Crochet Club
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velvetpageHerein are the minutes for the first ever meeting of Hamilton's Hip Young Crocheters Club (Hereafter referred to as HHYCC.)
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sassy_fae and velvetpage, co-founders and co-presidents of HHYCC.
Also in attendance were Dragonlass, honourary member of HHYCC pending her attainment of the age and dexterity required to wield a crochet hook to good effect; andpyat, primarily as babysitter of Dragonlass.
Item one on the agenda: get into the closet containing two-thirds ofvelvetpage's yarns/threads/projects in various states of completion. This required moving substantial numbers of Dragonlass's toys to either side and on top of each other. Also, a crate containing several binders and many LP's was summarily banished to the basement, which, strangely enough, also holds the turntable for them.
Item two: pull out of closet the first bin of YTPIVSOC. Sort through these. Wear misshapen attempts at thread crochet as hats. Lament the desire ever to make a potholder in the shape of little bloomers, out of fire-engine-red thread. Congratulate self on non-completion of bloomers. Discuss possible uses for some lovely bouclé in a dark mauve-purple, and then discover that one skein is already attached to the first few rows of what appears to be a scarf. Realize that non-completion of scarf probably had a lot to do with the difficulty of working with bouclé yarn. Replace project in bin. Discover a glue gun, eight different colours and styles of ribbon, six different balls of size-10 thread in various colours including baby pink, delft blue and the aforementioned red, two balls for an incomplete sweater (the sweater itself is in the bin that was left unopened) and various and sundry other items. Replace lid with some difficulty; these are cheap knock-off bins and the lids are warped from long sojourn in the closet.
Item three: pull out second bin of YTPIVSOC. Discover the incomplete project thatvelvetpage actually wanted to show her co-founder. The afghan is in six strips, each containing five squares. Made with a double-ended afghan hook, the intent was to reproduce as closely as possible the woven effect of a plaid blanket. Some squares are a solid colour, some are blue and green, some have red vertical and horizontal stripes, some yellow, some a yellow horizontal and red vertical stripes, some vice-versa. The overall effect is very close to the intended look, but it was never finished.
Item four: pull out these strips of plaid afghan, decide on a method of joining strips together, and begin work whilesassy_fae pulls out her crochet pattern books.
Item five: Break to put Dragonlass to bed. Sing lullaby, which is completely ignored as Dragonlass attempts to reach Daddy's pocket watch, in which she is very interested.
Item six: Look through the pattern books provided for the purpose bysassy_fae. Lament colour choices in almost every pattern. Comment on the difficulty of getting certain types of pattern to lay flat upon completion. Reminisce about crocheted toys and clothes of the seventies that we remember wearing as children.
Item seven: seek out pop. Put a bit of the cherry neat into said pop, at least forvelvetpage.
Item eight: Renew perusal of pattern books. Laugh until we cry at chicken pothandle cover.sassy_fae, please, please post a picture of that.)
Future meeting date: the next Friday with no gaming for either co-founder.
Present:
sassy_fae and velvetpage, co-founders and co-presidents of HHYCC.Also in attendance were Dragonlass, honourary member of HHYCC pending her attainment of the age and dexterity required to wield a crochet hook to good effect; and
pyat, primarily as babysitter of Dragonlass.Item one on the agenda: get into the closet containing two-thirds of
velvetpage's yarns/threads/projects in various states of completion. This required moving substantial numbers of Dragonlass's toys to either side and on top of each other. Also, a crate containing several binders and many LP's was summarily banished to the basement, which, strangely enough, also holds the turntable for them.Item two: pull out of closet the first bin of YTPIVSOC. Sort through these. Wear misshapen attempts at thread crochet as hats. Lament the desire ever to make a potholder in the shape of little bloomers, out of fire-engine-red thread. Congratulate self on non-completion of bloomers. Discuss possible uses for some lovely bouclé in a dark mauve-purple, and then discover that one skein is already attached to the first few rows of what appears to be a scarf. Realize that non-completion of scarf probably had a lot to do with the difficulty of working with bouclé yarn. Replace project in bin. Discover a glue gun, eight different colours and styles of ribbon, six different balls of size-10 thread in various colours including baby pink, delft blue and the aforementioned red, two balls for an incomplete sweater (the sweater itself is in the bin that was left unopened) and various and sundry other items. Replace lid with some difficulty; these are cheap knock-off bins and the lids are warped from long sojourn in the closet.
Item three: pull out second bin of YTPIVSOC. Discover the incomplete project that
velvetpage actually wanted to show her co-founder. The afghan is in six strips, each containing five squares. Made with a double-ended afghan hook, the intent was to reproduce as closely as possible the woven effect of a plaid blanket. Some squares are a solid colour, some are blue and green, some have red vertical and horizontal stripes, some yellow, some a yellow horizontal and red vertical stripes, some vice-versa. The overall effect is very close to the intended look, but it was never finished. Item four: pull out these strips of plaid afghan, decide on a method of joining strips together, and begin work while
sassy_fae pulls out her crochet pattern books.Item five: Break to put Dragonlass to bed. Sing lullaby, which is completely ignored as Dragonlass attempts to reach Daddy's pocket watch, in which she is very interested.
Item six: Look through the pattern books provided for the purpose by
sassy_fae. Lament colour choices in almost every pattern. Comment on the difficulty of getting certain types of pattern to lay flat upon completion. Reminisce about crocheted toys and clothes of the seventies that we remember wearing as children. Item seven: seek out pop. Put a bit of the cherry neat into said pop, at least for
velvetpage.Item eight: Renew perusal of pattern books. Laugh until we cry at chicken pothandle cover.
sassy_fae, please, please post a picture of that.)Future meeting date: the next Friday with no gaming for either co-founder.
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Date: 2005-01-29 05:09 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-01-29 05:23 pm (UTC)Also, we need a picture of your fancy new hat *giggles*
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Date: 2005-01-29 07:06 pm (UTC)Question: Should I just do a straightforward sc edging on that afghan, or should I give in to temptation and do a double-arch chain edging, where chains of blue and green intertwine?
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