1. Laptop fan started malfunctioning
2. Boiler stopped working, so no hot water or central heating (Can't be fixed until Monday)
3. Postie pretended to deliver a package with the wool that I need for the Robin and Giraffe on Friday (He just put a card through the door saying that I wasn't in - and then when I called after him he ran away!!!!) and when I went to the post office on Saturday I was told I couldn't get it until Monday... and when I explained what happened the Manager said 'Posties are bad for that' ( Does this count?? Or is another bad thing coming?)
So trying to keep warm I have been crocheting my scarf furiously. Cold seems to sap my creativity so couldn't come up with anything else.
I am quite happy with it though, and when I wore it out this afternoon nobody looked at me like I was entirely off my head ( It still needs to be blocked - the freezing cold is stopping me)
I love the stitch, It reminds me of Greek and Roman columns - very structural, yet elegant. I was lucky enough to go to high school in Athens, Greece and my favorite museum was the Cycladic Museum. Somehow this scarf reminds of it. http://www.cycladic-m.gr/.
The yarn is Debbie Bliss Cathay, very beautifully, but a tad splitty for me.
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Broomstick Lace Instructions
Multiples of 4 stitches
Chain however many you want (Multiple of 4) I used a 3.5 crochet hook and chained on 60 + 1 for a turning chain
(Using a turning chain to retain same number of stitches on each row)
2 rows of single crochet
*Chain 1, Draw the loop through until you have a loop of two to three centimeters (keep this loop on bar of hook)
Insert hook through next stitch, yarn over and draw loop up to the same height as the first (Now you should have two loops on bar of hook)
Do this for each stitch
You should have one loop for each stitch.Yep you just leave them there! At the end you will have 60 or so loops (How ever many you decided to chain on initially) on your hook. Once you have finished the row you just take your hook out.
Turn the work
Put hook through the first 4 loops, then single crochet around all 4 loops with 4 single crochet stitches, do the same for each consecutive set of four stitches.
Chain 1 ( a turning chain) Single crochet the next row.
Repeat from * until you are finished.
( I learned from 300 crochet stitches - but this is my interpretation)
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I have the next week off work and my nose will be firmly at the crochet grindstone! I will show you what I come up with!