Our House [Archive 1]

[crafterjackie]

WOW! Everyone's blankets look so great!

I have been busy crocheting the small squares... and I really don't mind doing the bi-colored. However when I tried putting some of them together, I didn't like the results and ended up tearing them all apart again. So for now I just have a bunch of small squares and will work at getting some of them put together for next week so I can get a picture to you.

[judianne]

Good morning, ladies! We're having a heat wave here in New Jersey today...it's supposed to go above 32 degrees farenheit! I just might be able to take my youngest German shepherd (see my avatar pic) for a long walk - it'll be the first time in probably over a week - and he's been bouncing off the walls!

I've already done some crocheting this AM...on the pink lapghan for my friend:manyheart

 

Happy hooking, everyone:hook

[Skysmom]

Good Morning! So far, so good on joining squares. The whipstitch method is working well and seems to look okay on both sides.

 

Hopefully, I can post pictures soon but have to learn how first!

[judianne]

Good Morning! So far, so good on joining squares. The whipstitch method is working well and seems to look okay on both sides.

 

Hopefully, I can post pictures soon but have to learn how first!

Terrific!

 

And doing the pics with photobucket is easier than it looks! I should know!!

[busy-bee-lmt]

Good morning everyone. I'm off duty today and I'm going to loaf and crochet and join squares. Wheeeeee!:wooI disliked the two color squares at first, but since I figured out how to do the color switching I kind of like them. They certainly add a lot to the pattern and make a lot more quilt patterns available for crocheting. I might even try creating a pattern now. Uh, Oh! Did I really think/say that?

Pam - Love the red, white, and blue squares. Can't wait to see what you are going to be doing with them.

Jackie - You can post pictures of your yarn, your squares, and your progress, big or small. We're not fussy.

[Shaylen]

Afternoon Ladies

 

Wow...look at all the pretty quilts that have been shown since i was away...everyone has done a great job...so pretty.

 

Julie

Stop in when you can,we will miss you

 

Cara

Great minds think alike,im doing the roundabout to and my colors look so close to yours its not even funny....im using Claret,Buff and Med Sage in red heart...what are yours?...you're light color looks lighter than mine but the others look the same.Also...when you say you press it do you use steam or just light dry iron???

 

Jackie

Cant wait to see you're colors...photobucket is really easy to use.

 

Well back to crocheting and watching Nascar Practice(Go Mark!!)Have a great day Ladies!!!

[Misa]

Cara

Great minds think alike,im doing the roundabout to and my colors look so close to yours its not even funny....im using Claret,Buff and Med Sage in red heart...what are yours?...you're light color looks lighter than mine but the others look the same.Also...when you say you press it do you use steam or just light dry iron???

 

I'm using RH Burgundy, Lt Sage and Aran...just one step lighter than yours When you press it needs to be with steam....full steam. Helps those little yarns lay just right. Just about half pressure though, not the full weight of the iron

[skydramini]

Ok... not much progress to report here other than that I've cut colour choices to 3:

 

Pink, dark pink and burgundy

or

Pink, dark brown and whitish

or

Green, blue, and whitish.

 

Sigh.

[Shaylen]

Thanks Cara...will see if i can find my iron.

 

Sky

I think the Green, blue, and whitish would look great on that...im not much of a pink person so that could be why i would lean that way.

[Skysmom]

One block of my Baby Block afghan finished!

[jollyrancher418]

I think the pink, dark brown, and whitish sounds great. Or you can even do blue, dark brown, and whitish.

[moonspinners]

Everybody's pics look great!

 

LindaT: I had trouble with the bicolor square too, but on my third try I got it! YEA!

[skydramini]

 

Ok so I started the pink. I'll decide on other colors later ;P (Most likely brown and darker pink).

 

Do you all realize that we need to make about 672 squares!!! :)

[busy-bee-lmt]

Sky, don't think about the total squares!!! Just focus on the next square, the next block or the next row. That makes it much easier to handle.

[Aussie]

Is it me or does everyone have there first row of the square as there right side. I am noticing that many of you seem to have your squares showing the wrong side or are you all doing it differently or not turning your work. It could be me showing the wrong side. I have been putting the second row of the squares as my right side.

ok sorry dont mean to bore you all with a trivial issue.

[judianne]

Is it me or does everyone have there first row of the square as there right side. I am noticing that many of you seem to have your squares showing the wrong side or are you all doing it differently or not turning your work. It could be me showing the wrong side. I have been putting the second row of the squares as my right side.

ok sorry dont mean to bore you all with a trivial issue.

I'm making the squares for the baby gingham:I'm turning the square to make the second row and keeping this side as the right side. The first row looks nice and puffy that way...I don't have the directions in front of me right now to see if that's how Cara wrote it, but that's the way I'm doing it.

[sewnsew]

Okay I know I'm late with my picture. Better late than never though. Here is my progress. I'm now 3/4 done with it.

[judianne]

Donna, that is so gorgeous!!

[goaliemom33]

Still can not get my bi-color squares to come out. I will post later today and maybe someone can help me. Mine seem to be to rounded and not a straight deviding line.

Pam

[jollyrancher418]

Is it me or does everyone have there first row of the square as there right side. I am noticing that many of you seem to have your squares showing the wrong side or are you all doing it differently or not turning your work. It could be me showing the wrong side. I have been putting the second row of the squares as my right side.

ok sorry dont mean to bore you all with a trivial issue.

 

I just tend to pick whatever side looks best to me.

[busy-bee-lmt]

Donna, that is beautiful! Wonderful job!:cheer:yay

Wendy - I am using the side where I do the double crochets as the right side. That's what looks right to me. I think it's more or less whichever one you like best.

I worked on converting a couple of quilt patterns into crochet patterns yesterday afternoon and evening. I came up with two that I like. One of them has two bicolor squares for every one solid square. The other is all solid squares. One version of the all solids uses four colors and another uses eight. The patterns with lots of bicolor squares uses four or five colors, depending on how you do it. I'm feeling rather proud of myself.

[moonspinners]

Donna: Your afghan is beautiful!

[Skysmom]

Good Morning ... More great pictures! It took me a while to figure out the bicolor squares, but they're my favorite now.

 

Donna ~ What a wonderful afghan!

[Misa]

Donna - Oh it looks so fabulous!! Great job !!

 

Pam - if you mean it's not straight across at the tips where the color change is...then that's the way they come out You doing them right.

 

Aussie et al - if anyone is really interested you can see post #382 about right side vs wrong side...btw sometimes I end up with one or two upside down,too

 

Wow....post 382...when Julie first asked me about this thread I figured if we got 1 or 2 others I'd be thrilled and we're over 400 already and tons of ladies on board ...I'm so honored

[QueenOfCrochet]

Donna~That is stunning. Love it.

 

 

 

FYI~I'm not abandoning you guys but i'll probably be MIA for this week because my Hubby is on vacation & we have lots to do around here. I'll drop in when I can, i'll try atleast once a day. Hope you all have a great week.