i like to crochet.

i’d like to be better at it.

so i’ve been testing patterns.

this designed by preita.

nice ‘n’ slouchy.

it’s simple too

which i like.

(give me stockinette stitch with good shaping any day of the week)

ok. back to crochet.

so, i added leaves and the buttons from itsybitsyspider‘s carrier

mostly to distract from the fact that it took me a bit

to straighten up & fly right

with the half double crochet decreases.

i’ve also discovered that i’m really awful at knowing

just where to start and stop

in the round.

i find myself forever counting to check that i worked it all out right.

this does not happen to me when i knit.

i don’t ever drop stitches, though, when i crochet so there’s certainly a silver lining.

and i’m giving the finished hat to my friend k

to help her out just a little

as she ‘relays for life‘.

all good.

‘silver’ taken from 3:6 of the book of acts.