Author: solrencoret

Killing my yarn stash: Yeoman Yarns Red Lace

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Hope you are all having a lovely day. Following the introduction of myself and my yarn stash killing project I thought you might want to see what I have accomplished so far. My first project was to find a purpose for a red lace yarn from Yeoman Yarns. They have some lovely colours if you want to check them out. This yarn is not soft, but not too scratchy either. I bought it to make a shawl for a friend, I used the pattern Love is a Prism by Julia Wardell (beautiful!) but got loads of yarn left.

I wanted a really simple project and remembered that I had really liked the tunisian crossed stitch in the shawl pattern so decided to use that and just simple stitch, I really like the result. I used the biggest hook I had to make it lacy.

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It looked boring without some fun edging, I knew how I wanted it to look but couldn’t come up with a way to do it so finally I found a pattern in a Japanese crochet book that is very similar to my mental image and I think it really adds to the final result. I will write up the pattern and post it soon, if you have not tried tunisian crochet this is a very simple project to start with.

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By the way I still have yarn left! I could’ve made it longer but I was getting bored… I know, should’ve just used it all but too late now 😛 If you are in need of some red lace yarn please let me know.

x

Sol

Me and my yarn stash challenge

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Wow, I can’t believe I actually started this blog. Weeks and weeks the idea has been circling in my mind until it has left several holes that won’t allow for concentration on much else.

I guess I should start by introducing myself, my name is Sol and I am a bit obsessed with crochet lately. I learned to crochet when I was about 10 years old and have had periods in my life when I haven’t touched a hook for years and others when I need one every day. These days is mostly the latter, and I have to say it is the longest I have been crocheting without getting bored and moving on to other hobbies.

So why did I start this blog you may ask? Well, I like writing and crocheting so blogging fits, but the main reason is because in the last month I have left my comfort zone and started challenging my creative side (fingers crossed to actually having one). I have started playing with stitches, patterns and colours mostly because of my personal challenge to start using up my yarn stash. I am sure I am not the only one that looks at the piles and piles of yarn in the corner of the room without much guilt (I mean it’s yarn, you are supposed to have loads and pet them every once in a while) but a tight budget has forced me to use up my stash and with that I am pushing my logical, linear, black and white mind to the limits.

And then I thought, why not blog about it? An engineer trying to mix up yarns, find or even create new patterns might be of interest to some and if you guys like them I can post them for you to enjoy.

So if you are not totally bored by now I will show you the current suspects…

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I am not crazy about this yarn, a friend left it for me after she moved back home. It is nice enough but I wish it was more pink and less brownish. Anyway, I am already swatching some ideas with tunisian crochet and if I find anything I like you will be the first to know 😉

Have a great evening x

Sol

Here we go…!

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Come and join me in my journey. My hook and I will travel to unexpected places trying to find crochet bliss, and see if there is some colour and creativity in me despite all that points to the contrary…

“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” Ernest Hemingway