How long would it take me to crochet a blanket?
First, are you making the ghan this size at her request? 36" is not very wide for an afghan for an adult. Since everyone's skills and abilities are different, here is what I suggest. Time yourself making one row, uninterrupted. Then time yourself again for maybe 3 more individual rows to get an average time. Then you will have to figure out how many rows you are going to need. You can approximate this by working a few rows and measuring them, then multiplying it out. Say you work to 6" long. Let's say that is 12 rows just to make it easy. So every 2 rows make an inch. This won't be exact but it will give you an idea. If you need 66" then you would need 132 rows. Then you would multiply out 132 rows by however long it took you to do one row. YOUR numbers will be different, depending on your yarn, hook etc. That's just an example. This will NOT be how long it takes to make the afghan as you will not be working steadily without interruptions. You'll have to eat, answer the phone, entertain guests and whatever. But you will know how much crochet time you have to allow for the main afghan. Remember there will be finishing. You will have to sew in all the tails and possibly add an edging. That will be more time. It is POSSIBLE to make an afghan in a month, but it takes commitment to the project and time available. As was already said, thicker yarn will go faster. Whether you want to use thicker yarns depends on how the afghan will be used, the area you live in - is it really cold or mild temperatures - and what you think your mom will like.
Easy knit-crochet blanket for boyfriend?
I don't think that's lame at all. I've only been crocheting for about a year and my husband loves the creations I've made. He even wants me to make one for him to keep at work... Anyway, I don't know anything about knitting, but I have heard that it's a little harder than crocheting. I have also heard that knitting takes about 1/3 less yarn than crocheting. I think it might be easier to crochet a blanket if you need it by Christmas. Don't choose something too intricate or else you really won't have it finished. I made that mistake last year and I had to give an "unfinished" afghan and then take it back to finish. (It just needed some motifs sewn on, but it still wasn't "done".) My favorite yarn to use is Caron Simply Soft or Caron One Pound. They are great for softness, but they aren't anything like a cashmere. They are pretty economical too since afghans take a ton of yarn. Just go to the store and feel the yarn. Whichever softness you like, you can bet your boyfriend will too. Here are some other sites that have some great patterns. I have a lot of sites saved, so I can't put them all, but here are a few. Some of them will have other projects that can be made for gifts. These are mostly crochet websites. http://crochet.about.com/library/blfreep... http://www.caron.com/projects/a_crochet.... http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/ http://www.straw.com/cpy/free_patterns.html http://www.seafore.com/index.html http://www.knitting-crochet.com/crochet/index.html http://cache.lionbrand.com/cgi-bin/patternFinder.fcgi http://home.att.net/~shannonms/Pages/patternlink.html --great for links to other sites
I am crocheting a blanket for a friend’s baby shower, but I won’t have it finished in time. Should I buy her another gift to give at the shower?
I would probably buy a gift for the shower. Even the nicest card with an IOU in it … mmmm. It’s just not the same. So, yes, do buy a gift for the shower (pretend the blanket you’re working on doesn’t exist for now).One thing you could do is crochet the blanket a little larger than you’d planned, and then crochet a little matching hat, and give it as a gift for the baby at Christmas.Thanks for the A2A!
Corner to corner crochet King size?
I want to make a corner to corner for my mom for Christmas. She has a king sized bed. How many rows do I need for it to fit, with out borders? Anyone ever done this before? I bought 5 364 yd skeins of yarn in each of the three colors I am doing.
I need a crochet pattern for a cute monkey baby blanket?
You could try the public library in the crochet section. I found this free pattern
Does anyone know how to stitch stuff on blankets?
Love your idea! This method is called Applique. Trace the design and then determine how much fabric you will need. Use the same type of fabric as the blanket - fleece on fleece, cotton on cotton. Buy small amounts of the fabric in the colors you want too use for the penguin. Fleece does not fray, so it is the easiest one to do: Put the parts together with Fabri-Tac. When dry, blanket stitch the parts as shown in the picture. Fasten the finished penguin to the blanket with the blanket stitch - it won't come off. If you are using cotton or fabric that frays: You could use iron-on fusible and then use the blanket stitch as a design element. My favorite is quick-turn applique using a light weight iron-on fusible INTERFACING, not web. The interfacing forms the turning-under of the applique and the fusible holds it in onto the blanket. Lay the applique fabric, face up and then lay the fusible interfacing, fusible side down on the applique fabric (fusible side to the right side of the fabric). This will be turned later (everything inside will be outside) and the applique will be like an iron-on patch. Cut both the fabric and interfacing with one cutting, allowing a 1/4" seam allowance. Trim and snip as needed to form corners and curves. Carefully cut a slit in the interfacing and turn inside out. The fusible is now on the back of the applique and can be pressed onto the blanket. Finish by blanket stitching to the blanket.
Which is more difficult: knitting or crocheting?
Each craft has its pros and cons.In knitting, you have to balance 2 needles and there is an infinite number of ways to hold them and to feed the yarn into the stitches. This can be slightly harder for people with fine motor skills challenges.In crochet you have only one hook in one hand. There are about 3 common ways to hold it, with a few variations that are very subtle and don't count as their own way. There are many ways to hold the yarn that's feeding into the stitches and to boot, you have to hold the item your making with a small grip or pinch until it's long enough drape from your hands into your lap or table.In knitting, there are loops across one of the needles. If one of these falls off the needle, the column of stitches will undoubtedly and there is a vertical run through the fabric. This is easily fixed without disturbing the other stitches, but it's finicky to keep these all on the needle when you are starting out. When you knit, its easier to keep the number of stitches consistent across a row because they are all held in place.In crochet you work with only one loop on the hook when a stitch is completed> if you drop the hook you don't have the same headache as with knitting where you have many stitches to save if you drop all loops off the needles. However there are many many different stitches and stitch blends in crochet. Fixing errors in crochet that are many rows below requires all the stitches to be ripped out to get back there.In knitting you can only work into a stitch 6 ways…slip knit wise or purlwise, knit front loop, purl front loop, knit back loop, purl back loop.In Crochet there are 6 common stitches, but these can be modified by direction of working them and be all the different insertion points there are. With crochet, same yarn,and same hook size to knitting needles, crochet uses more yarn with the basic non lacey stitches, but in general, the surface area of a project will grow faster.Learn them both is close succession
TEENS: What did you get for christmas?
I got: new bedding gift cards: h&m and starbucks tiffany & co earrings (sterling silver bows) vera bradley makeup case bare essentuals (not sure i spelled it correctly) starter kit dior lipgloss in mango soda and a benefit gift card so i can get my eyebrows done on my own iphone mophie case and clothes what did you guys get?? im making a birthday list so i would like some ideas!
How do I save my favorite blanket that is falling apart?
I’m a frugal person and I like to darn things… socks, shirts, coat linings, sweaters, sneakers - whatever. I mostly use two stitches, both of which are easy to learn. (I copied the following photos off the internet.)One is a darning stitch. You do running stitches in straight parallel lines. Make sure the thread isn’t pulled too tight, and then knot at the end of each row. It will look something like this:Then make rows in the opposite direction, putting the thread above a row, below a row, and so on, so that you weave the thread. Like this:Again, make sure the thread isn’t pulled too tight, and make a knot at the end of each line.The second stitch is the blanket stitch, and is very useful for repairing ragged edges and making them strong enough to do a darning stitch. A blanket stitch looks like this:If you don’t get it, google it. It’s extremely simple.You can find lots of other darning techniques with a google search, but those are good enough for my purposes most of the time. If I’m darning something that’s loosely knitted, I use the same techniques but I use a big embroidery needle with embroidery thread or yarn.