Another Craft-along!

There’s ANOTHER craft-along on Craftster.org that I’m thinking of joining in on.  It’s a New- Year’s-Resolution-Handmade-Clothing-Craft-along.  This month’s theme is “Hats.”  I think that’s something I can crochet.  So I found an “easy” hat crochet pattern on the Interweave Press website. 

I started making it yesterday, and made it to round 8 when I pulled out a SERIOUS rat’s nest from the skein.  I couldn’t, no matter how hard I tried, get the stinking think untangled.  I ended up breaking the yarn and tying the good ends together in a small knot.  I hope it’s not noticable when I get to that part of the yarn.  I guess that’s what I get for buying cheap yarn!

Anyway, the other themes for the craft-along are:

january – hat, touque, etc
february – scarf/shall/wrap
march -  bag, clutch, purse, luggage
april – dress
may – skirt (boys – maybe a kilt  )
june – shirt
july – undergarments, undies, boxer shorts, corset
august – pants
september – sweater / hoodie
october – costume
november -  socks/slippers/shoes (good idea gimmiemoresalad)
december – jewelry

I don’t think I’ll do ALL of the months (like November, I don’t want to make any socks/slippers/shoes–at least I don’t think), but most months are things I think I can make.

New January Crochet Square

Oh, YAY!  I made another January Crochet Square for the crochet-along on Craftster.org.  It’s called Esther’s Square, and I LOVE it.  It looks complicated, but all you have to know is single crochet and double crochet.

The other square I made turned out to be 10-inches in the center when it was supposed to be 11-inches.  So, for this square, I went up 2 hook sizes to a “J.”  Well…  despite a larger hook size and making a conscious effort to loosen up, the center of this second square was also 10-inches!  The yarn FEELS the same size to me, but maybe it’s not?

Also, it’s supposed to be 2 colors.  I bought white as the second color despite getting a bad vibe about it in the store.  The white just looks too “clean,” but I wasn’t sure what other color to pair with this blue (which I LOVE!).  Yesterday, though, I saw, on the cover of a book, a purple and green combo that I really liked, and I think a medium frog-green will look pretty good with this blue so that’s what I’m going to do.  I’ll hit Joann’s today while I have a 50% off coupon to use and get some green yarn.

Without further ado, here’s my second-ever crochet square: