Blooming corsage progress.
May 10, 2009 01:37 Filed in: This and that
The crochet thread I ordered arrived, and it is lovely! Summer Straw, Tea Rose, Aqua, and Wintergreen. So pretty, and so thin. No mistaking it for yarn, that's for certain. On the very same day a mess of skinny little steel crochet hooks I won on eBay also arrived: 11 different sized hooks for $6.50 including shipping. That’s 60 cents per hook -- less than half what they cost at the craft store. My kind of bargain!
Here is the rose I started from the Corsage in Bloom pattern. It was a bit awkward at first working on such a small scale, but I’m getting used to it and now it’s as fun as working with a regular sized hook and yarn. The Coats Opera thread has a lovely sheen and works up easily. The flower is really taking shape. See all those scallopy petals? By the time I'm done there will be 392 double crochet stitches on the outer edge!
I used to think big needles were it. My first knitting projects were on big size 11 and 13 needles, so size 8 and 9 felt comparatively small, and the work felt like it progressed so slowly. Now I appreciate the feel of petite projects in my hands and I look forward to knitting Kenny's kilt hose on size 4s and using this wee hook for making pretty little flowers. It reminds me to slow down, be patient, and really see what I’m doing. And it takes less time to complete smaller projects ... which is contrary to the “slow down” idea, but who doesn’t want to see the finished project sooner than later?
Here is the rose I started from the Corsage in Bloom pattern. It was a bit awkward at first working on such a small scale, but I’m getting used to it and now it’s as fun as working with a regular sized hook and yarn. The Coats Opera thread has a lovely sheen and works up easily. The flower is really taking shape. See all those scallopy petals? By the time I'm done there will be 392 double crochet stitches on the outer edge!
I used to think big needles were it. My first knitting projects were on big size 11 and 13 needles, so size 8 and 9 felt comparatively small, and the work felt like it progressed so slowly. Now I appreciate the feel of petite projects in my hands and I look forward to knitting Kenny's kilt hose on size 4s and using this wee hook for making pretty little flowers. It reminds me to slow down, be patient, and really see what I’m doing. And it takes less time to complete smaller projects ... which is contrary to the “slow down” idea, but who doesn’t want to see the finished project sooner than later?
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