the jigsaw case thingummy

2 thoughts on “Sunday Crochet Update 13/7/25”

  2. Oh I missed this last week! Your bag looks great, what a good idea. Sorry about your felted tee – I’ve been there myself, and it’s a sad moment.

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