Thursday, June 28,
2012
How much fun can you have with sisters? I think the
possibilities of fun times are limitless…Tuesday afternoon three of us got
together in Velda’s cozy new home.
I am always the one with a stash of thread, crochet or knit
needles found in my forays to thrift stores. It is so exciting to say,
“Hey, look what I got for only a few dollars! Do you need any of it
for your next project? I declare it is more fun than a barrel full of
monkeys. We delve into my stack of finds and have ourselves a blast deciding
what project needs which thread.
This week I got three full skeins of Macramé thread, two green
and one brown. They were in the stash but were already declared as my
own. I had been looking for some strong, bulky thread to create a yarn
basket; this rough and tough, bulky thread was exactly what I needed!
Soooooo….this
afternoon I started my basket. Using the green thread and the single
crochet stitch, I crocheted a flat round piece. I increased as I went
until the piece was about 20 to 24 inches in diameter. The next row I did
not increase at all, which began the sides of my basket. I then changed
to the brown, and crocheting in the back loops only, I continued with the
single crochet for two rows. The next two rows I changed to double crochet
and continued to crochet in the back loops. I love the effect this gives,
although if I had been using a regular thread, it would not have been sturdy
enough.
Changing
back to green I continued in the same pattern for three rows, and on the fourth
row I created handles. With the left over brown thread, I put a top
edging of single crochet on the basket and completed my thrift store project. It is perfect.
