Saturday, August 14, 2010

Try Try Try again


There once was a little elephant that lived by the sea...oh wait! That was a magic dragon.
I was out with a friend today and at The Market was saw amigurumi elephants. That reminded me that I wanted to try to make the LionBrand pattern that's online.
I came home and did just that.
It took about 3 hours to make a tiny little guy.
Unfortunately, I have Raynaud's and my hand was hurting. I glued the ears and legs on.



...but than I decided I wanted to make a scarf. I found this amazing pattern and decided to attempt it. Let me tell you, SUPER easy. The bit pictured, I did while watching a movie. Once you get the hang of it in the first 2-3 rows, you don't really have to pay attention. I might even make a few of these as Christmas presents...since my first attempt at glove making was a failure.

The other night, I thought I would try to crochet fingerless gloves. I was half way done and I either got confused, lost in the pattern, and just plain messed up. I was so far in that I just decided to keep going and see what I got -without aid.
What I got was uncomfortable and is sitting in the trash right now.
What I learned was I like mixing my thin colours together, as seen on the scarf.
I will attempt to make gloves again...maybe not this pattern and maybe not fingerless. Mittens?

1 comment:

Mrs H.H said...

I love your elephant, so cute. Good luck with more gloveless ones for the autumn !