{"id":1671,"date":"2023-07-30T20:24:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T01:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/?p=1671"},"modified":"2023-07-30T20:24:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T01:24:23","slug":"so-long-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/30\/so-long-july\/","title":{"rendered":"So long, July!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1676 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rustblockwave-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"Basketweave style hat and scarf with blocks in a rust colored yarn\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rustblockwave-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rustblockwave.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some people don&#8217;t like to crochet or knit during the summer months when it&#8217;s hot, or will switch to lighter weight yarns. What I&#8217;ve noticed just from looking at pictures of sets that I&#8217;ve made from the past few years, certain patterns or motifs are seasonal. Or, at times I become fixated on a pattern and try it out in different yarns.<\/p>\n<p>I make a few specific patterns during the summer months because I want to try something different and generally I will have reached the halfway point of my goal and don&#8217;t want to get bored. I&#8217;ll make something I&#8217;d like to try in a particular yarn. Maybe it&#8217;s the yarn I have and have used before or want to improve upon something. Whatever it is, I&#8217;ll notice there might be two or three of the same designs or maybe slight alterations or modifications to a certain design or motif because of something I&#8217;ve seen or revisited in one of my pattern books, or got an idea from YouTube. Whatever it is, it seems like I haven&#8217;t made that in a while so I&#8217;ll make certain patterns. As long as it&#8217;s something that is fun and I&#8217;m still enjoying what I do who cares?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1675 size-thumbnail alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Purplesandcharcoal-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Crocheted charcoal colored hat and scarf set with rows of shades of purple\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1673 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BlocksGauchoItalianyarn-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Crocheted scarf with front and back post stitched blocks in a multi-colored yarn\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;m in a period where I am using up different colors not necessarily small amounts where they&#8217;re oddballs but combining different yarns for a small a bit of a color or mini skeins where combined if it\u2019s enough to make a hat and scarf set but too much just for a hat. Some experiments are more interesting than others. I have some mini skeins I bought two sets and combined similar colors in the same color family to make a hat and scarf set with charcoal as a neutral. I think I&#8217;ll do that again with another color family and a lighter gray. As I keep trying things and experimenting with yarn in my working stash, I have a better idea of what I want to make with the mystery ball of yarn that I&#8217;m creating. Instead of using it alone, I would likely combine it with one of my current favorite neutrals &#8211; charcoal to pull it all together.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1672 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cabledhatknittherainbow2023-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Front and back post crocheted hat in a multi colored yarn with hues of blue and purple\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For me, sets are for summer, winter, spring and fall&#8230; As July closes, I&#8217;ve surpassed the halfway point for completed sets (61 and counting) and four scarves. Hats, well, there are only two solo hats so far. The plan is to make a bunch of hats when I have a lot of small remainders from sets in the fall, for very unique, one of a kind colorways. Stay tuned it&#8217;ll be a hat making extravaganza in October or so.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Happy crocheting!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people don&#8217;t like to crochet or knit during the summer months when it&#8217;s hot, or will switch to lighter weight yarns. What I&#8217;ve noticed just from looking at pictures of sets that I&#8217;ve made from the past few years, certain patterns or motifs are seasonal. 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