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I'm so excited! My first CAL! I'll have to go right out tonight and get the yarn. After looking at the colors on the pattern page, I think I'll do Spice.

Anyone else have an idea of color?

 

I have some leftover Denim!!

 

Be sure to post pics and questions and comments or general yarn-like observations!

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I have some leftover Denim!!

 

Be sure to post pics and questions and comments or general yarn-like observations!

 

I have some regular wool, but not the Thick and Quick kind. I went to Michaels on my way home, but they didn't have the Spice. No biggie, I got Cranberry instead. A very pretty shade of red.

Unfortunately I can't even start on it tonight. I have a bazillion things to do. But, it'll be started before the weekend!:clap

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Great job clare!!! I stared last night and I found that I HATED crocheting in rounds with LN Thick and Quick... Totally ripped it out.. I am going to use another yarn and maybe a smaller needle....

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Great job clare!!! I stared last night and I found that I HATED crocheting in rounds with LN Thick and Quick... Totally ripped it out.. I am going to use another yarn and maybe a smaller needle....

 

 

You know, as I was winding my skein into a ball last night, I was thinknig to myself that it was going to be difficult for me to crochet with it. It's so thick! I hope I can do it. My failure with chenile is still hanging over my head!

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Anyway, I think qualify as a newbie because I just did my first project today. I'll start on the hat tommorow.

YAY, my first CAL

 

Welcome aboard!!

 

 

Stargazingirly~~Your hat looks really great. I love how you did the cuff at the bottom. It looks really good!

 

I'm starting mine today. Hopefully, I'll be posting pics later on, not frustrations!!

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Cat Loving Crocheter: what was your first project?

I've been knitting for years, but i'm finding that for many things I like to crochet better, I loved making this hat!! good luck with yours!

It was a baby hat. I had too many stitches near the top, and too little near the bottom, so it looked like a chef's hat. ^_^;;

I read that you taught yourself crochet. Good for you! I could've never taught myself.

 

I hope you don't mind me asking, but why were you up at 1 a.m.?

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It was a baby hat. I had too many stitches near the top, and too little near the bottom, so it looked like a chef's hat. ^_^;;

I read that you taught yourself crochet. Good for you! I could've never taught myself.

 

I hope you don't mind me asking, but why were you up at 1 a.m.?

 

 

I'm a college kid and we are still on christmas vacation, sleep till 10ish, go to the gym, sit on the couch crocheting or knitting until 12- or later and then repeat the day.... once classes start again ill have to spend a little less time crocheting and a little more time studying, but the general schedule stays the same:yay

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Well, I started it.

I used Bernat Softee Chunky in a really pretty shade. It was a bulky weight yarn, so I used a J hook. Once I began crocheting, I realized that I would have to have many more stitches than the pattern says, so I did two stitches in each stitch to make it go quicker. Well, that began to ruffle the yarn so I had to rip out that row. I decided to increase in every third stitch so that I wouldn't increase too fast. Then I saw that I was skipping alot of stitches so I began to rip it out, but the yarn was REALLY stubborn. I decided that the yarn was just too stubborn and quit working. I think next time I'll have to use the right weight of yarn, and one that rips out more easily.

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aaaaawwww its always so hard to rip things out with that chunky yarn, I think using an easy yarn makes the pattern a lot easier to follow. Especially if your having a hard time finding all the stitches, I like to be able to see what i'm working with and that chunky stuff makes it hard. I'm sure you will be able to figure it out!! goodluck CLC!!!!:cheer:cheer

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I made 3!!!!! All of them using scraps, cuz Homespun just looked terrible....:angry I used Lion Wool in a green and a royal blue, alternating whenever, and then I made another in a navy cotton yarn.

I hang out at the local bowling center on Saturday mornings, watching my 15yo, and helping the coach of the youth league he belongs to. Naturally, I had my basket and my hat, and when I finished it, one of the kids said "Cool Miss Christi!! Can I have it?" I tossed it to him, and he wore it the rest of the morning! One of the other kids asked for one, and she's getting the navy one.

WOO HOO!!! I love CAL's!!!:clap:cheer:yay

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