tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89470512856025295992024-03-06T16:28:35.060+11:00Work for Idle Hands... about learning crochet and other manual arts. If you’ve always wanted to crochet or are just starting, join me here for tips, how-tos & sharing.wfihhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111708104435772735noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947051285602529599.post-71332937155797437722020-04-20T17:33:00.000+10:002020-04-20T18:45:05.779+10:00A quick helloHello there from long ago!<br />
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This is a very quick post to say...I'll be back. Yes, during these lockdown times everyone is catching up with all things homely.<br />
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I hope you are safe, well, and staying at home. I have to say, I am enjoying it much more than I would have ever imagined, and I hope you are too!<br />
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This little trinket is something I found in a box of old junk. It is a 'bookmark' I made when I was about 10. I knew nothing about weaving but that is what I did, without a loom or anything, just stretching it out on my desk, perhaps using a bobbypin or somesuch. It's moth-eaten state makes it look like a rare and precious thing!<br />
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It will be good to show you all the other things I've been doing in the meantime.wfihhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111708104435772735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947051285602529599.post-48810341069802925192017-05-19T13:27:00.000+10:002017-05-19T13:28:48.449+10:00Hats, squares, gloves...and wool<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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I’m still here – crocheting in the background!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sidetracked somewhat by a new commitment, but
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We had some weeks of early cold rain and suddenly I couldn’t
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pure wool I bought from the charity shop, the quality of which I’m yet to find
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The stark difference in the pleasure of the process was
solely in the yarn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t stress
enough how different it was to hook these up, compared to working in
acrylic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </div>
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I was very happy they went to warm the hands
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These baby booties took way longer to knit up than I
wanted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While it was exciting to return
to a baby project and something I’d never tried before, a couple of things
ended up stalling me, the booties and my blog.</div>
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In the ether, I’d heard of sock knitting two at a time.
Without any pattern browsing, I thought to myself this must be done by knitting
both socks onto one needle, doing the same row on the second sock immediately
after doing the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The thought of
getting two booties finished at the same time really appealed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I set off casting on both of them onto the
one needle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hmm, I hadn’t thought of the
fact that you would need two balls of the same wool.</div>
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Well the two skeins of wool I had looked the sameish enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However side by side on the needle, I started
to see slight differences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I imagined that
the finished booties would not even look like a pair.</div>
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So I cast back onto 1 needle per booty, and proceeded to
knit one at a time.</div>
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I found the process so tiresome and drawn out that it was
taking me over three months to finish!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the meantime I had lost a great chunk of data on the computer
(including pictures for this post) and details of the charity that had required
the booties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needless to say I was
getting a little grumpy.</div>
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Luckily, it was an easy pattern (always the easiest patterns
please!) with decreases in the centre.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d never knitted anything shaped before so found it nicely intriguing.</div>
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Sew them up along one side</div>
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and the shape becomes this cute little foot.</div>
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Trim with some ribbon and a cuff and bob’s your uncle.</div>
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On finishing all two pairs, I couldn’t tell the difference
between the skeins of wool used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I
could have done a pair on one needle after all!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Still growling.</div>
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All this frustration was getting me itching to do another
project for a change of scenery, even just some more stash buster squares!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I couldn’t get this going either, knowing
that I had that other stalled thing lurking between the cushions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember this?</div>
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Ahh I am in purgatory for not completing well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am scared to start something new.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I must have graduated to true yarnaholic
with unfinished items scattered around the place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, perhaps it’s something to be proud of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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This month I’ve had fun making granny squares for blankets and my first baby items.</div>
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I had a vague granny structure floating around in my head. It wasn’t much
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</span>I don’t think I’ve ever made the same granny square twice - it is rather a fluid concept for me.</div>
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I wanted my next square to show some variation, so I quickly glanced at a pattern.</div>
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I didn't use the pattern directly, I just improvised. What I wanted was the little flower shape in the centre. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </div>
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Alas I
was beaten once again when the flower shape disappeared somewhat with the next
rounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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And it seems my tension is tight on average (but depending
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It would have been better if my pattern and tension were all on track from the word go. I was able to only just save these squares, thanks to blocking.</div>
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The popularity of the granny square will never die out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is simple, looks great and best of all,
enjoyable to make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other bonus is
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Time to try my hand at something new so I had a go at a
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And how good is it that babies are tiny, which makes garments a breeze to finish!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I
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but I also wanted to crack the whole pattern with the
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Seeing the little outfit brought much delight, and the cute
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that I had not counted my stitches and so the sleeves could not fit in properly. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought about a remedy with edging but I don’t
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Colour isn’t something I think about too much, my priority
is to work through my stash the best I can.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is made up of donations and
charity packs that I pick up whenever they’re available, so I don’t have much
say in the colour choices.</div>
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We saw my getting into colour darning last time</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I did once purchase
a pack of cottons only for their colour appeal</div>
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I dived straight in to making some squares, curious about
how random combinations would turn out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do have a taste for eclectic and bright colours all mixing together. This lovely sample from <a href="http://www.lemondedesucrette.com/" target="_blank">Le Monde de Sucrette</a></div>
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So this is how some of my squarish squares came together <br />
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Another basic which I’d never really ventured into till now
was variegated yarn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I had
in my stash</div>
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I set out to make some blanket squares, this yarn being
especially soft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a pleasant surprise
it was to see the colours all weaving themselves together!</div>
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And I was even more delighted by the way I kept getting
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So I am definitely a new convert to variegated yarn. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are some gloves from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/208275063/long-fingerless-gloves-in-harvest-colors?ref=related-7" target="_blank">Etsy</a> – I had bought
them because I liked the colours, without having given much thought to the fact
that they were simply made with a nice variegated colour combination.</div>
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OK in the meantime I made 2 new crochet hat patterns in Indigenous
colours – so beautifully bold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A chunky
dc rib crochet beanie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>It was
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The pattern (single colour only) can be found
on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/" target="_blank">Ravelry</a> <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/basic-crochet-ribbed-hat" target="_blank">here</a> (US terms).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I also made
a summer slouchy beanie with plenty of ‘holes’ which is great for the warmer
weather, the pattern <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/slouchy-summer-hat" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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So I’ve had adventures with cotton colours, variegated yarn and
a couple of new patterns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is a little indulgence from a brill ethical shop, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><a href="http://www.darngoodyarn.com/" target="_blank">Darn Good Yarn:</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>recycled silk, handwoven hemp, and newspaper
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As most know, winter is a time to get cosy and right into
all your woolly yarn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During winter I
feel really driven just by wanting to be warm. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While we ourselves rush inside to turn the
heater on, it’s unbearable to imagine how people in need must be feeling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a good way to get motivated!</div>
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<b>Mending</b></div>
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First, I had to do some urgent darning before all that
winter wool and leather wore our holes even bigger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I learnt that it’s better to match the thread ply to the
fabric.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had fun with colours but this
darn turned out a bit too heavy.</div>
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I also fixed a hole in a padded silk jacket in boro /<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>kantha<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>style, hand-sewing running stitch over the
patch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It worked well over this type of
tear, which had gone beyond the seam, was fraying the fabric and exposing the
innards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I only learned this from lovingly
examining some pieces from India and my <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/wfih/boro/" target="_blank">pinterest collecting</a>.</div>
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<a data-pin-board-width="400" data-pin-do="embedBoard" data-pin-scale-height="200" data-pin-scale-width="80" href="https://www.pinterest.com/wfih/boro/"> Follow The Devil Makes's board Boro on Pinterest.</a><!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --><script async="" src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </div>
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<b>Squares</b></div>
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For <a href="http://www.knit4charities.org/" target="_blank">my charity</a> work, there was a call for blanket squares
and winter wear for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My <a href="http://workidlehands.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/the-road-to-charity.html" target="_blank">first charity square</a> was over year ago, and had taken months of slow beginner
knitting, re-teaching my fingers what they had to do.</div>
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When I had finished that one, I had planned to
make my next square a diagonal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
somehow, other techniques had led me to distraction and I didn’t quite get to
doing it till now. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>So it was good to finally take this on and understand
increase and decrease, and see how something so beautifully simple can create a
whole new pattern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I finished it off with some crochet edging which made a
pleasing result; decorative but keeping within the men’s blanket brief.</div>
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<b>Hats</b></div>
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I made two beanies for my charity, one crochet and one
knit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both were patterns I’d never done
before.</div>
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It was nice to return to the lovely yarn I’d used on <a href="http://workidlehands.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/50-shades-of-crochet.html" target="_blank">my first solid square</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This beanie is
worked in the round, not unlike the <a href="http://workidlehands.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/proud-colours-and-improvisations.html" target="_blank">beret</a>, but with tighter decreases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I started off, I didn’t really believe
how it would form the right shape when finished.</div>
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The knit beanie was with two strands of yarn together, which
was handy for making fast work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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It was
fun seeing how the unpredictable colours would turn out, and I blended in a
bright and dark blue with the black to add some variation, without exactly
creating stripes.</div>
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It is a rectangle with decreases to shape the crown, and a
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<b>New skills all the time</b></div>
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One of the reasons this hobby is so enjoyable is because you
get to learn so many different things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
wonder if one day I’ll be able to churn out ten beanies in a day (I kid you
not, I am sure many people in my charity thrive on this kind of production
rate!)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I knocked out my first pair of
knitted fingerless gloves, which were very satisfying, in that they didn’t take
too long, they are practical and compact.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(I will have to save scarves for when I graduate to the next level –
notice I have not made one since <a href="http://workidlehands.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/saved-by-colour.html" target="_blank">the first time</a>).</div>
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The experience of making <a href="http://workidlehands.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/my-first-garment.html" target="_blank">the vest</a> has got me curious and confident
enough to advance into new territory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
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This will be for <a href="http://www.wool-aid.org/index.html" target="_blank">Wool-Aid</a>, who are based overseas, which
means that I can delight in using a 10-12 ply yarn during our winter while they
slow down for their summer. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the fact
that they always use pure wool increases the pleasure for both maker and
receiver.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do feel a little nervous
about doing the neckline and arms, we will see how they turn out in the next
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What a blessing to have found charity making.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There can only be winners all round.</div>
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acknowledge the Eora and D’harawal people who are the traditional custodians of
the land on which I currently live and work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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On this road of learning, I’ve always thought of crochet as weaving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So with my love of
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I attended a workshop at <a href="http://www.firsthandsolutions.org/#!blak-markets/cqk0" target="_blank">First Hand Solutions’ Blak Markets</a>
with the fabulous <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/cultureonthemove" target="_blank">Ronnie Jordan</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
taught me the basics of traditional coil basket weaving using raffia, while
youngsters made Aboriginal toys and sculptures on the floor next to us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a fantastic day with a wonderful,
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I also tried out making a circular form by applying the
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Ronnie gave us some gumnuts with which we could decorate our
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She also shared some
beautiful books that illustrated the way baskets were made decorative in
different indigenous styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can get
the idea <a href="http://www.tjanpi.com.au/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Coil weaving is not difficult, but it takes time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So while I slowly worked the needle and
