I am feeling really proud of myself, as some of you may know, I took myself to the local wool shop 'Jenny Wren's' to learn to crochet a while back, and after much deliberating and reading Attic 24's blog I decided to use up all the bits of wool I had to make a granny square crochet blanket.
I made 144 squares, and then had to work out how to stitch them together. One of my students who does a lot of crocheting suggested I joined them together using a chain stitch. So I treated the project as if it was patchwork and joined the horizontals together then the verticals. Then I decided to add an outer border, which I did through reading more of the blogs, and even made a loopy (technical term) final edge. I must say I am very pleased with the finished result.
I took it into class today to show the student who had helped me with stitching them together, and everyone was amazed, as a lot of them struggle to get the centre to lay flat as I have done in the past.
Here is a picture of the finished item, plus one of the edging.
My next technique to master, is to crochet in rows, and again I have been following Attic 24's blog as she gives a good tutorial which has lot of pictures. So that is my next challenge.
It is great to have some hand work to do that is not sewing, but saying that must get back to a stained glass applique block and redwork block that I have started that are for workshops in April.
Happy Sewing everyone.
Julie
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