Have I made anything in the last few months? Besides a poncho, that is. Yes, but not that you can tell from my blog. Yes, I’ve been crocheting like crazy! But I can’t tell you what I’m crocheting. Yet.
I have used some great yarns for my big, secret project, like these from Crystal Palace Yarns. They are such fun! And the colors are wonderful. I especially love the wildly textured carry-along yarns, like Squiggle and Popcorn (the three yarns at top left of the photo).
You may have knitted or crocheted with yarns that have nubs and squiggles like these. Did you notice that the nubs and squiggles often end up on the purl side of the knitting? This is the perfect time to use the purl side as the “public” side of the knitting (as author Maggie Righetti has so aptly named the side of the knitting that you wear for others to see).
And if you crochet, have you noticed that the nubs and squiggles end up on the back of the stitches? This is probably okay if you’re crocheting back and forth, because they would be evenly distributed front and back. But what if you’re crocheting in rounds? All the good stuff will be on the back! So, make the back into the front.
The brown sample is Crystal Palace Yarns Party, a lovely shaded ribbon, held on the last round with a strand of Popcorn. I crocheted that last round from the back, so the popcorns would show well on the front.
The pink and green sample is Blue Sky Alpacas Cotton held with a strand of Crystal Palace Yarns Squiggle. It is such a cute yarn. Again, I crocheted the Squiggle round from the back side, so the squiggles would show on the front.
What are these samples supposed to be? I can’t tell you! I think I can probably tell you in summer, if you don’t guess on your own.