Watch Me Crochet Wednesday

06 Wednesday Nov 2013

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This is nothing fancy; just a short video of me crocheting whatever I’m working on at the moment. I hope you like it.

I made two more centerpieces for the tables at Saturday’s Crochet for Kidney Research UK event. There’s been a surge of interest in the event* so upped my table count from six to eight. No table left behind right? I used Vinni’s Colours Nikkim in Lilac, Violet, White and Dark Purple with a 3.5 mm crochet hook . I love working with Nikkim cotton. It’s so soft and easy to use. You can buy the purple shades here.

The pattern is Vintage-Style Vase Coaster from Nicki Trench’s book Cute and Easy Crochet With Flowers which I reviewed here.

If you are joining us on Saturday, you can buy a raffle ticket for £1 and stand a chance in winning a copy of Cute and Easy Crochet with Flowers. Cico Books also very kindly sent me a copy of Cute and Easy Knitting which you can win.

The big day is getting really close now. I’m not going to lie, I am nervous (fear of the unknown and all that) but I’m also excited. I trust that excitement will start to override the nerves. If it doesn’t, I’ll just increase my Kalms intake. The show must go on!!

*Watch out for the article by Kitty Dunn in Friday’s Get Surrey newspaper!

Watch Me Crochet Wednesday

30 Wednesday Oct 2013

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This is nothing fancy; just a short video of me crocheting whatever I’m working on at the moment. I hope you like it.

In this video you see me using a Sharp Crochet Hook to make a cute border for a washcloth. Jessica Taufner sent me two Sharp Crochet Hook and Pattern Book sets – one for me to use and one to be raffled at the Crochet for Kidney Research UK event. Isn’t she kind?! (By the way, we’re up to eight raffle prizes!) Using the Sharp Crochet Hook was really easy. I’m using Anchor Freccia 6 and switched to a 2.25 mm crochet hook after using the Sharp Crochet Hook for the first row.

If you like what I’m doing in this video, you can buy a Sharp Crochet Hook on the website here. Jessica posts worldwide.

As the video only shows how I use the Sharp Crochet Hook, here’s a photo of the finished washcloth. In the end I didn’t do a fancy border. Just 5 (US) DC shells with slip stitches between each shell. I think less is more when you’re using teal blue and green…

washcloth edge and crochet cotton

Watch Me Crochet Wednesday

16 Wednesday Oct 2013

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This is nothing fancy; just a short video of me crocheting whatever I’m working on at the moment. I hope you like it.

The video shows me weaving away the tails of purple and white mandalas that I made whilst on holiday in sunny Spain. Trust me, even weaving away ends is a pleasurable job when you are doing it on the sunny balcony of your holiday flat with the sound of waves breaking in the background.

I will do a full post with all the nitty-gritty of the mandalas later this week.

Watch Me Crochet Wednesday

02 Wednesday Oct 2013

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This is nothing fancy; just a short video of me crocheting whatever I’m working on at the moment. I hope you like it.

The video shows me crocheting:

a row in my chevron scarf,
in (US) single crochet / (UK) double crochet and the long stitch version thereof,
with a 3.5 mm crochet hook,
using Vinni’s Colours Nikkim cotton in shade Wine

Watch Me Crochet Wednesday

18 Wednesday Sep 2013

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This is nothing fancy; just a short video of me crocheting whatever I’m working on at the moment. I hope you like it.

The video shows me crocheting:

a row in my chevron scarf,
in (US) single crochet / (UK) double crochet and the long stitch version thereof,
with a 3.5 mm crochet hook,
using Vinnis Nikkim cotton in shade Lilac

This is my longest video yet. It had to be because I explain how to make the long single crochet stitches on either side of the “peaks” in the chevron.

Watch Me Crochet Wednesday

11 Wednesday Sep 2013

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This is nothing fancy; just a short video of me crocheting whatever I’m working on at the moment. I hope you like it.

This video shows me crocheting:

a chevron scarf,
in (US) half double crochet / (UK) half treble crochet,
with a 3.5 mm crochet hook,
using Vinnis Nikkim cotton in shade Ballet Pink. Vinnis Nikkim is a super, super, soft cotton with a beautiful drape.

This video has voice over too! Me! I talk you through the basic technique for making a chevron.

I really wish I had more time to crochet because I can’t wait to see this scarf grow. Between work, organising the Crochet for Kidney Research UK day, making purple and white squares and just life in general my scarf is growing very slowly. I guess that’s just the way of the hooker with too many things on her To Hook List. I’m sure you know what I mean.

Watch Me Crochet Wednesday

04 Wednesday Sep 2013

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This is nothing fancy; just a short video of me crocheting whatever I’m working on at the moment. I hope you like it.

This video shows me crocheting:

the second row of a chevron scarf,
in (US) half double crochet / (UK) half treble crochet,
with a 3.5 mm crochet hook,
using Vinnis Nikkim cotton in shade Natural

The video was taken on Saturday, late afternoon in my living room. I cut my finger, hence the green (embracing my inner child) band-aid. Not even a band-aid can stop me crocheting, I just adjust and adapt. That’s the way of the hooker.

Watch Me Crochet Wednesday

28 Wednesday Aug 2013

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Today is the first post in my new weekly series: Watch Me Crochet Wednesdays.

I’m not doing a fancy instructional crochet video; just a short video of me crocheting whatever I’m working on at the moment. I hope you like it.

This video shows me crocheting:

around a polystyrene sphere in an attempt to make a balloon*,
in (US) half double crochet / (UK) half treble crochet,
with a 6 mm crochet hook,
using Wendy Supreme Cotton Chunky in shade no 1420 (white).

The video was taken on the Bank Holiday Monday. We had amazing weather so I’m seated outside at the patio table, crocheting al fresco. On a sunny weekend it feels wrong to sit on the livingroom couch with my crochet. A slight breeze, warmth and the shade of our patio umbrella really gets my hooky vibes going. Do you like to crochet outside?