Crochet

Since my last post, I’ve started up my crochet hobby again with mixed results. As often happens, I started a new big project and I can just hope I finish it before winter ends. I started making a new afghan in a sort of zigzag pattern based on something I found online. I was able to get it started more quickly than usual and have now managed about twelve or thirteen rows, I think. But I have had to pull out entire rows due to my inability to find mistakes that have messed up the pattern. Still, it’s a fairly simple pattern and I’ve been doing this while watching the cricket on tv. Well, I was watching until I decided I needed a break and moved back to my computer. I’m not a cricket fan but watched quite a lot with the Scientist during the last match and have carried on into the first day of the current match.

Meanwhile, I tried to start a new pair of fingerless gloves tonight and just found it too difficult. My fingers were too cold and the yarn was just a bit too fine and the hook too small to manipulate. Funnily enough they did warm up when I started working again on the afghan but now are chilled again. I am debating whether to stick with the current yarn or switch to something a bit more bulky. My plan was to use a finer yarn and crochet small so that it kept me warmer. But I might need to work on it during the day a bit more to get much accomplished. I think I need gloves to keep my fingers warm to crochet. :D