One-a-Day Granny Cowl

My One-a-Day Granny Cowl is finished!

(Well, if you don't look at the 7 squares x 6 rounds + 1 black round's worth of ends that is still flapping happily about...)

We left yesterday afternoon on an impromptu hunt with the boys, I had just  about time to grab my hookie things.  While the eldest and Dad were freezing their butts off in the hide since 07h00, youngest and myself placed ourselves as close to the fire as we could, back at camp:

I just had one row of singles to do, all around.  My fingers were freezing!

In the end I hung the scarve around my neck while doing the last bit!  

Here it's all done and doing double duty with my beanie.  

Worked a treat :-)

(You'll note that I'm discreetly quiet about The Great Romany Blanket...)

If you would like to participate in One-a-Day, please link your project in the Tuesday's Tallies at Carole's blog, Gingerbread Girl.

One-a-Day Granny Cowl Scarf

A couple of us got together to knit/crochet a few things as part of the Knit-in-Public-Week thingey. The plan was to donate what we made to the school, to use as and where required.   So my contribution was this granny cowl, inspired by the lovely cowls Alice hooked down downer under in NZ

...and this beanie (which I promptly decided to keep for myself, and I donated another one that I bought new!). It's the first time a beanie fits nicely over my huge head, it covers my ears, and will be perfect for our December holiday venture up north to where it is very cold and wet.

I started thus with my own granny cowl, to match said beanie.  I will hook 7 squares, of 6 rounds each, using the colours in the beanie, but replacing the light blue with this denim blue:

The plan is to make one every day, as it goes so quickly, and next week I should be able to show off my granny cowl.

And then, some of you might ask...what happened to The Great Romany Blanket, that was going to be finished in time for winter??

Ah, yes...I'm still working on it...albeit very slowly...23 rows so far, and 23 chains.

I got a bit side-tracked.

But One-a-Day will again provide the needed momentum, so here I go!

In the meantime, have a cappucino and hook away :

 If you would like to participate in One-a-Day, please link your project in the Tuesday's Tallies at Carole's blog, Gingerbread Girl.

Klaar! Nog 'n kombers vir Hartenbos Huisie

Wat is lekker...om saam met jou sisi, op vakansie, aan 'n projek te werk.

Sy het alreeds in Ierland met hierdie mini-grannies begin, 'n klomp van haar (heerlike Stylecraft) ou wolle saamgebring, en ons het verder gewerk by Hartenbos Huisie.

What is nice...to hook with your sis, on holiday.

She started this mini-granny blanket at home in Ireland, and brought a pile of (lovely Stylecraft DK) stash with her.

Vroegoggend buite op die stoep met koffie en beskuit.

We hooked on the stoep, with early morning-coffee and rusks.

'n Eenvoudige randjie om die bont te tem:

A simple edge to tame the bright colours:

Et voilà!

'n Tweede kombers vir Hartenbos Huisie.

A second blanket for the little beach house.  

Dankie my sisi.

Klaar! 'n Giant Granny Square kombers

Een Giant Granny Square kombers is klaar gehaak! 

Ek het so gekyk na Sucrette se uitdaging: begin met 'n Granny en haak net al in die rondte, al in die rondte, tot dit 'n kombers word so groot en bont soos jy wil hê.  Mmm, was nie regtig die plan nie, maar toe dag ek, ag wat, laat ek net sien...en begin met so klein blokkie...

...en dit het nie te sleg gelyk, toe gaan ek maar verder, want dink toe: Ha! Kan mos hierdie in 'n kombers maak vir die Mannetjie.

So, toe word dit my mobiele projek.

In die kar as ek wag, of ons iewers heen ry.

In die parkie.

Saans na storietyd.

   

Op 'n jag langs die vuur (dís lekker warm!)

Ek wou gaan tot 100 rondtes, maar het gou gesien dit gaan bietjie, eh...groot raak.  Toe mik ek vir 60.  En toe ek op 54 kom, is dit sommer genoeg.  Die plan was nie om 'n enkelbedgrootte te haak nie, net so lekker kleintjie vir lê-voor-die-tv, of in-die-kar, of speel-op-die-mat, 54 rondtes is perfek. 

Kon nie wag om met Die Rand te begin nie!  Ek hou van Die Rand, kan verstaan waarom mense liries raak daaroor.  Jy is al so moeg vir die steke van Die Kombers dat jy nie kan wag vir die afwisseling nie :-)

Die Rand: 3 rye trebles. Of doubles, watter taal jy ook al praat.  En eindig met 'n ry half tr. 

Die rand het wel so bietjie frillerig geword...En ek dink ek het die fout gekry, daar waar die granny clusters oorgang in gewone tr, moes ek dalk net 2 steke in die cluster gehaak het (hoe het ek 3 reggekry? ) en albei moes dieper gegaan het, soos die een in die kettingspasie.?

O wel.  Sal onthou vir volgende keer. 

Intussen is 'n gawe kombers klaar! O, en daar is 'n twist in die middel.  Het gelees mense kla oor 'n twist, on nie verstaan...tot ek ver genoeg kom en sien my square is nou skeef! EN word al skewer!  Oplossing is toe om elke slag die werk te draai (nie geweet); dus, nie net in die rondte te gaan, maar telkens van voor en dan van agter te werk.  Daarsy, geen twist meer nie, behalwe die eerste 15 rye, en nou dink ek dit lyk eintlik nogal nie te sleg.  Dalk doen ek volgende keer weer 'n twist :-)

Klaar.  Een snoeskombers vir een seuntjie.

