Crochet

[ghoti_mhic_uait]

My first finished crochet item which isn't basically an overgrown granny square!

I made this hood for my new doll. I'm no making mittens to match, but my thumb has started to ache, so I think I'll stop for today.

Pictures when she arrives, and is wearing them :)

Comments

[aellia.livejournal.com]

That's very pretty
I looked at your auction last night..so glad you got her. How long until she gets to you?
xx

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

Thank you. She;s coming from the US, so I'm not sure how long. But at least I know for sure she's coming. I'm very pleased (even though I know some people want for decades for a particular doll, adn I just wanted a generci doll and only discovered the Kirsten doll a couple of weeks ago).

[aellia.livejournal.com]

I do like the look of her :-)
I'm still after my childhood doll,a Pedigree "Delite".
They come up now and then.
x

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

She's lovely (just found a picture).

[badriya.livejournal.com]

When I first sailed with Capt Ex I crocheted a jumper. It was going to be a dress but I stopped. A bit ambitious for a first thing. And I never really wore it. It was sort of bobbly wool and a bit of a funny shape. It was pink though.

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

I tried to make a purple sparkly cowboy hat, but I really need to learn the stitches and how to follow a pattern and so on first.

A jumper sounds even more ambitious :) With sleeves and everything? Wow.

[badriya.livejournal.com]

Ambitious was thinking it would be a dress. Even the jumper was too odd to wear.

[alison-lees.livejournal.com]

Funnily enough I've been thinking of learning to crochet (Grandma or Mother did show me once, but that was a long time ago). I don't feel like making a lot of samples before making something, but I want to make something I really want, rather than squares and pot-holders, so I can't make up my mind. Might knit Hannah a little bolero-type jacket (pink) to go over her sun frocks (those that go with pick).

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

YOu could crochet my new doll things :)

The bolero sounds nice.

[alison-lees.livejournal.com]

If I could find a nice pattern. It has to be double knit, use not more than 300g, prefereably 250g, in case I need more than it says, and I fancy lacy, with not too much sewing, and not picking up stitches all the way around the edge to make an edging (although I don't mind fancy shaping). Am I being too picky, do you think? I think there are some non-lacy bolero patterns in a book in the library, I'll have to go back and have a look, but the knitting shop only had patterns for 4 ply and something that was thicker than double knit.

There is a nice website called knitty.com, though.

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

I still think this would be nice.

Are you aware of http://knittingpatterncentral.com?

That has links to a lot of free patterns in one place.

[alison-lees.livejournal.com]

It is nice, but not right for my wool. I did check the website, knitting pattern central, but didn't look at all the patterns. There might be one, but I haven't yet tried all the links.

[alison-lees.livejournal.com]

Bought a pattern on ebay. There are loads of patterns on ebay.