Crochet-a-Day Challenge: Day 18

Day 18: Create a set of fingerless mitts or gloves

 

 

 

I LOVE these fingerless mitts! This cabled pattern is from a Crochet Today magazine. I made many of these last Christmas for my sisters-in-law (2 + 2 futures!). This yarn is handspun wool, probably goat or alpaca. It came from Jackls’ Whataview Farm in Wisconsin. The farm is owned by some of my uncle’s family.

 

I had some extra so I made a headwarmer/scarf. But I ran out! So I filled in with some Stitch Nation Alpaca Love.

 

 

 

The goods are modeled on my mom’s excellent idea for displaying my stuff at craft shows! I will pain the peg board and my husband will make it stand up on its own somehow. It’s brilliant!

 

 

I’ll be making another set of these gloves very soon. I met a sweet woman named Cheryl at the craft show over the weekend. She occupied the booth next to me and sold soaps, lip balms, lotions, etc. She sent me some yarn, which is also handspun, to make her some fingerless mitts.

 

 

 

 

 

I had admired her kudzu baskets. (Ingenious!!) She was kind enough to give me one. She was a very sweet lady!

 

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Crochet-a-Day Challenge: Day 4

Day 4: Create a scarf, cowl, or neckwarmer

I cheated a little today. I had already made this scarf earlier. Today I wove in the ends and added fringe. This scarf is crocheted with Cascade 220 wool in 3 colors.  The rib is created by rows of hdc where each subsequent row of hdc is crocheted into the extra loop created by the hdc crochet stitch.  I switched colors every 2 rows. My scarf is about 4 1/2 feet long excluding fringe.

Here is another scarf I made with the Cascade 220 wool. The pattern is called Maria’s Scarf  by Sarah Barbour, found in Interweave Crochet Accessories special issue 2010. It is created using motifs. Each motif is joined to the previous motif on the final round. Ideally, this scarf would have been all one color, but I was concerned that I did not have enough of one color to complete the project.

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Crochet-a-Day Challenge: Day 2

Day 2: Design a hat or headband

My headband is made with alpaca (wool) using a F-hook. I started with a chainless row of sc so that both long ends of the headband strech evenly.

The center stitches are an X stitch made by skipping the next stitch, dc in next st, dc in skipped stitch.

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