Tuesday, 18 January 2011

Crochet Crochet Crochet

In front of beading for my favourite craft (by quite a long way unfortunately) is crochet.


 And before you can crochet you need a handmade special crochet case to house all those crochet hooks. Along with some very wonky chain stitch embroidery.

Matching needle case is not necessary, but it was felt the crochet case would need a friend or it would be lonely.

Very easy to make, scraps of felt i've had lying around for over a year, smaller pieces inside sewn in place, for the crochet case some cotton covered elastic stitched down the inner piece to make the loops to hold the needles. and then the edges blanket stitched to keep the felt edges neat (I should have done that first before sewing it all together)
If you want a neater finish use a sewing matching...and a ruler. If you want a Katie finish use the 'that looks even' method.



I have a habit of crocheting throws. Mostly because they are easy like this giant granny square, and mostly because my attempts and crocheting anything wearable (apart from socks, slippers, flowers) usually ends up very wrong or being donated to the charity shops.


I can crochet scarfs though. This is my favourite one using Sidar Click Chunky in Blazer. Crocheted with a 6mm hook and in sc (us not uk, I don't understand the uk terms) but in the back loop to make a ribbed effect

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