raffia, I thought about how I could extend this exploration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I decided to try dying some of the raffia
with eucalyptus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had been reading
about this through the work of artist <a href="http://www.indiaflint.com/" target="_blank">India Flint,</a> spawned by the <a href="http://workidlehands.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/the-growing-things-around-me.html" target="_blank">book</a> I got last year<i>.</i><a href="http://workidlehands.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/the-growing-things-around-me.html" target="_blank"><i><br /></i></a></div>
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I knew very little about this process but wanted to dive
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Still, the tree was true and smelt good. I’m
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reading, I learned that D’harawal people classify their eucalypts
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So this one I am guessing is a <i>Bourrounj</i> (rough bark).</div>
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I got three colours that were determined by their age: newly
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part, so I decided to simply steep the leaves and raffia in boiling water like
a tea, and let them stew for a few weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Here is the subtle colour change in the raffia. So subtle that there was no visible difference in the red and green leaf dyes. And pot luck
really, I didn’t even know if raffia would take a dye!<br />
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Here is the smaller basket with dyed raffia on the two edge rows and the final decorations. It is holding some blood limes, a delicious native citrus fruit with a
searing tang, packed with vitamins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <br />
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Dabbling in basketry has brought me closer to my environment and it's original, real meaning. I
am very privileged to be able to share the riches of this land that has been
raised and cared for by the indigenous people for over 60,000 years.</div>
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wfihhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111708104435772735noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947051285602529599.post-26144864154282000682015-06-07T13:22:00.000+10:002015-06-07T13:22:02.172+10:00My First Garment<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]-->Winter is fast upon us so it's time to get busy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After making the baby blanket, I started thinking about my next new challenge.<br />
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I came up with this idea to attempt a school vest for my
DD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember myself wearing a polo
neck, woollen tunic and two woollen school jumpers on top of each other in my
childhood years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could not imagine
how she could possibly be warm enough in the playground with only a polo shirt,
lycra pants and poly-cotton zip jacket.</div>
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We had a sudden cold snap in April.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I panicked and tried to beat time, thinking
‘if I could just get started over Easter, I might have a vest ready for the new
term at school’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I spent many a
stressful hour searching for easy patterns, comparing wool, buying wool,
returning wool, re-choosing wool. I had to decide about whether to buy a
thicker yarn to make a large needle quickie, or how about a fluffy yarn with a
loose knit … should I get a blend with acrylic for rough ‘n tough daily
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I had started my first diagonal square so thought I could
handle a knit pattern with basics of cast on and off, knit and purl, increase,
decrease.</div>
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However I still did not feel confident enough with
knit-pattern reading, so went back to my crochet staple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I settled on the <a href="http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/L40411.html?ss=" target="_blank">Lion Brand Next Generation V-neck Vest</a> pattern and
improvised with a 5.5mm hook and 8 ply pure wool and made a swatch to get started.</div>
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Soon enough, I found I didn’t like the low-grade scratchy wool so
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The stress of it all was driving me crazy. So I returned to the idea that this was just an
experiment for fun: I stripped away the time deadline, fit requirements and all
other expectations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now I could start!</div>
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It was easy to follow the basic pattern and improvise,
measuring on the model as I went.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
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I do dislike counting stitches so took the easier route of
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I set aside some quiet time to work the front shoulders and
neck – no getting distracted in front of the tele!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But when I laid it out finished, I thought it
would be warmer to have wider shoulders</div>
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Well I paid for that disobedience when I came to do the
edging – now the shoulders would be too wide!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I made the adjustment by doing the full v-neck edging but only one round
of dc on the sleeves.</div>
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It was a relief to get my first garment finished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is far from perfect:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>there are knots in the middle of rows (I’m
not sure why this is a no-no … maybe it is a bump that interrupts a good
row..?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you know why?) and one of the
seams doesn’t meet to match straight.</div>
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I had made a sensible addition to the winter school uniform,
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Seeing it
keeping my DD warm ignites a wonderful radiance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is what is meant by the expression ‘my
heart swells with pride’.</div>
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I’ve just finished the biggest item I’ve ever crocheted, and
it’s a ‘real’ item: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a baby blanket.</div>
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It’s taken a long time to get here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems like another lifetime when I was
making, failing and re-making my cream squares for the <a href="http://workidlehands.blogspot.com.au/2014_05_01_archive.html" target="_blank">crochet-a-long</a>. Where would it end?</div>
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After the squares and corners were all done, I next made the centre star.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was kind of like doing a gigantic
snowflake, working in the round, using easy granny stitches.</div>
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I was pleased with myself when I could increase the stitch
heights from dc, htr, tr to dtr just by knowing the stitches and without having
to check instructions.</div>
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It can get hot working with a large woolly item in your lap
in the summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I rested the work on
my homemade timber slab-stool, like a tray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even better, the stool is made with open slats so there is lots of
airflow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sat many hours recovering
from the flu, watching the cricket and crocheting on my slab – bliss!</div>
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Finally I finished the star and next was sewing together –
another first for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I checked
different methods and went with this one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I still don’t know whether it was the best choice, which is kind of
exciting because it means there is more to discover yet.</div>
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Completing with the victory border rounds was a relief – an end
in sight!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I made the <a href="http://workidlehands.blogspot.com.au/2014_09_01_archive.html" target="_blank">big black granny</a>, I took mum’s advice and added one more round of double crochet. </div>
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This
was to dissolve a baffling mystery corner that was sticking out, and to ‘finish
off’ the edge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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So I did the same here
with a final border round of dc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can
see the finish is much more solid than without.</div>
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So that, for me, was mammoth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question is, will I ever make something
so ‘big’ again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t even fathom a
bedspread.</div>
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wfihhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111708104435772735noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947051285602529599.post-79330537996788389012015-03-01T17:15:00.000+11:002015-03-01T17:15:25.240+11:00Experimenting with Squares<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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I wanted to try out some patterns from my <a href="http://www.fishpond.com.au/Books/200-Crochet-Blocks-for-Blankets-Throws-and-Afghans-Jan-Eaton/9780715321416" target="_blank">Jan Eaton</a>