One Giant Granny Square blanket is finished!

I looked at Sucrette' challenge: start with a Granny and just hook in the round, in the round, until it grows to a blanket, as large and colourful as you want it. Mmm, wasn't really the plan, but then I thought...WTH and started with a liiittle square......it didn't look too bad, so I continued, 'cause I thought THIS could grow into a snuggle blanket for the Little Man.

So, it became my Mobile Project.

 In the car, while I'm waiting, or while we're driving somewhere.  In the park.  At night after storytime. By the fire on a hunting weekend.I

 wanted to go to 100 rounds, but quickly realised it would be a bit...big. So I aimed for 60, but when I reached 54 it looked fine.  it didn't want to hook to a single bed size, just large enough to snuggle with in front of the tv, or in the car, or to play with. 54 rounds are perfect.

 Couldn't wait to start with The Edge. I like The Edge, can understand why people wax lyrica about The Edge, 'cause you're so tired of all the same stitches, it's a treat to do something else!-)

 The Edge: 3 rows trebles. Or doubles, depends on your English. Ending with a row half tr. 

It did become a bit frilly. Think I found the mistake - where I joinee the tr into the granny cluster, I should have hooked only 2 st into the cluster? Don't know how I managed 3, maybe should hook deeper.

O wel.  Will remember next time. 

Meanwhile, its a NICE blankie. O, and there's a twist in the centre. Read about The Twist, didn't quite understand, until I got to row 15 and realised the squeare is becoming skewed!  So I duly turned the worked from then on, after each row, and now quite like the effect, with The Twist in the centre of the blanket :-).  Might just do it like that, on purpose, next time.

Done. One snuggle blanket for my boy.

Die geboorte van 'n hobby (en 'n Kombers)

Ek leer hekel.

Vir jare en jare het hekel vir my in dieselfde kategorie geval as toiletrolpoppies en tissuebox-houers...nie iets wat ek in my huis wil hê nie. Veral nie met daardie grillerige kleurkombinasies wat mens nog steeds kry nie! Maar toe kry ek vir my baba die mooiste gehekelde kombers by sy oumagrootjies en daar roer iets in my binneste.

(Dit wat swart lyk, is eintlik donkerblou).

En so hier en daar begin mens 'n mooi prentjie sien, en my sus begin hekel (en sy maak mooi goedjies), ag en toe koop ek maar 'n boek en vergeet summier vir amper drie jaar daarvan. Tot Sus my 'n link stuur en sê KYK na Attic 24...nou enigiemand wat in Blogland ronddwaal en haar DK van Aran onderskei, sal weet van Attic 24. Sowat van mooi! Skoon, helder, diep pastelle, en sy is besig om die wêreld rondom haar toe te hekel met komberse.
En op 'n goeie aand gryp ek my enigste hekelpen (was nog Ma s'n) en gryp die naaste bol wol en trek weg. O, ag, dit het my seker drie aande geneem net om basiese steke te maak, wat 'n gesukkel. Het hier gesit met boek op die keyboard, 'n demonstrasie oop op You Tube, en Sus op die lyn. So hekel ek dieselfde klein blokkie oor en oor, om nou die steek reg te kry. Maar my nie aandagspan is nie verniet dié van 'n eekhoring nie en ek besluit om live te gaan. Maak daar 'n foundation chain van hoeveel honderd steke en raak aan't double. (Treble?). Weet nie! Wat toe ek nou die dag weer mooi daaroor dink, sien ek dis eintlik so baster tussen 'n glipsteek en double, met 'n chain van nog 3 tussenin, maar ek gaan nou net so aan. Dit werk nog sover reg. Dit gaan net maande en maande neem om my kombers klaar te maak, want getrou aan my aard (en in teenstelling met die aandagspan), is my eerste projek van enigiets altyd GROOT. (Anders raak ek te gou verveeld).

(En hekelpen nr 1 was toe 'n 2.5 grootte, wat eintlik helemal te klein is vir die grootte kombers wat ek wil maak...)
(Nifty sakkie is van IKEA en was paar jaar lank pentie-houer, maar ek dink dit werk beter as hekel-houer ;-)

Nou moet ek net leer onderskei tussen US en UK hekelterme - want 'n double en treble verander sodra hul die Atlantiese Oseaan oorsteek. Ek nou al uit dure ondervinding geleer dat Rustica wol in verskillende diktes kom! (Nie geweet nie). En ek soek 'n Afrikaanse, of ten minste plaaslike blog. Want ek vind die een na die ander skitterendste blogs, maar hul almal is ver oor die water. En ek wil van wolle en winkels en dinge hiér weet. (En ek moet meer blog-wys word, want gaan nou vir die 3e keer post en hoop dit gaan live!)

Hier gaat ek.

Birth of a hobby (and a blanket)

I'm learning to crochet. For years I didn't like it at all, but changed my mind slowly after receiving this lovely Granny Square from my husband's granny...my sis alerted me to Attic 24..and then she started...and then I tarted! From a book, real slow, making lots of mistakes, and the promptly started with a giant project that is going to take years to finish - this Vintage Stripe Blanket/

Now I must learn the difference between US and UK terms, differents yarns..and try to find a local blog, 'cause I want to know about things HERE in RSA as well.