Grotine Shawl #1

This is the first Grotine Shawl (scarf) that I made. I sent it to my niece in Boston. Don't know if she will wear it or not, but thought it made a pretty Spring addition to an outfit so hope she likes it!

You can see this was taken on my bed! Even have some left over yarn from another project that I photographed! LOL!

Wish that I had more yarn as would have liked the triangle to be larger. It does look nice - more kerchief like - around the neck, though.

Just finished up the second Grotine in crochet so will post that later on.  I am still working on the knitted version. It is taking me much longer than I would like, but am having to be super careful. Already made a mistake that required some unraveling, and also have had to frog back a few times when I caught an error in the same row. That's easier to take! It is doing much better now but only have about 7 or 8 inches finished.

I have printed the pattern out for my Jub- Jub Scarf and will probably start that one tomorrow. Maybe tonight if I feel awake and bright eyed enough.

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MORE CROCHET, LESS KNITTING!

BELATED EASTER BLESSING!

I hope your Easter weekend was a joyous one. If you don't celebrate Easter, I hope your weekend was joyous, too!!!

YARN

I'm going to make a new crescent shall with these skeins. They are from Wonderland Yarns, Mad Hatter series. These are called Jub-Jub for the color I think. I'm pretty sure I will be making a smaller verision of one of the MAD Cap designs.

The Chroma fingering weight below is Carnival I think.  It repeats itself, as you can see, and when it gets to the green it does it again.  I'm at the next orange area so it is getting very long. This is the Grotine Shawl pattern in crochet. Going pretty fast this time!

After it is all said and done, THEN I want to make SOMETHING with the yarn below.  I have purchased three skeins of this Malabrigo Rios so have a decent amount. And can mix it with some other color in their line if I have to. I don't wear shawls much, except for those that become scarves. I have enough of both. It may be that this becomes a gift. I finished one Grotine that goes in the mail today with the hope that the recipient loves it.

I have so much yarn that I am making things left and right trying to reduce the stash.  I put on Ravelry that I wanted to finish 25 projects this year. I am well on my way to meet that goal, and hopefully I will go way past it!

Grotine - gifting and keeping

  

I am learning to knit again - bought all the different needles, and had many from years before. It's a process for sure! Wanted to be ready for whatever project is before me. This one is the Grotine Scarf. Proceeds for the pattern go to the First Nations People in Canada. The crocheted pattern goes to those in the USA. All on Ravelry. 

You can see the various glaring errors if you knit, but I don't care. This is a learning experience for me and figure I can wear it with pride once finished. This gives me the motive to go ahead and finish the size 8 sweater I knit 45 years ago!

Click on this to enlarge and see the mountains and hills out on the horizon. This is a photo of what my dog trainer sees from his house (yesterday) in the evening. What you see way out there are the San Juan Islands and Friday Harbor, part of Washington. Makes me want to move up on the hillside!

Could not resit taking this photo. Several times yesterday Brodie would rest his head on Riley, which Riley seemed to enjoy.  Riley's head is a tad more square than Brodie's who takes more after a Lab. I keep hoping the English Mastiff droopy jowls are not going to be part of Riley's final make-up, but whatever he looks like he will be my love. 

I cannot explain or put into words just how these two have saved me. They make me laugh all the time, and my heart swells with love when they put their head on my lap - OR even obey! I am such a luck ol' dame!

May you have a great day, and if you are interested in the crochet or knit Grotine, wander on over to my group on Ravelry, Cat's Crochet & Knitting Chatter. Keri is there doing most of the work.

CAT'S DECREASES - decreases my way

CAT'S DECREASE

This is a dc decrease.  You use the same principal in a sc decrease or trb decrease. Always draw up the first loop in the next stitch, then go ahead and draw up a loop the the second stitch. Pull THAT loop through the first loop you pulled through the first stitch. You now have what would look like a normal dc (or sc or trb) stitch, and you continue just as it that were the case.

Pulling up a loop in first stitch after initial yo…..

Pull up the second loop in the next stitch….

Pull THAT loop through the one next to it (not the yo)…

Now you have three loops just as it you had started a normal dc, so you complete the stitch just as if it was a regular dc…yo, pull through two loops, yo pull through two loops

 In this instance I did another decrease toward the end of the row

The next row, and every row after a decrease row, I do regular dc's across, then turn,  and do the decreases again, one on each side making a triangle! 

If you click on the photos you can search for the decreases! They are hard to find….which is exactly why I devised this decrease for all stitches!!!

CLEARER INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW I DO THIS DECREASE: 

I have been doing this for years. I think it is easier that the “regular” way.

When I decrease I do a yarn over (this would be dc decrease in this instance, as above), go through the stitch indicated, pull up a loop, go to the next stitch and pull up a loop, then I pull that loop carefully through the first loop pulled through the first stitch indicted, so at that time I now have the amount of loops for a regular dc. I just continue with the dc. It makes it look like a regular dc.

When I do it with sc it is about the same (and it looks the best of the two stitches). I go through the loop indicated and pull up a loop, do the same on the next stitch, and then that last loop I pull through the first loop and now have only two loops on the hook. I yo an pull the yarn through the two loops on the hook.