Crochet

Wow, I can’t believe January is already over. Where did the month go? I was going to call this post "January Round Up" but Little Berry beat me to it.

There has been a lot of posts on Ravelry about the negative attitude of some knitters towards crocheters. I’ve been knitting and crocheting for a very long time. When I was younger, I crocheted a lot more than I knitted. However, as the availability of wonderful knitting yarns increased I began knitting a lot more. I have to say that I’ve never encountered any negative attitudes towards crochet, but that is probably because I was always knitting. Well early this month I had an overwhelming desire to pick up the hook again. So I made myself a hat and scarf.

The hat:

I used an old doily pattern and some 5/2 silk from my stash.
Montreal in winter, is not the place to wear a crocheted lacy hat so I knitted a lining with the same 5/2 silk.

I should have use a contrasting colour to better show the doily pattern. The lining makes this hat soooo warm and it is unbelievably soft. It’s pure luxury to wear.


The scarf:

The stitch pattern was taken from my Harmony Crochet Stitch guide. The yarn is Cherry Tree Hill Cascade Silk - Fingering weight in the Foxy Lady colour way. I had tried several times to knit this yarn but the colours just never worked for me. I was planning to over-dye this yarn but now I’m so glad I didn’t.

I really like how it looks crocheted.



I used a 3mm hook for both the scarf and hat.

I modified a doily pattern and crocheted my friend a skull cap but forgot to take a picture before giving it to him. I'll try to get one for my next post.

If you haven’t seen it already there is a really funny video on YouTube about the whole knitting vs. crochet dispute. For 2008 I’m going to try to give my hooks a much time as I give to my needles.

I was very surprised when Fleegle honoured me with a “You Make My Day” award. For most of my knitting/crochet life I practiced my hobby in isolation. I didn’t know anyone who knitted and would often feel embarrassed about it. Thanks to all the wonderful bloggers out there I no longer feel the least bit shy or embarrassed about my fibre obsessions. You all Make My Day!

Happy knitting and crocheting.