FO: Little Shells Hat

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Changed things up a bit and did some crochet back in July. This yarn seemed well suited to the pattern, and used up one complete ball, with just a few inches left over! A good hat for fall/spring.

FO: Potholders for swapping!

Pattern: Ripple Potholder
Yarn: Plymouth Yarn Fantasy Naturale (cotton, mercerized)
Hook: G (4mm)

Tada! My potholders for the Potholder Swap. Above, the fronts; below, the backs.



These were great fun to make. I'm glad that I did my practice ones--got my crochet muscles toned before jumping in for these. Prior to hooking, I did a bit of planning for the colors of each potholder.



As I was crocheting along, the potholders ended up too big, so I omitted the final round before the border, so the color schemes were slightly altered from my plan. But I'm still happy with the result.



From left to right, potholders 1-5. Crocheting potholders is a great way to play with color, something I'm a bit timid at. And while I was planning these, I did tons of browsing at all sorts of crochet projects and I'm already visualizing my future crochet projects.

Practice Potholders

I decided that this year I would participate in the Potholder Swap. My crochet is definitely rusty, so I did a handful of practice potholders to loosen up. All the yarn is Sugar n' Cream cotton that was in my stash (yes, the colors are garish). I used a size G4 hook.


Pattern: Grape Cluster Potholder


Pattern: Circle Potholder


Pattern: Your Nana's Potholders


Pattern: Modern Vintage Potholder


Pattern: Improvised

These were fun, and a good lead up to my swap potholders, which are coming up next!