knitted lace shawl finished
Posted By Liz on May 18, 2013
It 2.45am and I’m yawning like a stupid thing but I was determined to finish. As tomorrow my new wool should come.
Sadly, my blocking wires are on back order so I can’t block it yet.
Crochet-Crazy (the blog)...
Here are the crochet ravings of me, the projects I do, and items related to the site. I apologise Im not a great blogger, I have good intentions but get easily side tracked, especially by my crochet hook.
Blocking wires
Posted By Liz on May 12, 2013
If you’re a crafter like me you love making stuff, but, perhaps also like me, you love the thrill of designing or picking a pattern and the wool.. less so sewing in ends and then wash and block?? pfft.. why do you think I make blankets??
So. I thought its about time this changed.
Thanks to craftsy, as it seems the UK doesnt have “blocking wires”
This site has some great flexible but sturdy non rusting wires, and not bad shipping
the other shawl
Posted By Liz on May 12, 2013
The craftsy class I’m doing has 2 shawls in it. This is the second one and boy is this so much easier! Just a shame the yarn I had is making it look pants
nearly there0
Posted By Liz on May 11, 2013
Well. Slowly but surely. Must have spent nearly 3 hours trying to work out why one bit didn’t add up right. But I’m nearly done. 3 rows of a stitch I don’t like and the edge and its over!
the shawl grows
Posted By Liz on May 9, 2013
Getting there! I had to extend my circular needles to spread it out better. I don’t think this circular one is ideal for me. I think I will do better with the triangle one in terms of stitches. We shall see.
A serious promotion goes to …
Posted By Liz on May 9, 2013
Now, I’ve always been honest amount my views, a large number of the crochet books I bought were tat and probably best used as fire kindling to be honest, and recently having gotten into knitting (I so need to wash my mouth with soap) I bought some knitting needle, the addi click short lace ones are pants.. Seriously, the join is too much of a ridge, and the yarn is constantly snagging on it.. Incredibly disappointing – as they werent cheap!
However, I would like to give a major big up to craftsy who not only do some great paid for classes, which are many hours in length, and you get to post questions and have the tutor reply, as well as other people, but they also do a number of free ones, ranging from how to make tasty pizza, to sewing machines, crochet, knitting, caking making .. and more still coming..
I confess, Im enrolled on 18 classes now, some are free ones, some arent..
I loved Lucy Neatby’s double knitting class, in fact, to the point I really wish she had done the rest of the knitting classes, she has a wonderful sense of humour, and I will probably sign up for any classes she does in the future.. However..
My current one Im working through which is “Knit this – mastering lace shawls” the content is good enough, but Im finding the instructor slightly wearing, I’ve watched many hours of her classes now, and I feel like Im being treated as a 3 year old, not the old bat that I am. I know it must be hard to release a tutor set of videos when theres no one there giving you direct feed back, but this is a tad too patronising.
The irish lady, who does a cable course, is good to listen to – some of the introduction are more about the instructor than the course, but, to be honest, its usually worth a listen.
I would most certainly recommend if you’re looking to learn something about a craft, whether its tatting (filed under crochet for some odd reason), paper craft, cakes, food, you name it.. there could be a good class there…
Let me know if you sign up! I’ll say hi if I see you!
knitted lace shawl
Posted By Liz on May 7, 2013
My insomnia saw me watch a lot of crafting videos from craftsy.com. So I decided to start this.
my first electric sewing machine
Posted By Liz on May 7, 2013
I have an old hand powered sewing machine. Now I have an electric fancy thing.
These 2 pictures are of some material that came pre sewen. I added the white bits.
knitted moccasins
Posted By Liz on April 28, 2013
Well I made a friend for it so now I have a pair.
They were stunningly simple to make. I probably should put a slight bits of elastic round the foot hole but it doesn’t need much.
If I was to start again I would do garter stich on the band round and moss stitch on the bottom and well anything on the top even if it was a textured pattern but this took 1 50g ball of what I can only call string. It is cotton it has about as much strength as tacking thread but I do like how its turned out! The hardest part was joining the sides at the back. When I’ve learnt apparently the “Italian bind off” I may have another go.
toe up slipper
Posted By Liz on April 21, 2013
Ok. As a first attempt I’m really pleased with this. Its made out of a cotton like string which is sadly a lot more fragile than I realised but its a simple stocking stitch slipper. It might do better with a slight but of elastic around the ankle hole but on the hole its a very pleasing result
I have some leather slipper bottoms at some point I will make some fancy slippers but that’s another day.
I did have other plans but after seeing a toe up sock I was called to make an acutal moccasin type thing as that’s what the toe type is called. It seemed natural to start there. It went quite quick too. I only started this morning.
Things I would do different. I would make the soul different say moss stitch and the sides something else. Maybe twisted stitch. Just to differentiate between the sections.
