Some good clean fun?! [Archive 2]

[a_stitchintime]

Stacy, I checked out the mystery project... it wasn't what I thought it was gonna be. what did you think?

[_Stacy_]

Joanne, I am using the royal blue to make Isabella's snuggie! It is such a pretty color.

The mystery CAL wasn't like I thought, either, but it is rather creative. I thought they would be stacked up somehow.

 

I think Caron SS would be too heavy for an afghan.

[a_stitchintime]

Joanne - my other secret tip on the flannelghan... at the end of the row, chain 1 (not 2), turn, hdc in 1st stitch (and so on...)

It keeps the edges cleaner, and straighter. When I was chaining 2 the edges were not sharp.

[imanurse55]

JoAnn's is about 35 minutes away(without traffic) Michael's has it for $6.00 plus the 20% off so that would come to 4.80 a skein. And since Micheal's is only about 15 min away, that would be better, but if they don't have the color, I'll call joAnn's to see if they have it b/4 treking over there

[a_stitchintime]

Simply Soft works for me... I can faster with it, too

and it IS warm! Helpful for the heating bill:devil

[_Stacy_]

I thought about doing the hdc but I don't know why I ended up using the dc anyway.

 

$6 with 20% off? Wow!

[_Stacy_]

I know a lot of people love it. It has just never worked for me. I made a shawl with it once, and the ends kept coming unraveled when I washed it. I ended up giving away the rest of it in the scrap swap. LoL

[a_stitchintime]

ooohhhh... I hope they have it, Joanne!

 

btw... even tho it says you don't need to care about dye lots on pounders and RHSS, try to get the same numbers that are printed on the label. sometimes after washing, they don't stay true. It happened to me once on a bed doll that I made for my mom. Now I am careful.

[imanurse55]

Oh, I have to get out the pattern and write that tip down right now before I forget. Thanks LeaAnne-

 

I probably won't start until I finish this ghan I'm working on- hoping to finish it this weekend. then I have to make DD's hat and scarf and finish the scarf I started on the bus trip back from AC. But I am getting excited to start this so sometime next week I'm thinking

[a_stitchintime]

the $6 is for the Caron Pounders....

 

did you first learn with dc's? It took me a long time to not "automatically" do dc's.... now i have to think about them:lol

[_Stacy_]

No, I taught myself from a book and the first thing I learned was sc. I even made an entire baby afghan of just sc, and it came out sooooo wonky!

 

 

[a_stitchintime]

Let me know when you start on it. I think you will like how quick it goes up! One this one i just did, I also found that whipstitching with 2 strands (1 of each color) hid the best.

[a_stitchintime]

Stacy!

[_Stacy_]

Oh, that's a good one! Thanks for the tip.

[imanurse55]

Ok, all tips and amount of yarn written down onthe pattern. Did you use an N hook? I tend to crochet loosely. I did use N with the chenille thick and quick and it called for a P hook on the hat I made.

 

What kind of border did you do on yours? Did you follow the pattern border directions?

[imanurse55]

If I get the yarn I know me and I'm going to want to start right away. But I really should finish the green ghan for DD...but then again DH's birthday is 11/24 so maybe I should start that?

 

Oh, the decisions

[imanurse55]

I know what you mean about automatically doing DC- but I do like HDC better now. And a blanket in all SC- I'd go mad!

[_Stacy_]

It's agonizing, isn't it?

 

Oh, Joanne, to answer you...I mailed them late Tuesday afternoon, but with the holiday maybe they were delayed a day or two. They should arrive soon though!

[imanurse55]

Ooh, there is a good chance the mail man will bring me something other than bills tomorrow YAY----can't wait to see!!!

[a_stitchintime]

I used a P. I also loose. I decreased the stitches per row and number of rows: 15 stitches per row, 14 rows per color combo. so my beginning chain was 17.

 

I bordered this one with 1 round of sc. Kept it simple.

I like the border directions, but the v stitch somehow seems light to me on such a sturdy 'ghan. I liked to keep it "solid"

the last one I did was 3 rounds of hdc's around.

[_Stacy_]

Well I"m going to scoot for the night. Eva didn't take a nap today and is actually telling me she wants her bed.

Have a great night!!

[a_stitchintime]

Do you need the other gifts done for Thanksgiving?

I will be starting on DS' mid to late next week. His birthday is the 25th! Does DH know you are going to make him something?

[a_stitchintime]

Night, Stacy!

and night, Eva!

:hug

[imanurse55]

It has been fun chatting- but I am starting to feel tired and since I have all that acleaning (and more importantly yarn shopping to do tomorrow) I think I'm going to call it a night.

 

It's been fun as always! Sweet dreams to the both of you--and not too much chatting or I'll have to much to read in the AM:rofl

[a_stitchintime]

good luck getting that cleaning done, quick, Joanne! you've got shopping to do!!!!

 

Sweet dreams:hug... I'm packing it in, too!

 

C Ya tomorrow.

 

Luv to all my HBB's!

:hug