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Post by michelle on Dec 3, 2021 17:49:05 GMT -6
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Post by DawninCal on Dec 3, 2021 21:55:32 GMT -6
I love it and I love those colors! Will you make a bunch of the circles and sew them together? Trying to visualize how a vest will come together. Dawn
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Post by caeterle on Dec 4, 2021 11:00:58 GMT -6
I have never heard of a vest crocheted like that before, how interesting. Can't wait to see it finished which will take a while from looking a the pattern. I would definitely not have the patience for that, kudos! (Can you tell it has been a long time that I knitted big sweaters? )
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Post by Irith-Rita on Dec 4, 2021 12:46:26 GMT -6
Beautiful how the colors blend into each other. Very nice indeed.
Just took a look at the Mandala design vest through the link you attached. Very impressive.
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Post by DawninCal on Dec 7, 2021 12:09:48 GMT -6
Thank you, Irith, for mentioning the link. I missed that when I first read Michelle's post. Now I see that it will be one big wheel, rather than a lot of smaller circles sewn together. I love that even better than how I first pictured it! Dawn
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Post by michelle on Dec 9, 2021 21:26:02 GMT -6
Sorry for the delayed response, ladies! I see Dawn’s question has long been answered. But I think circles put together would look cool. Now you’ve got me thinking…..
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Post by caeterle on Dec 10, 2021 1:31:46 GMT -6
I can attest that it looks cool, Michelle. A school friend of mine made one in 4th class in elementary school.
I remember that so well for several reasons. It was 1970 and fit the mod times perfectly with its colorful look. We were all impressed. Also it made me want to hide because I didn't even manage to finish my own. I hated crocheting soooo much. My mother finished it in the end and made me wear it (couldn't waste the yarn, could we?), a constant reminder of my failure ;-)
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Post by michelle on Dec 10, 2021 22:55:40 GMT -6
Crochet is not everyone’s cup of tea. Especially for a 10 year old? I have to watch you tube videos to figure out what I’m doing sometimes, and nothing I do is difficult. And on this piece, although, the pattern is looking like it should, my stitch count is off. It shouldn’t make a difference with this pattern, but it bugs me. I followed the directions, it looks right, so how come my stitch count isn’t right?
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Post by caeterle on Dec 11, 2021 0:51:19 GMT -6
Yeah, I was two years younger than most of the others, so maybe I should have tried to use that for an excuse. We learned crocheting in first class and knitting in the third, I think. I never touched any yarn again till after school. Then I went back to knitting. People knitted everywhere, in class, in trains, in cafés. I even knitted for money then, but hardly made anything for myself. I have one sweater from back then that I still wear today sometimes, though. Then suddenly I couldn't get myself to knit anymore and finally gave all the yarn away.
Michelle, that would bug me, too. It's like searching for a cent in accounting.
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Post by michelle on Dec 18, 2021 9:44:15 GMT -6
Exactly! I think when people are presented with a new learning experience when they are too young or maybe just not ready due to personality, it just ruins the subject for a long time and possibly forever. Or sometimes in the wrong way. I always thought I was bad at math because I just couldn’t grasp algebra. I did well enough because I could memorize how to do it, but it was a literal mystery to me. Then in college, I took chemistry and there was a lot of algebra involved. It suddenly made sense because all of those x’ s and y’s represented something. I found out that while I was still no math genius or anything I did all right.
I would love to be able to knit sweaters. I am envious. I may try it one day, now that there is YouTube to help.
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Post by Irith-Rita on Dec 19, 2021 4:07:30 GMT -6
My mother who used to saw and knit her own clothes had taught me to knit at the age of 8. She had a monthly subscription to magazines with beautiful dresses to sew and sweaters to knit, and when I was a little older I began to knit my own clothes. Then when my daughter was small I knitted all her sweaters for her.
Now I am not sure if I want to get back to knitting.
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Post by silverjewellerygirl on Dec 30, 2021 9:36:54 GMT -6
Looking forward to seeing what the vest looks like when it's done, Michelle! I love knitting and crocheting! I can't watch TV without something in my hands. I've just finished a sweater for myself, but currently making a tonne of crochet granny squares as I'm fed up with the children's swimming / brownies / taekwondo / gymnastic badges taking over my house. I figured I could make a square, sew on a badge and then sew them all together for keepsake blankets for them. And it helps me use up all the scraps of wool that I have lurking around the house. But I also started a wire crochet experiment in an attempt to link my jewellery habits with my other crafts. It's a work in progress and been left on the bench for a while, as Im not sure I like it. It's difficult to pull the "stitches" tightly enough and the metal is hard going on my crochet needle. It's also turned out way bigger than I thought it would. But I might finish it, add some beads and turn it into a statement pendant or a cuff. We'll see... if I ever decide to finish it!
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Post by michelle on Dec 30, 2021 14:01:50 GMT -6
I love granny squares - especially scrappy ones. They are just so cheerful. I’ve wondered about wire crochet. Cat does some wire knitting. Hopefully she will chime in. I think your wire stitches look really regular. That’s a feat in itself!
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Post by caeterle on Dec 30, 2021 23:57:45 GMT -6
I started with wire crochet more than ten years ago and added wire knitting a little later (with a crochet hook, people give it different names, but the stitches are knit stitches), and it really is a matter of practice as with everything, but also of the wire and crochet hook. Wire crochet will always be hard on your crochet hook and it will die eventually which is sad if you have really got used to a good one. I found it's impossible to tell beforehand which hook is a good one, though. I have had hook sets of which one can be really smooth while another one just doesn't work right, and it doesn't necessarily have to do with the size, but of course that can be one aspect. If you start out using a hook that doesn't work for you, you may be losing interest in a project quickly. I also think if you are used to the way yarn runs, you really have to get used to the wire reacting differently, plus not all the wires are the same, of course, even if they are the same gauge and material. Other than yarn, wire always puts up a bit of resistance that you have to get used to, so wire crochet will probably not go as fast as yarn crochet if you want to avoid irregular stitches or wire kinks. It's hard to tell in the picture because it's not a completely flat piece, but your chain stitch looks very regular to me, so you are probably already doing what I'm doing, choosing the same spot on the hook to tighten your wire with each stitch - which doesn't have to be directly at the hook part itself (actually I rarely use that spot at all). If you are interested in my input, let me know and we can talk about hooks and wire and stitches, but I don't want to hijack Michelle's thread with this My favorite wire is British, by the way.
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Post by Irith-Rita on Dec 31, 2021 4:20:09 GMT -6
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