Summertime and the thoughts turn to crochet? Maybe not for everyone, though for me, crocheting is a year round pursuit. This month, I’ve been finishing my red scarf goal and I’m on my twelfth scarf and the goal was 10. Before the end of the year, I hope to complete 5 infinity scarves and a few hats for a couple of groups and 28 more sets.
Crocheting never gets boring because there is always something to do and watching YouTube videos or looking at patterns makes me thing of different things that I would like to create. There’s always another project to start or new ideas that come to fruition. More complex projects require more concentration and there are times when I just want to mindlessly crochet. Working on a variety of projects has make me seriously consider the yarns that I have in my working stash. Instead of shuffling a bag of cast off yarn from one spot to another, I decided to just put a bit in the donation bag. For the first time in a while, I can say over 90% of the yarn that I have is yarn that I will use…eventually.
Purging yarn that I don’t like brought others to light. For the red scarves I had enough around the house to make 10 and then I started planning for future projects by putting coordinating colors together. There were a couple of hanks of a yarn that were the same color but not the same dyelot, so I used that as an opportunity to practice my color work. The yarns aren’t close enough in color to continue the work without a noticeable difference but by crocheting two rows of one color and two of another they blend together nicely. I had an oddball of a yarn from a previous project and decided to use it with a coordinating color as an accent.
While scrolling through Facebook, I saw that the Hat Not Hate deadline had been extended to September 13. I just happened to have a two tone blue yarn and started working on a hat by testing a pattern that I recently saw online. With a little manipulation, the motif that is for an afghan began to take shape on a hat.
For me, crocheting is like being at a picnic or a buffet, there’s a lot to choose from and enough to go around to make it interesting. I don’t get full and try new things to practice new skills but also go back to the tried and true for a bit of fun.
Happy crocheting!
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