This week was just another week of working on my squares for my blanket. I did not learn any new stitches this week, I just continued working on the stitches I already knew how to do. I figured out that it is easier to get my squares done if I do them one color square at a time. It helps me keep track of what stitch I am doing. For example sometimes if I am switching stitches from a half-double crochet to a waffle stitch I forget how to do a waffle stitch and I have to learn it all over again. Every week I am going to try and dedicate my time to one certain color and stitch. I dedicated this week to one specific color, which was blue.
At the beginning of the week I had to look up how to do a half-double crochet stitch because I was mixing it up with a regular double crochet stitch. Once I figured out my stitch and got everything situated I began crocheting my blue half-double crochet squares. I ended up making three and a half squares this week. That is not how many I would like to make in a week, but it shows progress compared to other weeks. I noticed that some of my squares are not ending up the same size despite using all of the same measurements. The three blue squares I finished this week were slightly larger than the blue squares I had made in the past. I think that once I start getting used to the stitch, my individual stitches in the square begin to become looser. When I am sewing the final blanket together my plan is to stretch some squares out and sew them so that they all fit together evenly in the finished product.
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This week has been a very boring week for my blanket. I did not learn any new stitches, I only made more squares with the stitches I had already learned. I am currently trying to make as many blue and white squares as I can because I do not like the stitch I chose for the pink squares. I know that in the end I will probably be very behind in pink squares, but it is just something I am going to have to deal with. I am going to try and learn a new stitch for my pink squares later next week.
I was very busy all week so I did not have much time to work on my squares, but the time I did have I mainly worked on my white waffle stitch squares. I completed one entire waffle stitch square, which is not very much progress for the week. Next week is going to be a very hard working week for me. I am going to use every minute of free time I have working on this blanket. I had a few complications with my square this week. When I originally resumed working on this square I accidentally used the wrong stitch. When I was crocheting something did not feel right so I looked at my past work on the waffle stitch square and the stitches were not the same. I figured out that I was doing a half-double crochet stitch instead of a regular double crochet. This complication only happened for one row in my square before I fixed it, and you can barely even notice that there is something wrong with the square. I did not completely undo this stitch because it did not look very different than the rest of the square, and I also did not want to spend the extra time re-crocheting my square. After learning how to crochet a camel stitch last week, I really did not have much more time to work on the camel stitch. I practiced enough with the stitch to say that I had mastered it. I ended up not liking the stitch very much. It used a lot of yarn and it was very time consuming to make a square. I would be okay with these consequences if the stitch pattern was interesting, but it was not. The pink square just ended up looking like a bunch of tightly crocheted lines smashed together. I might end up changing it up and learning a different stitch next week if I have time. I was just really disappointed in the outcome of the camel stitch.
This week was my first week I have gone without learning a new stitch. I had a really busy week so I thought that it would be best to just work on making more squares for my blanket. I worked a little bit on the pink camel stitch square, and that is when I began to realize that I did not really like the stitch. After working on the pink square a little bit I decided to work on my blue squares. The blue squares are made with the half-double crochet stitch, which is a very beginner stitch. I worked on my blue square when I was in the car because the half-double crochet stitch was the easiest to work with. I ended up finishing two blue squares during the car ride. I did not work on my white waffle stitch square in the car this week, so I will probably be focusing on those squares this week. I am going to be busy again this week but hopefully the long car rides will give me enough time to work on a lot more crocheting. After watching a video and learning how to do a waffle stitch last week, I ended up making one and a half white squares. After I finished my first square, I did not have much time to finish the second so I only ended up getting half of it done. As of right now I have one blue square, one white square, one half of a white square, and one half of a blue square. I am going to Florida this week and I plan to bring my crocheting supplies so that I can work on my blanket.
This week was the last week of learning a new stitch for my blanket squares. After the squares I still have to learn how to do a lining stitch, but I am going to learn that later. I looked through my usual website for a crochet stitch to do, but I ended up not liking any of them. So I decided to go to YouTube and search for some popular stitches. I found a video* explaining how to crochet a camel stitch for beginners, and I thought that the stitch looked cool so I decided to click on the video. I got my pink yarn so that I could work alongside the video. After I watched the first part of the video and I tried to do what I had just learned, I thought I was going to have to try a different stitch. I was just so confused on how I was supposed to do this stitch. After watching the beginning of the video a couple times, I figured out what I had to do. This stitch was different than the other stitches I had done. Usually I could get into a rhythm with my crocheting, but not with this stitch. I was always having to pull at the stitches and pull them apart, so that I could see what I was doing. Sources: Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1_HlaZpmL4 Since my last blog post I have been practicing my half-double crochet stitch a lot. I made a long column of half-double crochet stitches, just to practice. When I finally felt that I was experienced enough, I went out and bought the materials for my blanket. My blanket is going to be a large rectangle made from smaller pink, blue, and white squares. Each one of the squares will have a different type of stitch, and in the end I will make a black edge around the entire blanket. I am planning on making the black outline a very difficult stitch, to challenge my new crocheting abilities.
For last week's stitch I used blue yarn, and for this week's stitch I decided to use my white yarn. I decided to go for a harder stitch that would stand out. I decided to do this stitch with white yarn, so that the white would stand out in the blanket. This week I decided that I would learn a waffle stitch. I had seen and heard of this stitch before this week, and I thought that it would be a cool stitch for me to learn. I went on YouTube and looked up how to do a waffle stitch and I found this video*. I watched the video one time before I began crocheting. I watched the video again and I worked along with the video this time, trying to learn the stitch. I had to restart twice because I kept messing up the stitch. On my third try I managed to perfect the waffle stitch. I worked on my waffle stitch square all day Friday, and by Friday night I had my first white square done. If I have time this week I will be continuing to make my white waffle stitch squares. Sources: video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRnJHytHN_w This week was my first week of learning a new stitch for my Genius Hour project. Over the summer I learned how to crochet, but I only learned how to do one simple stitch, a single stitch. I became really good at this stitch but I had no idea how good I would be at more complicated stitches. Because of this reason, I decided to stick to a relatively beginner stitch to start my project this week I visited a website* that told me the 10 most popular crochet stitches. This website had pictures of all the stitches that were listed, so I scrolled through those stitches to see if there were any that I liked. There was a video attached to the top of the website that taught you how to do a few beginner stitches. So I decided to stick with one of those for now. This week I will be learning the half-double crochet stitch. This stitch is smaller than a double crochet but larger than a single crochet. It is a perfect medium sized stitch. After watching the video from the website I decided to go to YouTube for a more in depth tutorial for this stitch. I watched a video* of a woman showing exactly how she did the crochet stitch while she was doing it in front of the camera. I worked along with the video, and I messed up a few times, but I ended up finally getting the stitch. I am going to be working all week to try and perfect this stitch. To practice I am making squares with a chain length of 20. I will be making different colored squares for this stitch, and different colored squares for other stitches as well. These squares are going to be used to make parts of the blanket I am making as my final project. Sources:
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