I have a friend who makes some amazing crocheted items like scarves and baby blankets. She combines some beautiful yarn, with a cool technique that I had not seen used before. She asked me if I wanted her to teach me how to do it, and of course I said "Yes!!" I probably added "please" to my reply. At least I hope I did.
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| My learning samples |
As you can see, there are two basic techniques, both are variations of granny squares. If you can make a granny square, you can do these. The thing that takes practice is how you advance them. I really like the texture in the smaller sample, and I've worked on that one first. I started simple, with a scarf from the same yarn I made the samples from.
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| Here's the scarf in progress |
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| Child sized blue scarf for donating |
The technique makes stairstep rows, alternating the orientation of the stitches. I really like the texture it creates. I have found that I like to experiment with texture in crochet, so I was really glad to add this to my "toolbox." Yes, I did a single crochet edging at the ends to be a finish on it. I also made a second scarf, experimenting with some different yarns for a stripe.
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| Nice diagonal stripes |
Since I carried the pink thread along one side of the scarf, I felt like I needed to give it an edging because that yarn showed.
Currently, I am making a baby blanket from a fuzzy yarn that I found at Cruces Creatives. The yarn is variegated, and I wasn't sure how the colors would pool (sometimes I find the pooling disappointing). I thought about starting as a scarf, but I worried whether I would be able to pull the fuzzy yarn out to start over, so I just went for it!
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| This is the yarn. Pink Sands |
And here is how the blanket is coming along:
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| I am liking the pastel stripes |
This is a little over one skein of the yarn (they are not big skeins). I have three more skeins, so I will continue to increase until I get into the third, skein and then I will start to decrease. It seems to be squaring up pretty well, even, so far.
I'm glad to learn something new!!
