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| My craft blog has moved to blogspot. I like the tags and setup much better and it's free to edit your page using css. Sorry Xanga but blogspot is better for this sort of thing. :P
Here's my new url:
http://mrsmulticraft.blogspot.com/
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| This will be my offical log of things for personal swaps. So If I'm swapping and you don't know what to swap with me here's things I like/need: - Knitting needles circs or straights or dpns
- Crochet pattern books
- My kitchen is decorated with turtles so anything bought or made with turtles is good.
- Seahorse related items for my bathroom
- Yarn, acrylic or non wool blends. I'm allergic to all types of wool except Australian.
- Scrap fabric for my fabric "yarn"
- I love scarves and hats
- I love small stuffed animals
- My favorite colors are Green, Blue and black
- My favorite animals are: Turtle, ferret, Tree frog, Rats (cute realistic ones), Dragons, uincorns, and seahorses.
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| So I"m working on afew new projects. One is a cute little chicken/rooster for granny hall. She collects roosters but my project looks more chicken like. I figure I'll let her decide. :)
 
He/she needs eyes still. I like how it came out though. The perfect size in my mind. I added to a pattern that's up for free on Craftster. I think it's adorable. I'm debating using beads for eyes or buttons. I can't decide. I have many buttons but many beads too. lol.
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| This is my newest obsession:
How awesome is that? I cut up all my scarps and have sewn them together with my portable sewing machine. I Intend to make a scarf. I'm not sure if it will be knit or crochet. I think knit but I so can't wait that long! I still have a whole grocery sack of strips to sew to my ball.
And that's not even counting the metallics in my fabric organizer. (which is highly disorganized thus my recycling.)
I can't wait to get started but I"m working on my project for the little stuffie swap. I have my idea all worked out and I"m using fabric I all ready had. I let my partner choose between one of her favorite character and a surprise. I told her it's an insect as a hint. And she said" I don't have any bug stuffies so a surprise!" And I shall deliver. The tricky part will be keeping it small. I have no idea how big this guy is. I think he's around 7 inches but we'll see.
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| I've recently bought the book "the happy hooker" (it's about crocheting not hooking ;) )by Debbie Stroller. It's really great so far. I'm working on my first really clothing item. A pretty sweater called "the unseemly sweater". It's worked in the round from the bottom up till you get to the arm holes and then you work the front and back separately.
(not to worry I'm telling you all this to get to the point.) Now all patterns in knit and crochet have what is called a gauge. And it tells you if you use this size needle (or hook) and use a certain stitch you should get a certain measurement of fabric. The point of that is so that your finished object comes out the same size as the finished object in the pattern.
I've noticed that most crocheters don't seem to pay attention to thier gauge and then wonder why they have problems with a pattern. We have a whole section on craftster just for finished objects/questions relating to this book. And I've found only 2 finished unseemly sweaters. Do you know why? Because us crocheters are lazy.
We don't check our gauge. We use the wrong yarn. We use the wrong hook. And then we wonder "Why didn't my sweater{sock, scarf, whatever) come out the same as the book?" And I notice that we assume the book is wrong. 90% of the time. I checked the website that has corrections and the only issue with this one is a missing asterisk in the last set of directions for the pretty border done after the sweater is completed!
Ok so I admit I don't check my gauge the same way everyone else does. I typically work through the first five rows of the pattern with the hook in the size recommended and measure it then. Now I'm typically right on gauge if I use the right hook. And I'm a very new crocheter. So I'm wondering why we crocheters are so lazy? I just don't know what our problem is. *shrugs* Those are just my current observations.
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