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Tinking Tuesday


Remember all the projects I proudly displayed yesterday? I made progress in only one. I didn’t work on the hat. But the Afghan panel and socks required frogging and tinking.

The Afghan had a decreasing problem since I switched out the hook. The new one was smaller and crocheted tighter. Frog.

The sock? Well I followed the pattern as best I could as I didn’t want to stop our ER binge to watch a YouTube tutorial. Big mistake. The heel I made would have been too tight. Tinking back to before the heel. Now I’ll watch the tutorial carefully. Though frogging can be fun. Ripping (ribbit) out the stitches. Tinking is more work as you undo each stitch while maintaining the rest of the project. Sometimes it’s like following a maze. Ugh! And I’m not done so I better get back to it.

Making Monday


Beginning of the center panel of my Tunisian Crochet Afghan. Stitch markers on the bottom to mark every 10 stitches. Because Tunisian Crochet likes to curl I had to hold it flat with the DPNs and crochet hooks.
One of the side panels of the Tunisian Crochet Afghan. I’m aiming for 6′ long.
Yep, I started another hat. I found starting out on DPNs then transferred to the ChiaoGoo Red-lace Circular Needles – tip to tip 16.” Now that it’s all on the cables it’s easy to work in the round.
My no-show Sneaker Socks are coming along. Today I learned how to make Shadow Wraps. See this YouTube to learn how. I’ll let you know how well they fit later.

Not one to compete against others, I find it hard to believe others care so little about each other to want to win. I have played board games with a group of people who cared more for teaching the game and strategies over pride of who came in first.

Once everyone felt confident in the game we laughed and encouraged each other. Often the newbie to the game won. What pleasure the whole procedure was. Even when others won.

Two of my favorite games.

On the other hand, I am always in competition with myself. I love learning something new and growing in confidence and control. When I feel I’ve mastered a stitch or game, I know I’ve won

Seriously? Okay. Thanks.

One panel of the Tunisian Crochet afghan after several froggings and recrocheting. It is now as long as my legs. I need to do another identical panel then a double wide of a different colorway between these black and ivory hombre. For those who want to learn Tunisian Crochet, here’s the one I learned
My no-show Sneaker socks are nearing the dreaded heel. The pattern calls for something called a shadow stitch instead of wrap and turn. I plan to run a safety line before starting. If I flub too badly I’ll tink back and do the Fleegle Heel. Again here’s the tutorial I’m following for these.

I don’t think I did the arch 1 by 1 ribbing long enough. But I’ve learned my Continental knitting makes that stitch a lot easier than English (right-handed) ribbing. After much practice I can switch off so neither hand gets too tired.

My next pair of socks will be a stab at Fishlip socks. I bought the pattern. It seems complicated but folks seem to swear by it.

One-Liner Wednesday


From a friend on Facebook.
Part of Linda’s One-Liner Wednesday

Making Monday


Tunisian crochet Afghan growing.
Decided to make these socks into no show sneaker socks. The pattern calls for ribbing in the instep to help with fit.

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Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “sap/spa/asp/pas/PSA.” Use one, use them all, use them any way you’d like. Bonus points if you use them all. Enjoy!

PSA: This day has been dedicated to the following hat. Though I ran out of the colorway of the bottom of the hat, I think the one with brown still worked out. If you want details check out yesterday’s blog.

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