As my regular readers know, I recently finished a large project, and then when it was done, I succumbed to the temptation that is Sarah Zimmerman’s (aka Repeat Crafter Me) elephant pattern. Going into the weekend, I continued my efforts to make more elephants and got a start on these nine:
But weighing on my mind was the upcoming Saint Valentine’s Day holiday, and I found an equally tempting Boho heart pattern from Sandra at Cherry Heart.
Sorting through my large stash, I stumbled on one of my skeins of this relatively new Red Heart Super Saver color: Rouge.
It is a lovely red that tends toward blue and seemed to me perfect for crocheting hearts. Using a 4.5 mm hook and working from my very large stash, I got to work.
My first effort was problematic as I had been in such an excited hurry to get to making the heart, I had not read the directions carefully, and had managed to glide right over this note:
Written in UK terms, see chart below for USA translations.
As I had been working both from the written directions and from the chart, I was a bit confused by the fact that they did not seem to match. Eventually, I created a problem that sent me back to read the directions in their entirety, and once I had that sorted out I was quickly able to rectify the problems I had been having and get a couple of hearts made before sunset:
I don’t have a clear crochet goal at the moment, but I know that as I work my hearts and elephants, things will sort themselves out, and in the meantime, will ply my craft, one stitch at a time.
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Sometimes that’s more fun…small projects to “ply our trade” in between the bigger ones.
Makes it more fun, I think – and helps keep us from getting bored…
I sometimes put aside the larger ones and do a few small things – then I feel fresher and more ready to go back to the big one with more enthusiasm!
Love the hearts too! Daughter and I figured out making crocheted flowers on buttons. I tried to send you the pattern but could not get it to you!