I got this pattern for a Moomintroll the other day because the picture was so cute and my goddaughter's birthday is coming up. The picture is still cute, and I got a Gromit and these Hello Kitties, also adorable and all three for £5.80 ($11), but having now made up the Moomin I have a grave sense of foreboding about starting on the others, which is sad. Whoever made the patterns clearly has a grand creative streak of which I am in awe. I'm a bit torn because I'm not sure I could improvise the others but I'm positive I could have improvised the Moomin if I'd had more time (Olivia's birthday is next week), and then I wouldn't have had to deal with the difficulties:

( Pattern difficulties, cut to preserve a more positive outlook. )

I accept that it is entirely possible that I am just dim and can't understand diagrams, of course. I'll go to town on Monday and get different wool, and now I've done it once I'll be prepared for the bits I didn't understand the first time round. I'd still advise people to get the patterns, if only for their sweet appearance. I'll email the seller, at least to recommend that symbol guides be made standard in patterns where those symbols appear.

I joined this community last weekend using a different username (rushofemotions  ). Seeing all the stuff that you guys have made really got me ispired! That is why I decided to use my brand new yarn and make a hat for my younger sister. I finished it yesterday, and it's my very first project, even though I've been trying to star projects for a year now.

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I get the ideas offline, but I hate the patterns offered.  I really need to learn to write down my own patterns since I think they come out kinda cute.  

 

I can't believe it, but I actually have a finish.  This is my first major finish (i.e. one that doesn't involve ipod cozies) in over a year.  *cough*  Coincidentally I started this project about a year ago! 

This is a lap afghan from the Leisure Arts booklet Afghans By The Pound, the Daisy Garden pattern.  It's a christmas 2007 (oh yes, I am *awesome*) gift for my sister. 


The yarn is Caron Simply Soft (cheap and cozy!) in blues and white.  I really like how it turned out, but this was honestly boring to stitch, and took forever since it was stitch clusters instead of straight DC. 

I can't tell you how glad it's finished.  I haven't been able to work on anything else with this project hanging over my head. 

Thanks for looking! 

So, no matter what I do, I can't seem to complete 5 rows of the mesh stitch without decreasing or increasing the amount of stitches on one side. Oddly enough, the other side is perfectly straight. Basically, it comes out looking sort of like this:

A trapezoid, if you will.
Any suggestions?

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Stash Eater Blanket - pattern, "The Wool Eater Blanket", by Sarah London

I wanted to de-stash a lot of acrylic yarn, so I grabbed all of the baby colors and made a crib blanket.