Baby Blocks

So i have taken two weeks i think to get back to the blog -_-"


but here i am. and at least its 2 weeks, not 2 years eh?


I got stuck on number 10 in the 200 blocks crochet book. (the grey one in the pic below) i followed the instructions, it was all wonky. i undid it. i changed the instructions.. and i forgot to do an entire row .. had to undo it.. actually asked JP to do it because i didnt want to undo all the rows i had already done.

then finally started on it properly... but following the instructions still meant i'd have Really lumpy sides. so i added a dc in there somewhere but also had to work with it when doing the tr so as to not end up with it looking ugly/uglier.
now that its finished. i never want to do an "Openwork Square" ever again.
and it's only a level 1 worked in rows... so i wasn't keen on doing a level 2

so i tried doing another level 1 rows block.. number 12 Fine Lines... but i don't know if i'm reading these things wrong. and i dont understand whats going on or What.. because i kept ending up with not enough dc's in my rows.. so i undid it all (i hadnt done too much thankfully) and decidedn to do number 9 Arcadia, even if it's level 2, its a rounds block. and i can handle those

they are more fun anyway..

From Left to Right, here we have Block 9. Arcadia; Block 10. Openwork Square; and Block 11. Baby Blocks.

Arcadia is looking a bit ripply, but i won't worry about that for now. we can likely fix that in that blocking process i read/hear about..


I started on number 11(Baby Blocks) after finishing Arcadia.. i wasn't keen on doing it because its a Rows block.. and its a level 2.. and if i didnt handle doing two level 1 blocks.. then doing a level 2 block wouldnt be a good idea right?

but i went ahead with it anyway... i knew what colours i wanted to use with it, and mum said it would look nice.. i could always undo it all as long as i made up my mind only a few rows in, if i wanted to keep going with it or not.


i had to read up on how to read colour chart instructions, at the back of the book .. but it was alright in the end.. i'm finding this one easier than the level 1 blocks done in rows. which is crazy i'm sure.

only thing i'm finding as i'm nearly finished with it - its very solid and as such.. not very stretchy.. so i don't think this one's going to grow into the needed size.. the width is off by about 2.5 cm.. so i am thinking i might separately make a line of blocks and add it to the side..


it's my only solution as i can see it..either that or make a border.. but i dont think that would look nice. and the length will be fine. so it would end up looking weird and wrong.
I'm nearly finished the baby blocks.. and i also don't want to make this block again for a long time.. i think working in rows is boring. working in rounds is a lot more fun personally.
maybe its just because i'm only using these two colours and the pattern gets repeated a lot though...

will keep an open mind.



check out the back:
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
im not sure if that's what it's meant to look like.. you don't get to see many photos of the backs of crochet blocks. sometimes frustrating.. but hey i don't know.. only show the nice side of things i suppose or something.

 kind of like it. remind me of the name tags you get on clothes and what you see on the wrong side of them.

until we meet again...