I have always had a short attention span -- my whole life. In my craft world this will manifest itself in getting bored with repetition - doing the same stitch over and over again. This is the reason that I avoid a crocheted or knitted project that has motifs. Making the same square again and again puts me to sleep quickly. That being said, I have made a few things with motifs, and in the middle of each one I make a promise to myself: Never again! Until the next time, that is :)
I'm currently in the middle of two projects. One is a crocheted version of a Double Wedding Ring quilt. Teal, light purple and white, cotton-blend sport weight yarn. Interlocking circles, and connecting inserts....again and again.
The other is a crochet tablecloth, off-white crochet cotton.
Rounds and rounds of increasing lengths, repeating two different 8 or 9 rows of patten.
Well, actually, they are sitting on the shelf right now...my sister has a birthday in a few weeks and I wanted to finish a gift for her. I made a shawl for her using an eyelash weight yarn I've had for years. I tried a few different techniques using this yarn and nothing worked. The method that finally worked for me was hairpin lace.
I had never made anything using hairpin lace, but it was simple and worked up quickly. I don't like the finished result. Hahaha. It just didn't have anything special about it, just a rectangle. In the middle of working on it, I emailed a photo to the sister. She said she liked it, so I finished it. When she gets it, I hope she likes, 'cause I sure don't!
PS. Yes, the hairpin lace loom is homemade from a pair of yellow flip flops and knitting needles. The second flip flop was used to make a Kumihimo loom (one round, one square). That is my next area to explore - braiding, weaving, and finger-loops, and in there somewhere jewelry making is breaking in, too.
Until the next post.....
