Team Hooker - Welcome to the Hotel Crochetfornia

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You can check in but you can never leave...

Hooray!! Piccies please!

I've got a picture of all the blocks laid out - I'll put it on my profile when I get to the main pc - I havent worked out how to do it on the iPad.

I don't think you can do it from an iPad at all.

petitepurls.com/Fall11/fall2011_c_robyn.html

Dp has me making this. With cables.

I have already knocked 10 ch off the start and tc into 3rd from hook not 4th to get the right size

Oooh, SDTG I've just started a hexagon blanket.

I finished a circle in a square blanket this week

Very nice, Pantry :)

That's lovely, PantryGirl.

Christmas poncho finished, so have started egg cosies from this month's The Simple Things with a clear conscience.

Thank you (it's PantryBoy with a sex change by the way)

STDG, what shape will your finished blanket be?
I'm torn between a trapezium with jagged edges or a rectangle where I fill in the edges to make them straight

It sort of has jagged edges - it's rows of the hexagons in a 5-4-5-4-5 layout - if that makes sense.

I'm hooked! Attended a day course at Get Knitted - was the slowest in the group so that I spent a lot of today trying to practise! Made a friendship dc bracelet for dd and now a hairband with 2 rds of 5 granny sqs. Does the frogging term apply in crochet?!

Hurrah, welcome Practically :o

Frogging applies because you still have to rip it rip it

I'm crocheting cables they look nice but take forfuckingever!

PP

That makes perfect sense SDTG

Welcome Practically, prepare to have your life overtaken by lovely yarn

I can't be the only one who leaves a little trail of off-cut pieces of yarn behind everytime I get up from my chair.

I scatter them like confetti where'ere i roam

I've finished my mini-hug - I hooked it together yesterday (staying up well past my bedtime to do so), and crocheted the edging today at knitting group - and it looks pretty good, I think. I've put a picture on my profile.

Please may I join?

I'm addicted to crochet, something I never imagined myself enjoying! Started off wanting to make something for my dd before she was born and its just taken over from there

Welcome MummyDuckAndDuckling

SDTG, I love your mini-hug, what beautiful colours.

Which hexagon pattern did you use?

Creeping into this thread. I am a newbie to crochet. Cannot seem to get my head around it at the moment grrr but going to have another go now after almost three weeks from the first attempt!

Knickers, what are you trying to do, we might be able to talk you through it?

Hello everyone
Pantry, that blanket is gorgeous. What pattern did you use. Sadly I can't see others' projects because I'm on my phone. Have just done a practice ripple piece, which I'm quite excited by and have ordered some cheap stylecraft special dk (though still have over half of my small granny square blanket to make!!)

Thank you theodora - I just played around until I had a square I liked. I've added the pattern here on my blog.

It's the second time I've used it to make a blanket, the first one wasn't colour co-ordinated but I think I actually prefered it as it was really cheerful.
Cheerful Version

Pidj, I'm just trying to master the basics. Think I'm almost there but started getting pins and needles in my little and index fingers so have packed away for the night now though! Hopefully will crack on with more practice tomorrow night :)

Relax your shoulders, i get that if i crochet when stressed - the tension travels to the work and it comes up tight :)

Ooh can I join? It will be lovely to chat to people that appreciate crochet rather that boring DH to death

My grandma taught me to crochet when I was around 8 yrs old and I could only make blankets for years. Once I'd had the DC I decided I wanted to get a bit more adventurous and I love it, there is never a day that passes when I don't pick up my hook. I've posted a pic to my profile of some keepsake bunnies that I make:)