I've been finishing off some scarves lately so thought I would share some pics .


blocking green tunisian entrelac crochet scarf and black V mesh scarf
( more scarves and process under cut )

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Or, I had a bunch of yarn I was trying to deplete, and I made something that's halfway between a shrug and a sweater. I'm calling it the "wenchette", because it buttons right below my bust and makes my rack look awesome.

Yarn: Busy Bee Hushabye and Caron Jewel Box; Jewel Box is discontinued, and the Hushabye tried to come unraveled a half a dozen times. I remembered why I don't work with the Busy Bee line much.

Hook: J-hook.

Pattern: Winged it.

Notes: This started out as a basic shrug. I had the teal Busy Bee yarn, and I figured I could put together a cute shrug in an evening or so. I finished with the teal, tried it on, and realized I'd blown my measurements by about three inches. I had the Jewel Box yarn with me, so I figured I could use it to do up the arm seams a little farther and bring in the back. And then I just kept adding stuff until I ran out of Jewel Box.

( 8 pictures under the cut, and some explanations )

At the end of the day, I like it. Everyone who's seen me in it has been very complimentary, and it's actually very warm and cozy.

I'm sharing a basic spreadsheet that I've put together. It incorporates body measurements with gauge and ease in order to give you stitch/row counts for your sizes. It can be used for knit or crochet.

It isn't an exact replica of the one I use, but it has all of the dimensions as listed on the Yarn Standards website (sizing for Women).

In the upper-left corner, one can enter the ease & gauge and the rest of the spreadsheet will auto-populate.

These measurements are whole measurements, and do not take into account the shape of the neckline, or the type of sleeve, but they are the industry standard starting point. A few things for anyone who wants to use this spreadsheet:

1. The file itself is in MS-Office Excel format. That is the only format I am providing, but if other people want to convert it and share it with others - feel free.
2. The file has no copyright attached - use/copy/share/alter as desired. I don't even require credit, but it would be nice.
3. I am not offering *any* tech support either for the use of the information, or the use of MS-Excel spreadsheets, or the rationale behind my formulas (it's really straightforward stuff).

FILE: Measurements

It kinda drives me a little bit crazy that people get caught up in using the colors shown in the photos that accompany a pattern.

So I've coded a widget (of sorts) that will help people test out other colors with a stitch pattern. The user can't customize the stitch pattern - only the colors - and I would like to include it as a part of the patterns that get published in Tension Magazine.

It's not formatted in its current state, as I will be including it within patterns and using the formatting associated with that issue of the magazine, but here it is in its raw form:

http://www.iamintheloop.com/tensionmagazine/colorTest.php

If y'all would play with it just a little bit and let me know if it bonks out on you, that would be awesome. Thanks.

On January 6, I replied to this post by 4tsandgrowing. When solving her mom's problem proved to be a little more complicated than I expected, I offered to put up pictures in a separate post.

So... I got out the digital camera and took a few pictures, but before I could upload them to my computer, I misplaced the camera and the test motif... in different places. Well, I just found the camera a couple of days ago, and dug out the test motif yesterday. So, here we are, a couple of months later, but I've got the pictures to post. Of course, Cari's mom might have figured it out herself by now.

( Pics behind cut )


EDIT: Pictures resized for ease of viewing. I do apologize to the community. I'd had the pictures at reasonable sizes in my offline editor when I wrote the post; I swear. *sigh* Not only is preview your friend, so is double checking when you post.

Feel free to repost.

Okay, I have been hit with the sudden urge to do a Soft Waves Ripple scarf. Actually, it may just turn out to be a blanket. I'm pretty new to crochet, though, so I have a silly question: what's the best way to change colours at the end of every row? The pattern ends in 2 dc into last ch.

I read:
To Change Color in Dc: Yarn over and draw up a loop in the last st of the row, yarn over and draw through 2 lps, drop the color in use; with next color to be used, yarn over and draw through 2 loops on hook. Continue with new color.

...does this mean I basically do half of the double crochet, then complete the last YO and pull through 2 loops with the new colour? Maybe my stitches are too loose or something, but I tried this and I still see a bit of the original colour pulling into the second row.

Any suggestions? How do you do your changes?

Thanks so much in advance!

I finished this one last night (started it Friday Night)
I have one more (at least ) to make before Christmas.
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I am asking a question for my mom.

She has been working on this pattern:
http://www.craftown.com/cropat9.htm

She got up to round seven and can't figure out how to do it.
What is the corner?

Round seven and on it confusing and neither her nor I can figure it out!

Can someone please help? Any diagram or anything would help!

THANK YOU