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I was pleased with the way a mix of wool and cotton went ok,
although I’m not sure if it’s against ‘the rules’ (which I never follow
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What I didn’t quite manage was the colour change neatly and
consistently.</div>
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I got a bit lazy counting stitches and the number of yarn
overs per bobble!</div>
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And that ‘common problem’ of the turning stitch would still
pester me after the piece was finished and I could see where the edges shrink
and grow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My haphazard ways were teaching me
a lesson!</div>
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I set to work on a basic white double crochet square – no distractions
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My latest pieces are for organisations calling
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There were a few new exercises I set for myself with this
project:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>getting a straight treble-row
square right (I’ve never quite managed to keep edges straight), trying a mitre
square pattern, and making my first hat.</div>
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The hat was a nice easy pattern I found on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/quick-and-easy-slouchy-tam-beret" target="_blank">Ravelry</a> for a
simple beret.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was quite ok doing
increases and decreases, the only thing I could say was that I found it a bit
boring going round and round – I think I prefer centre starting squares because
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Now one of the things I naughtily like to do in crochet is
cheat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Improvisation is part of my
working style and it’s great when you invent a solution out of thin air, and
crochet is great for that!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I reckon most
probably unpick mistakes, which I do sometimes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But most of the time I’m too reckless for that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It means I have to then go back and try to
salvage the work, like I did with my<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <a href="http://workidlehands.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/thrift-putting-it-to-work.html" target="_blank">thrifty
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So when I looked at my finished beret I thought it might
look nice with an extra row of black.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
mucked in and made up a stitch weaving in and out of the already existing
work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This probably has a proper name
and all, but in my inexperienced world, this is what I made up.</div>
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My first mitre turned out a bit wonky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t really go back and check I’d followed
the pattern right at the beginning corner, I just kept going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well the price I paid was an uneven square.</div>
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I managed to fix it by adding on and taking off a little
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And here is my square in straight treble rows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only I didn’t cast on (can that term be used
for crochet??) enough so it turned out to be a rectangle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Somehow I still didn’t master the edges that
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So I meddled with it some more,
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I actually like this one the best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find these pieces far more individual and
quirky than others, more akin to a darn than a square sitting in a stack. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope it brings something lively to a blanket
of standard squares.</div>
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One day if I take on amigurumi, I will get caught out
badly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that’s ok because I’m never
going to make anything that twee - yet. </div>
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</xml><![endif]-->With crochet going on in the background, there’s some other
making to be had!<br />
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That darning pile gets bigger by the day, especially knowing
that I can do it now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But as it is more
chore and less leisure, it doesn’t seem to get done so readily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, my trusty backpack got done as a
matter of urgency.</div>
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With summer coming, it’s time to move off the hot porridge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And nothing’s better than muesli put together
yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A cooler day let me put my
oven on to roast some hazelnuts and almonds.<br />
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After they are roasted and cooled, I gently knock them with
the mortar and pestle to break them down into smaller pieces, without
pulverizing them to let the good oil escape.<br />
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Then I like to throw in anything and everything from the
pantry: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ground spices, (today cinnamon)
sesame seeds, linseed, currants, goji berries.<br />
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For the base, I buy up any kinds of rolled grains I can get
my hands on: oats, barley, rice, rye, kamut… whatever is available in the
shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might also get some special
goodies just for the next melange.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
time I got some Iranian figs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
added the <a href="http://workidlehands.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/more-stashes.html" target="_blank">dried kumquat</a> for extra zest.<br />
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Mix it all together and there you can recognise what is
known as muesli.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only your home-pantry
version so much more delicious and satisfying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s the only way to know for sure there really is no added sugar!<br />
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Well speaking of those kumquats, here they are as a beautiful tangy - caramelly marmalade<br />
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...lovingly brewed up by my DS (who by the
way, knits some gorgeous jumpers!)<br />
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So back to the topic of mixes. I decided to have a go at
making some furikake (savoury sprinkles to have with rice).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My first ingredient, once again courtesy of
my mum’s waste-not drying trays, was some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perilla" target="_blank">shiso</a> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">perilla frutescens</i>) from last year’s harvest.<br />
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To this I simply added toasted sesame and sunflower seeds, and some
sea salt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Delicious!<br />
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I decided to get on this drying bandwagon and
made some sun-dried grated carrot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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This will add more colour and a little sweetness to the next
serving.<br />
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and where was that other old packaging I stored away for re-use?</div>
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Then in a magic moment, I became calm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The feel of the crisp brown paper as it
folded, the sound of the blade slitting slowly and evenly, wrapping and
creasing around the box to fit snug.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
tied the parcel with twine and wondered what tricks people had to put their
finger on the half-knot, when there wasn’t someone there to do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Crossing the twine over itself, twist, neat
even squares, round two directions of a box, dissected by the pattern of the
string that is holding it secure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I felt
very satisfied making up a parcel the old fashioned way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Something so lovely in the symmetry and basic
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There was, some time ago, an abundant harvest of <a href="http://elefine.wordpress.com/2014/08/16/winter-bounty/" target="_blank">kumquats</a><br />
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and so my mum gave me some that she had sliced up and sun-dried.<br />
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I liked the way they curled into the glass
jars, preserved and pungent for a rainy day.<br />
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I do love my glass jars.<br />
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What rainy day?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How
will it ever be consumed?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The act of
non-waste, use at any cost – yes, I really did inherit it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My parents are of that war-experienced
generation and are <a href="http://talesoftedandagnes.blogspot.com.au/p/about_08.html" target="_blank">great hoarders</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So
this week I also inherited a stash of “woollens for felting”.<br />
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And silks.<br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of it was beyond belief that anyone
