Current WIP count: 6
Progress so far on my commissioned doily:
I’m still suuuper unsure about the colours, but my hope is it’ll look better the more I add in.
This is the current state of the chevron doggy blanket:
Yeah.
I was absolutely positive I had some more of that blue yarn lying around somewhere, but having gone through my entire stash I can’t find one bit of it.
So my plan was to frog back to the first blue section and remove a couple of rows, then the rows removed from each section could be used for the shorter sections later on.
But (of course there’s a but) I got nearly to the end, the final blue section with one short white section either side, and it all went pear-shaped. I made the mistake of putting the thing down, and when I picked it up again I didn’t check which end I was frogging from. I spent half an hour frantically picking at the white row, wondering why it wasn’t just undoing like the rest of the blanket, why this particular row was so sticky and unwilling to frog.
Then I realised I was undoing the foundation row. Face. palm.
I confess, for a couple of hours I seriously considered just throwing every last bit of this nasty, cheap acrylic into the bin. But there is something inside me that just cannot do that to yarn, no matter how awful it is, as well as a mile-wide stubborn streak. So I frogged it all and off I go again.
It’s a good job I like chevrons…
I got a massive ball of Marble Chunky for my birthday in April, and it’s been staring at me since then, begging to be made into something warm and snuggly. So I had a dig round Ravelry for a pattern and found the waffle knit cowl by Cate Carter-Evans.
It’s a really simple repeating pattern so I can work away while watching something on my laptop, it’s chunky so of course it’s growing really quickly, and OH THE SQUISH!! I keep stopping just to squidge it for a bit. I also love the stripes that are forming with the gradual colour changes in the yarn. I think I might struggle to give this one away.
And I’m re-blocking the scarf part of my scoodie in the hope that it’ll straighten out and I won’t have to undo and re-attach every square. Fingers crossed.
That’s my WIPs for this week. What’s everyone else working on? Let me know in the comments!
Hannah
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I love the colors in that cowl, too! It all looks so wonderful! I can’t wait to see the posts when everything is finished. ^_^
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I didn’t realise it would stripe like that, I’m really enjoying it!
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I’m glad I’m not the only one who can’t get rid of yarn!
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Nope, I just can’t bring myself to do it!
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I always figure I’ll find some project for it:)
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Nooooo, don’t throw it away! Phew, you saved it. 🙂 Even bad yarn deserves to be saved. LOL Ok, maybe I’m just crazy but I was happy you saved it.
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Haha I did think about you when I was considering it!
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My reputation precedes me. 😂
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I agree with you regarding colors on doily…maybe lighter red. love the knit! Regarding granny scarf/soodie/hoodie thing: love the design. R those really just squares? The Xs are very prominent.
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Haha the red is actually the one colour he asked for! I just keep telling myself it’ll all work out when the other colours come in
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It’s so frustrating frogging and starting again… I’m on my 4th start of my ripple blanket, but thanks to attic 24 detailing a pattern that actually works I think i might be able to keep going with this one! What pattern do you use for chevrons?
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I had that the first time I tried chevrons! Had to start the thing soooo many times.
I’m actually not following a pattern this time, I watched so many videos and looked at so many blogs when I made the last one, this time I just took the bits I liked best from each and made up my own 🙂
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The colours on your cowl look amazing! I hope that you won’t have to frog again with cheap acrylic, the issue is that the more you frog, the harder it is to work with in my opinion. Good luck!
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I’m being very, VERY careful this time round, no more mistakes!
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