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My crocheted bag project continues on . . . and on. Here are some highlights:
July 1st - Find Crochet Today on the newsstand. Get excited about this bag pattern, which looks like something I could handle. Recall that I scored five skeins of Lion Brand Wool Ease, in a reasonably nice muted pink, at the Craft Supply Swap. Decide to go for it.
July 8th - The bag is coming along nicely when I notice that somehow, the front of the bag has significantly more stitches than the back, and the whole thing is trapezoidal. Apparently, I’m decreasing when I do that slip stitch/double-back thing at the center back. Frog the whole thing back down to the foundation panel, and begn again.
July 16th - Hanging out at Mabel’s with Susan, crocheting away. I’m about 2/3 done. Suddenly notice that, about 45 rows back, I made one row in spiral form. Consider long and hard whether anyone will notice. Decide that everyone will notice. Frog the whole thing back to the original error, and begin again.
July 21st - Okay. the bag is keeping its rectangular shape now, and I haven’t made any rogue rows. I’m 3/4 done. Suddenly notice that there’s an inexplicable bulge in the back panel. Seems to have something to do with the decrease rows, and my adding stitches somehow when I double back at the end of each row. Crap! how do I do bad things without even noticing? Frog the whole thing back down to where the bulge started, and begin again.
July 22nd - Boyfriend rightly observes: “You’ve been working on that for a while now, right? Why isn’t it getting any bigger?”
July 31st - I could pretty much quote you the pattern from memory now. I’m again 3/4 done. Things are looking pretty good. . . only, I’ve decided that this bag, while cute, isn’t that practical for me. It’s too petite for my hauling habits. (Besides, that bulge has re-appeared.) Maybe I’ll design my own bag — a more substantial tote. Yeah! That’s it! Frog the whole thing down to balls of yarn, and begin again.
. . . Let me add here that the pattern is in no way at fault. I’m just not so great at linear crafts like crochet. Good thing the process is so wonderfully relaxing. I’m happy to keep going until my yarn disintegrates.
you have vastly more patience than i do. :) but we’ll have a party when you get it done!
you have vastly more patience than i do. :) but we’ll have a party when you get it done!
I seem to be undergoing a similar process with my sock yarn. Knit up, tear down. My husband finds it vastly amusing that I can get so much milage out of one skein of yarn. Process over product! It is the only way to go!
I seem to be undergoing a similar process with my sock yarn. Knit up, tear down. My husband finds it vastly amusing that I can get so much milage out of one skein of yarn. Process over product! It is the only way to go!
I am so glad to know that I am not the only one who does things like this. I have learned more from doing it wrong than from doing it right! Sometimes its the process that’s more valuable than the finished product.
I am so glad to know that I am not the only one who does things like this. I have learned more from doing it wrong than from doing it right! Sometimes its the process that’s more valuable than the finished product.
You’re crazy, chica. That’s why I don’t crochet. That and I can’t crochet worth a darn anyway. Good thing I have a KNIFTY KNITTER! :D
I can handle that. ;)
You’re crazy, chica. That’s why I don’t crochet. That and I can’t crochet worth a darn anyway. Good thing I have a KNIFTY KNITTER! :D
I can handle that. ;)