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But those holes did have a certain intriguing pattern.<br />
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Well felting is a whole other technique I have to take on
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This month I’ve been trying out some different things, which
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I could not resist reaching for the crochet hook when one
day, I was given a key to use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quite
lonesome it was, this little key.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I
decided to crochet a keyring and then leave it as a gift for the key’s
owner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got hold of some scraps and
just wove round till I got a little something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then the thought occurred to me to add a bit of colour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That small idea and seeing it come to life
with a pleasing aesthetic sets off a tiny spark of energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is creativity.</div>
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I also made a big black granny square.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wondered about it being too ominous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But since finishing, I like it for its
refusal of colour, its rebel gothness, a dark black web.</div>
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And that lovely woollen htc solid square brought so much joy
that I thought of making it all over again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However this time I needed to make a larger size and speed up a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So why not try doing the same thing using
trebles instead?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went for it and it’s
turning out just fine.</div>
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Not using patterns, plucking ideas out of thin air.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Making things that I’ve never seen nor read
about anywhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s lots of fun.</div>
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Lately I’ve been working on a square and have been enjoying
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Maybe it’s because I’m using a <a href="http://www.bendigowoollenmills.com.au/" target="_blank">high quality pure wool yarn</a>
in a warming winter palette.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
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It’s my first solid square worked
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and satisfying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know if I can
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I started making this square where outside I was bombarded with
delicious food on every street corner, fabulous shopping, and the sway of excited
crowds all around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And within this
setting I was also trying to concentrate on a job – I was hyped up on so many
levels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a luxurious little respite
it was to get away for some crochet!</div>
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Crocheting is creating, and therefore the opposite of
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consumption tends to make me feel sick – it is the natural result of gorging
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">And there is also electronic consumption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Waste a whole day on <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/wfih/" target="_blank">pinterest</a>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My guilty hand is raised!)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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Crochet is so remote from the hi-tech realm that it must
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In half treble crochet, the loops are released in a single
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production. Crochet is a slow, manual craft that can belong to the
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wfihhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111708104435772735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947051285602529599.post-2375553193852757792014-07-02T16:53:00.001+10:002014-07-02T16:53:49.088+10:00Crochet-A-Long<br />
What is a Crochet-A-Long ("CAL")? A pattern is released a little bit at a time, and you crochet according to the instructions, not knowing what the final product will be. The fun part is that people from all over are working on it at the same time, and it gets very exciting when more and more of the pattern is released and your piece evolves! <br />
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This one that I've been working on is for my lovely group, <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/knit4charities/" target="_blank">Knit4Charities</a> and their conference and Charity of the Month project.<br />
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Well I still don't know how the final piece is going to look. But I've learnt stitches and techniques, all of them new to me.<br />
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Finally I got all my <a href="http://workidlehands.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/how-to-read-pattern.html" target="_blank">squares and triangles</a> right and the same size<br />
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And completed Part 2, which was the most difficult so far - to decipher and crochet! I also got to create a border by pattern (rather than by experiment) <br />
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This square for Part 3 had me doing Puff Stitch for the first time<br />
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CALS can be found anywhere amongst crochet and knit groups. Sometimes bloggers will put one together for their followers. Being part of a CAL is a really good way to challenge yourself and learn a heap of new stuff, alongside all the other people happily crocheting-a-long in unison.<br />
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Sometimes I think I must’ve been born thrifty - I just can’t
help myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And there are times when I
wish I wasn’t, because it would save me a hell of a lot of time and
effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="http://iwm.org.uk/" target="_blank">Food - Don't Waste It </a></i><a href="http://iwm.org.uk/" target="_blank">British Poster</a><i><a href="http://iwm.org.uk/" target="_blank"> </a></i><a href="http://iwm.org.uk/" target="_blank">from Imperial War Museum</a><i><a href="http://iwm.org.uk/" target="_blank"><br /></a></i></span></td></tr>
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On the whole though, practising
thrift does bring much satisfaction, providing everything turns out right.</div>
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So far I’ve enjoyed being resourceful with two charity
squares.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first square was knitted
from a yarn that refused to co-operate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I was given some stash yarn<i> “it’s pure wool but it’s no
good:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>look how easily it breaks!”</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought I had nothing to lose by trying to
get a square out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I happily got some of the way when it started thinning out, so that the slightest tension
would cause it to break.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I came to
breaks in the yarn every 10-20cm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had to unpick to put the breaks at the
beginning of a row so I could avoid knots.<br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Well I was determined that I would get a square out of this
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It was
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The second troublesome thrifty square was crafted from the
extra glove that didn’t work out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How
could I turn this into a 25cm square?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was too small and rectangular, with wobbly edges and uneven tension.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I had made it worse by randomly crocheting on rows to use up leftover yarn, and to try and get it to size. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could not switch off my thrifty mind which
insisted on getting a use out of it.</div>
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So I decided to crochet around the outside till it grew to
the right size.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Later, I discovered
that this is a common approach known as <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/516647388475752840/" target="_blank">edging</a>!)</div>
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I figured out I could gather up the ‘ease’ on the floppy
side by decreasing the stitches, and decided to predetermine the same number of
stitches per side by eyeballing with safety pins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <br />
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This didn’t work at all because the edge just didn’t fit,
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It meant I had to unpick, and re-mark which stitches to
work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The safety pins were more time
consuming than I thought, so instead I tacked around before taking the pins
out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the end it didn’t work either,
still too few stitches for a flat edging.<br />
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So my third idea was to use a smaller hook, do many more
stitches, and this time COUNT!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The first round went ok, and I realised the importance of counting consistent stitches. </span>I used the
