Tuesday 19 October 2010

an explosion of crochet matter

First thing's first. The Baby Blocks block, the one that was too narrow, i made up an extra column and attached it to the main. i put it off, but it did get done

 its actually properly square now... 8 x 8
i dont understand how they got a square shape using only 8 x 7,
because all these blocks are meant to be 15 x 15 cm

1. Triangle Stripes
I actually started this block the first of all the blocks, but i abandoned it when i reached the stripes, i finally finished this one and am pleased with how it turned out. even if there are mistakes (i must have missed a few stitches or something, because theres less rows than there should be apparently) 


 13. Circle in a Square
i quite like it, i thought i wouldn't. the colours in the book are too gaudy for me, but the design is pretty nice once i made it myself


 16. Waterlily
I've made this block many times before, its been my experimento block, with lots of different yarns. i wish i could have used nicer colours for this one. i really like the orange they use in the book. but alas - no orange in my colour scheme (i'm starting to get bored of the colours - luckily im not doing the same colours and the same blocks or i'd be going mad and start looking for my next project)


 24. Italian Cross
I like how this one looks, fresh-like. i thought i would regret using so much white (i'm trying to limit white from now on, because i only have one ball of it) but no.. its a nice chang. Making the Puff stitches was fun


26. Snowflake
I thought i wasnt going to make this one because its so holey. but hey it looked like it wouldnt take me too long so i made it one afternoon. I didnt use white, i know its a snowflake.. but it can be dirty or dusty snow or something. 


28. Christmas Rose
The name put me off, i'll be honest. i didn't want to make it because it looks too christmassy in the book and i don't want anything like that in my blanket (the same goes for the american patriotic pages that i'll be reaching soon) but its the colours that fool you. they really do. but as well as these last two worked out. Doubt very much i'll be making number 25. Tannenbaum (the christmas tree one) can't see how colours will improve it... plus its a Rows Block and ive got a grudge against those already haha


 31. Primrose Square
Ah! this one i was looking forward to, and i made it while we were watching the news on the Chilean Miners being rescued. An eventful block after all.
Its stretchier than i thought, and its turned out to be bigger than the rest (the Snowflake and Italian Cross also have turned out bigger). But it's pretty and i love it, and i'll work something out in the end i suppose

 
 35. Tricolour Square
I made this one a couple of times before on ugly yarn as practise.. and lucky i did, because i spent enough time re-reading and thinking about the instructions as it was. Had to expect it from a Level 3 difficulty block.

 
My Current Pile o' Blocks


it keeps growing


Conclusions: decision to work on only Blocks done in Rounds has been fruitful. I appear to be able to tackle Level 3's in Rounds with minimul difficulty, compared to the massive amounts of frustration i go through when dealing with Level 1's and 2's in Rows