Pages

▼

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

HOOKY BUSINESS

Here's my crochet-along project so far.  This is a first -- using recommended size hook to get gauge!  I always knit and crochet loose and need to go down a size, if the item has to fit.  That said, I usually don't crochet or knit things that have to 'fit'.  I generally make afghans, scarfs, etc.  But this is a cardigan, and this is the bottom back.

I'm also using the recommended yarns, as I love them.  Two skeins are Vanna's Choice and three are Unique, a new yarn from Lion Brand.  The Unique is very soft and nice.  A bit like Homespun, but not nearly so 'hairy'.

Oh, and as to watching Downton during a stitching marathon, forget that!  You'd miss a raised brow, or curious look!  It is just all-engrossing!  Even DH is caught up in it.  I'm enjoying it so much more than the hit or miss I did with it when it played on TV.  Now I understand the whys and whats.  We are half-way through Season 3.  Season 4 doesn't play in the States until January.  What to do; what to do?  Perhaps check The Tudors out of the library?  Sure beats anything on TV!  And, if I'd go back to crocheting ruffle scarfs or similar, I could hook and watch at the same time maybe.  But not during Downton.
at

4 comments:

  1. Kats StudioAugust 27, 2013 at 3:43 PM

    Hi Pat,
    Love the colors of the cardigan. I printed off the instructions but don't know if I will do it or not.

    Thanks for the reply about the album in SBS. Have a great day.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Wacky WomanAugust 28, 2013 at 10:38 AM

    Nice pattern. I need to pull out my hand quilting and have a marathon day with Downton Abbey as well.

    ReplyDelete
  3. mps2343August 28, 2013 at 11:37 AM

    Hi Pat:
    I've found that there are times, while knitting / crocheting that I can keep up with a video but it's not often. Another 'promise' I've made to myself, when 'listening' to audible books, is to check each row for looks .... what a drag if I've made a mistake five rows (or more) ago! I do think it's easier to 'listen' only than to try working on a project during videos!
    I watched all three seasons of "Downton Abbey" while in Mexico earlier this year and now I'm WAITING, somewhat impatiently, for Season Four. I'm full-timing in my RV for a year or more and haven't even hooked up the TV! I can find NOTHING to watch. MP

    ReplyDelete
  4. CynAugust 28, 2013 at 12:09 PM

    Your Cardi is looking great Pat! Love the colors.
    I'm in withdrawal waiting for DA to start again in January!

    ReplyDelete

I love to read your comments. Thanks!

Please make sure you settings allow replies when you comment here.
I love to reply but often can't, if you come in 'no-reply'.

Those with a blogger account: Log into blogger on your dashboard page, click where it says "edit profile" on the left side of the page. Then check "SHOW EMAIL ADDRESS" in the 3rd line down, and at the bottom of the page click SAVE PROFILE!