safety pins again, but decided 4 stitches should go between each marker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This way it could take up slack but with
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What I
forgot to do was the correct number round the corners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So there was more unpicking and a fourth
attempt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s true that it would’ve been
quicker to frog the whole thing and start again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I was gonna get a square out of this,
dammit!</div>
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The square got done with much relief and satisfaction and I
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I’m slowly enjoying every morsel of my <a href="http://workidlehands.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/the-growing-things-around-me.html" target="_blank">new book</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m starting to look at things with a new
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I found <a href="http://www.indiaflint.com/" target="_blank">India’s Flint's</a> sewing circle, <a href="http://found-stitched-dyed.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Found Stitched Dyed</a> and began
to glean images in my head.</div>
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I spotted a hole and suddenly my mouth started
watering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could not wait to get my
hands on it!</div>
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I had darned before in the past but it was improvised and I
didn’t know I was actually darning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Interestingly, it was just common sense and I had done it correctly.</div>
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Some years ago during the Keep Calm and Carry On craze, I’d bought this book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now at last I could revel in some good
old-fashioned instruction and apply some traditional methods.</div>
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I first sewed the vertical warp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was also an instruction point about
covering a wider area which made good sense.</div>
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Then I sewed in the weft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I didn’t know was that knitted fabrics should have a diagonal weft. My scant knowledge of fibre behaviour means I don’t yet
understand why this is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So if you know,
I’d love to be enlightened!</div>
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On closer inspection, I found little holes and quickly
gobbled them up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually with one or two
cross-like stitches.</div>
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Now this jumper has several more years’ wear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mending it has provided a feeling of great
satisfaction.</div>
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Don’t be put off reading a pattern just because it looks
like gobbledygook!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, patterns
are not my forte, especially when trying to follow a pattern without a
diagram.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I work much better using
visuals – I seldom use rulers.</div>
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I am doing my first Crochet-A-Long mystery piece, organised for <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/knit4charities/" target="_blank">Knit 4 Charities'</a> 10th Anniversary conference. All the volunteers make a bit at a time, and everything will be put together at the end to make a wonderful final piece for donation. Nobody knows what it's going to be! Part 1
required 4 squares and 4 triangles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only information I had was the pattern instructions and the finished
size.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew I wasn’t reading the
pattern right when my squares were the wrong size…and all different!</div>
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So here are some pattern-reading strategies I discovered
after much trial and error.</div>
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<b>Read in lines, not in stitches</b></div>
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I would very much like it if patterns were set out with rows
in corresponding lines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alas this is not
to be and I’m sure a lot of page space is saved by not starting new lines all
the time.</div>
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Try to find punctuating repeats in a pattern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example with a square, finding the comers
first will help set the rest out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Corners would be marked in brackets, because you are working the numerous
corner stitches into one space, to make the work ‘turn’ the corner.</div>
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<b>Make it visual</b></div>
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To find the corners easily, I colour coded my pattern. Check visually that the spaces, clusters (or whatever you
have worked), are symmetrical.</div>
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<b>Make a template</b></div>
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After a few attempts without a successful result, I thought
of drawing my own diagram.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This turned
out to be even harder than crocheting because lines on the paper don’t bend,
move and thread as yarn does. So once you have crocheted one correct square, you can refer back to it as a template.<br />
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<b>Work single-mindedly</b></div>
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Decoding a pattern takes concentration, especially when
there are small differences in similar sequences (for example, the same
sequence but with a single ch inserted).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I made the most mistakes when I tried to read a pattern while watching
tv, or chatting. Here's what happened when hooking into the wrong space: a curly triangle</div>
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So stay focused. You will only get the full effect of your
crochet flow when you are truly absorbed in counting stitches instead of the
to-do list!</div>
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<b>Trust the word</b></div>
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The tricky part where we all trip up is interpreting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I had made a mistake in the previous
row, it meant that there were not the right number of spaces to work with in
the next row.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means it’s time to go
back and check your interpretation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To
help with this,</div>
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<b>Make notes as you go</b></div>
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As I went along, I jotted down my interpretation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So if I found a mistake, I could go back and
check how I had understood it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
don’t do this, when you go back to undo, you will not remember what you did and
so are likely to repeat the mistake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yes, I learnt this the hard way!</div>
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I found it helpful to work to medium-paced music,
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Re-doing work just means you get to crochet
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We've just had our holidays - when we can take a break from working
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A visit to my sister’s presented me with two experiences of
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This was hand-knitted by my mum for my brother during his
younger ski-ing years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can just
squeeze into it to give it a new life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
felt a little foolish about scouring hand-knits in charity shops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And there are so many treasurable heirlooms
like this that I’m saving them up for their own permanent page.</div>
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The other new thing that gave me delight was taking a look
at my niece’s final school year w.i.p.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is making a garment about Eve and hand-working all these lovely
leaves.</div>
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This got me to the <a href="http://artgallery.nsw.gov.au/" target="_blank">art gallery</a> where I bought a
new book to feed my growing interests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Uncannily, this beautiful book by <a href="http://indiaflint.com/" target="_blank">India Flint</a> was cousin to my niece's work, and is strongly defining the direction I'm going towards (watch this space!)</span><br />
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Then for the purpose of my visit: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to see the work of graduating secondary school
students (<a href="http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/insideartexpress/" target="_blank">Artexpress</a>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love this show
and seeing the work of the talented next generation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Amongst my favourites were</span> some fine drawings</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/insideartexpress/2014/sharmistha_sarkar/" target="_blank"> <i>Alluring Night</i> Sharmistha Sarkar </a></td></tr>
