FUN AND FUNKY CROCHET

Fun & Funky Crochet: 30 Exciting Projects For A Stylish New Look by Sophie Britten

My review

rating: 3 of 5 stars
If you're a vetran crocheter you've used many of the techniques in this book, but they use them in ways I haven't seen very often. It teaches you to crochet in the front of the book (all the crochet books seem to) some of the projects would be good for a beginner and fun too!


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Project Log unfinished item

PROJECT NAME: Scarf
YARN: TLC Essential Eden Green and Lion Brand Homespun Gray (sorry label fell off not sure of official color.
HOOK SIZE: N
PATTERN: Double Crochet the 1st and last few rows, but that is really tight so I'm going to do the majority in Triple Croche
STARTED: OCTOBER 7, 2008
GENERAL NOTES:

Project Log 9

PROJECT NAME: Lacy Shell Scarf
YARN: 100% Rayon Lavender
HOOK SIZE: E ? It doesn't have letter, it's smaller than an F
MADE IN Sep 2008
GENERAL NOTES: I got this yarn at the Knit and Crochet show in Portland and thought it would make a lovely scarf for_________ so I bought it. I may even have enough for another scarf!

I kind of knew the look I wantedfor the scarf, so I did a search for Lacy Shell Crochet Pattern and came up with this site http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa031106.htm. I liked the look of that and tried it but couldn't get it to come out right, so I ended up putting 3 double crochets between the shells.

Project Log unfinished item

PROJECT NAME: Knit scarf

YARN: Premier Yarns Bouncy 100% Polyamide
NEEDLE SIZE: 14?
PATTERN: Garter Stitch 14 stitches across

MADE IN Sep 2008
GENERAL NOTES: Okay I got this yarn at Big Lots for $1 a skein. It is super super soft (like baby kittens) I've knitted 1 skein so I think there will be enough yarn (I only have 2 skeins). I used really big needles because it's fairly big yarn AND when I used small needles (see Project # ___ )it took forever...of course that was also much smaller yarn.

Project Log unfinished item

PROJECT NAME: Knit what I damn well want to scarf.
YARN: TLC Eden Green
NEEDLE SIZE: 10.5
MADE IN Sep 2008
GENERAL NOTES: I bought these lovely wooden needles at the Knit and Crochet Show in Portland . They are 10.5 and not very long, but just right. They feel very nice. I couldn't wait to use them so I broke out the free skein of yarn I got at the show for the Coats and Clarks Ladie who were teaching knitting and crochet and just started going, first I did a bit of a basket weave, then some stockinette stitch and making shapes out of it, some ribbing... maybe I should see if I remember how to do a cable.

Project Log 8

PROJECT NAME: ATC Artist Trading Card

MATERIAL: Scratch paper (for card stock back ground and words cut from the back) obsolete stickers, Extra Fine Brown Sharpie, Post it Flag, Fine Silver Sharpie, glue stick, orange and purple paper tape.

DATE: June 23& 24, 2008

GENERAL NOTES: A new book arrived at the library 1,000 artist trading cards : innovative and inspired mixed media ATCs by Patricia Bolton. I hadn't heard of ATC's before, but having a collection of baseball cards, and a liking for paper crafts, I was interested! I also told a co worker about this and she too was interested and requested the book. So while I was bored one day (not at work of course), I put together this card and sent it to my co-worker.

Wikipedia on Artist Trading Cards

Project Log 7

PROJECT NAME: Cozy Crocheted Capelet

YARN: Sensations Rainbow Classic Yarn- Bright Multi

HOOK SIZE: ? I don't remember probably what ever the pattern called for.(I guess I'm going to have to be better at this if I'm going to blog about it!!)

MADE IN MAY 2008

GENERAL NOTES: Darlene made me a capelet from a pattern she found on Joann's website and I thought it would be good for my friend Gayle who was going through Chemo. I've worn mine a lot with the chilly spring we've had plus while I was donating platelets.

This really was a fun project, easy to do, I really like the Sensations Rainbow yarn, it's pretty and fuzzy and looks nice. It's available in lots of varigated colors.

Darlene made mine out of Homespun, which is very soft not quite as easy to work with, but I don't mind it.