I restarted my Diamonds not Pearls jumper, this time I'm using a 6mm hook, I did a gauge swatch, and I've read the pattern properly! I really enjoy working on this, and have to be strict with myself otherwise the other things I'm making won't be finished in time. I am loving how the 2… Continue reading On the Hook, 24/10/20
Tag: crochet is my therapy
On the Hook, 17/10/20
Things have been a bit experimental recently. The spiral jumper has been frogged pretty much back to the start as the increases were still too fast. I'd got to the arm hole level and there was just too much fabric leaving me with puffy sleeves or ripples across the back and front. So it's now… Continue reading On the Hook, 17/10/20
On the Hook pondering, 10/10/20
There was a time when the things that I now love were derided. I felt uncomfortable and bored in silence. Frustrated by sitting quietly. Longing for something, anything to actually happen! But these things are now my pleasures. To sit on the sofa and crochet to the rhythm of the ticking clock and the gentle… Continue reading On the Hook pondering, 10/10/20
On the Hook, 3/10/20
The weather is turning more autumnal now so we have been thinking about keeping warm. My daughter needed a hat, so I decided to find the scarf/shawl I had started making her a while back and get that finished and make a hat to match. I don't actually have a photo of her wearing them,… Continue reading On the Hook, 3/10/20
On the Hook 26/9/20
For reasons I won't go into here, I missed my post last week. I managed 37 straight weeks of posting every Saturday, which is still pretty impressive! So here I am today with an update on non-secret things... Last time I was experimenting with a spiral jumper, and I was thinking perhaps the spirals weren't… Continue reading On the Hook 26/9/20
Suzy Clair's Cosy Corner 