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and paintings</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/insideartexpress/2014/leandros_pandoulis/" target="_blank"><i>White Bay Dreaming </i>Leandros Pandoulis</a></td></tr>
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And a great piece referencing <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/21/rozsika-parker-obituary" target="_blank">Rozsika Parker.</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here
are some details of the larger installation</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/insideartexpress/2014/kate_nyhan/" target="_blank"><i>Stitched Up </i>Kate Nyhan</a></td></tr>
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I thought of my niece and her work that will be submitted
for this year’s exam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I smiled to myself
remembering the time I rang for her 15-year-old advice for my first-time sewing
using a commercial pattern.</div>
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I am lucky to be a <a href="http://dottieangel.blogspot.com.au/p/postcards.html" target="_blank">woman of a certain age</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are part of the generation who grew up in
suburbia wearing altered hand-me-downs and homemade school uniforms, eating
from earthy ceramics on pure cotton tablecloths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We remember those days with nostalgia and now
this is peaking as we discover the pleasure in making for our own
children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And of course, it is fuelling
the hand-made and retro movement.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.frankie.com.au/" target="_blank"><i>Frankie </i>magazine</a></td></tr>
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Receiving this legacy is such a rich and wonderful gift.</div>
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On taking up crochet, one thing in particular starts
happening very quickly:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>an obsession
with yarn.</div>
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I’m not sure how it is for others – maybe some people start
trawling patterns first, and then make a shopping list of what they need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I seem to be always on some driven,
never-ending hunt for colours, textures, fibres.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the early days, I crocheted some
snowflakes in different colours and weights, which led to a natural conclusion
of what was and wasn’t snowflakey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
didn’t even bother blocking this one.</div>
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And this improvised shape turned out to be… a wonky swatch of sorts.</div>
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Then I had to keep finding more suitable yarns for
snowflakes, some worked better than others.</div>
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Finer weights</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>...or wool</div>
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and alternative cold colours.</div>
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It wasn’t that I got bored with snowflakes, but the new
crochet spark ignited the next <a href="http://workidlehands.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/trying-new-things.html" target="_blank">phase</a> very quickly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I now wanted to crochet in my favourite
fibres:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>hemp, cotton.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe try flax or ramie.</div>
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Of course wool presented an array of possibilities and then
there were acrylics with their vibrant colours.</div>
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Yarn could also be something I conjured myself, or
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I love the idea of reclaimed yarn and yarn made from plastic
bags – a great tutorial <a href="http://youtu.be/TbYQstkLeac" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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With charity projects lining up, I got my hands on anything
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And bringing home bags of frogged yarn (the old Grace Bros bag a find in itself!)</div>
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The next job would be to think about storage and organisation. So far, I am going to use old suitcases. Here is the start of the cotton stash in a 60's beauty case.</div>
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These days I can completely
relate to those who refer to ‘never having enough’ yarn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And mind-boggled onlookers who say in disbelief
“…but I thought you just bought some yarn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Do you really need more?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know
many of you out there know exactly what I’m talking about.</div>
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wfihhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111708104435772735noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947051285602529599.post-54167974037838728112014-04-17T21:26:00.002+10:002014-04-17T21:31:25.111+10:00Learning on the job<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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My next project was to make fingerless gloves to go with the
scarf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, something I’d never done
before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I chose the versions of the easiest
pattern I could find: a square of double crochet with a sewn up seam, leaving a
gap for the thumbhole.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/easy-and-quick-fingerless-gloves" target="_blank">Hanana Banana, Ravelry</a></td></tr>
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I finished the first glove easily and started the second on
the go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One evening I looked back at the
pieces to see how it looked so far.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To
my horror, they were completely different!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The second piece was an inch longer than the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How could this be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had the same number of stitches which I
was sure to count and recount.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>It dawned on me the importance of having two identical
pieces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scarf – a couple of bumps easily
knotted up and rectified.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could not do
this with a second glove.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I couldn’t
work out the error.</div>
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Learning crochet was so different to the way I did
things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example in a drawing, adding
line, correcting a curve with heavier intent changes the mark and flow on the
paper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am free-form and love to take
my feet off the pedals on the downhill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not this time!</div>
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I looked and looked, did and re-did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What was happening?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was I
improvising stitches?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I wasn’t
actually doing double crochet!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
worse, I really couldn’t remember what I’d done for sure on the finished one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was time to go back to the basics manual,
three words at a time.</div>
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The first thing I realised was that I had hooked into single
rather than double stitches, which resulted in very loose, more wobbly and of
course, larger fabric.</div>
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Tension gauge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
always ignored this instruction on patterns – it looked too hard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And who could be bothered making a
swatch!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Although I have to say, I
really do like swatches in themselves).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It also proved to me that what I thought was dc looked nothing like the
swatch showing the stitch.</div>
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Eventually, I did get to finish my first pair of <i>Jack & Jill Fingerless Gloves</i> (the name
appeared before me by itself – the lightbulb does exist)!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took pleasure in decisions made about
choice of yarn for wear and tear, warmth and comfort, and colours that could
match different outfits, including the scarf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I decided to make them in two colours and reversible where the dark side
could be worn to hide grubby palms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Alternatively, the light pink, acrylic side could also be worn on the
palm side because it was hard-wearing.</div>
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I especially enjoyed 'finishing off' with a contrasting
trim, a great idea from my <a href="http://andreasquared.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/hearts-warming-hands/" target="_blank">2nd pattern</a>.</div>
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This was a very practical way to keep the edges from
catching, looked nice, and was like a closing prayer.</div>
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I hope these gloves bring warmth to hands and heart.</div>
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requested items for women and children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was the only thing I could realistically attempt with the limited
time and experience I had.
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I had been saving some soft pure wool for something like
this. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A rich navy blue, a hue that I
really like. (I wonder what colour your monitor will show..?)</div>
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I started with the quickest stitch I knew, treble
crochet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d finally mastered the
turning stitch at the end of the row.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This was something I’d had to undo many times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I must break that habit of ‘hope for the best’!</div>
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I pressed on, and thought to add some fancy to break up the
colour, so added 2 rows of a grey-pink.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I had to frenzily crochet to get this done in time, so I blitzed back
into the navy. As the scarf grew, it occurred to me that it was looking
more and more like a men’s scarf!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How I
wished I knew how to do love hearts and flowers!</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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As much as I loved this colour, and would have worn it
myself, I thought this women’s scarf had to look more feminine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I sorted through the charity stash and
started adding purples and pinks.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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This part of the making, the improvising, was very
enjoyable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The work was growing and
evolving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still didn’t know how it
would look finished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could even add a
love heart if I got ahead of time.</div>
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I found myself daydreaming about what could be added – a granny
square, a pattern or motif.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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So, this was
the secret to enjoying colour!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now I
knew what people meant by ‘endless possibilities’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Then I got really lucky and the deadline for this donation
got extended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So onto the matching
gloves…</div>
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So here I am, merrily knitting away charity squares for no
particular charity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I’ve made
enough for a parcel they will get sent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do maybe 5 rows of an evening, with short bursts of more intense
sessions every now and then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My first
25cm square took me a few months to complete.<div class="MsoNormal">
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My group, <a href="http://knit4charities.webs.com/" target="_blank">Knit 4 Charities</a>, publishes a calendar of monthly charities and
the items they require.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I first
joined, I had a quick squiz and loosely picked out one to aim for - one that
was far off into the future enough to give me plenty of time to learn how to
knit and crochet the items. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.knit-a-square.com/" target="_blank">knit-a-square</a></td></tr>
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I routinely check in
on the group for news.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
suddenly see the charity I had chosen was due!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I couldn’t believe that 6 months had passed and I had nothing to donate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had one week to whip something up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could it be done?
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Thanks to a friend who had been posting pics of her charity
scarves, I thought I’d follow suit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
I’d never made a scarf before – it was my largest piece of work yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was only making one scarf, but her goal was
15!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I marvelled at her speed and she
said she’d be working at every opportunity.</div>
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So far I’d crocheted in public sitting in at piano lessons,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and in cafes over a cuppa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So then I accelerated and started crocheting
in places like standing at the bus stop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Very easy to do with backpack (basket, cloth bag) worn on the front holding the yarn.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Girl_Knitting_-_Albert_Anker.png" target="_blank"><i>Girl Knitting </i>Albert Anker</a></td></tr>
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You’d be amazed how many rows flew by on the bus, waiting at
traffic lights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the 10 metres before
my bus stop when I considered finishing, but pushed on to see how much more
would get done.</div>
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The best thing about working on the bus was a fellow
passenger who started talking to me about crochet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d read about <a href="http://craftivist-collective.com/" target="_blank">Craftivists</a> using public making
as a way of opening dialogue, so this was a delightful thing to experience.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://onlineathens.com/stories/090711/new_882207383.shtml" target="_blank"><i>photo: Richard Hamm</i></a></td></tr>
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Seeing me crochet brought back memories for
her – of family traditions, crocheting baby blankets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How all her children cuddled them whenever
they were poorly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that they still
treasure them as adults.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About her own
crochet and what she use to make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
lovely to hear her brief stories and I felt warm that I had brought something
to her day.</div>
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</xml><![endif]-->One of the things I dislike about being creative is the
trove of stuff that goes with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
fantasise about ‘just chuck it all out!’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am not driven by selling work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I also believe that we ‘have enough’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Perhaps I’m not advanced enough to want to make something to wear or to
decorate our home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe this will come
later.</div>
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Then I found knitting for charity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had knitted in the past, but never got very
far.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Taking on something like a garment
never really appealed, and I know I had some unfinished legwarmers
somewhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d started this tea cosy
around ten years ago!</div>
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I’m not really sure why it hasn’t been finished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes I resent that thing on the shelf
that I ‘have to do’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Snowflakes, on the
other hand, are really not something that I need to get done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which is why they become irresistible.</div>
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The main charity I joined is <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/knit4charities/" target="_blank">Knit4Charities Inc</a>, a very
active group based in Australia led by a wonderful supportive team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have received much warmth, welcome and
reassurance which is great encouragement for a novice like me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I found lots more organisations on the
web, in many different countries (links coming soon).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
really lovely to see this trend growing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And what inspirational people these charity makers and organisers
are!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tirelessly working to get all these
crafted donations out to those in need.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.knit-a-square.com/">knit-a-square</a></td></tr>
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My concept of charity opened up enormously when I lived in
London.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that time I was a young
career-builder, and one day <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I asked a
colleague what they were working towards. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her reply was, “I want to work for a charity.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was the first time I’d met with charity
as a life goal, career path … a whole world in which one could work. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It made such an impression on me, I’ve never
forgotten it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And as so often happens
when something new is discovered, I found that charitable organisations were
every which way you turn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I admired this
heartfelt tradition in Britain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even despite
the fact that many charities were founded on old money made from colonial
exploitation. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gives me pause for
reflection to this day.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://affordablehousinginstitute.org/blogs/us/20%20%2006/04/worlds_first_af.html" target="_blank">Rochester UK</a><a href="http://affordablehousinginstitute.org/blogs/us/20%20%2006/04/worlds_first_af.html" target="_blank"> </a></td></tr>
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So, making for charity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Somehow this is different still.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is not something that I have to do, like the dishes, or sewing on a
button.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t something I am making
for my own reflection to admire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
not urgent (although K4C does work to a schedule, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not productive enough to be part of this
yet, so I’m working to my capacity and will donate when it’s finished.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And somehow, I am more motivated to make now
than I ever was with that tea cosy.</div>
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I’m so content with my choosing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact that you can enjoy the making, and
then you won’t have it cluttering up around you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That it is helping those in need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Volunteer work that I can do in front of the
tv when too tired to do anything else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
wonderful souls all doing the same thing together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The comfort in knowing that the energy of this
work is being directed toward unconditional love for a stranger.</div>
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