Wednesday, February 27, 2013

My kid is now 6!

Oh my gosh, you guys, I have been so crazy busy lately!  I have been getting ready for Mims to turn six, which finally happened today at 7:48 am!  LOL!!  We opted this year to have a small family party, and just do cool favors for her friends at school.  She and I both thought that the soda can candy bouquet we've been seeing on Pinterest (check it out HERE) was just too awesome, so we made a bunch of them. We made one for each of the kids in her class, and one for her teacher, and then a bunch for the family party we're having this afternoon.  Um, I'm not sure I'd tackle 36 of these at once again...  It took me the better part of 2 days to finish them, and I know my way around a glue gun!  


I was able to pick up the candy and soda for pretty cheap at Target, so the cost of each favor was around $3, which I thought was pretty good.  Even if we'd ordered stuff from Oriental Trading Co or gone over to Party City, we wouldn't have been able to get cool favors for that price!


Okay, so now to the crochet!  I saw a tantalizing picture of some argyle crochet on Pinterest (I seem to spend as much time there as I do at Target! LOL!!!) that just made my heart go pitter-patter!  It was love at first sight!!  I clicked the link (click HERE if you want to check it out too! You might need a Ravelry account to view it, I'm not sure...) and was both excited and slightly disappointed.  The crocheting was awesome. But HOW do you do it?!  I needed to know!!!

I did an extensive (read: 5 minute) Google search and came up with virtually nothing on the subject.  It's a form of pooling, which is apparently huge in the knitting community, but there was no info out there on how to do it with crochet!  So, I grabbed my variegated yarn and started to experiment.  And rip out the non-argyle results.  And experiment some more.  And rip it all out.  Until I finally cracked the code.  And then, holy shmow, I became obsessed...


This is a washcloth/dishcloth that I made out of a skein of variegated Lily Sugar N Cream cotton yarn...


I used a skein of Red Heart Super Saver yarn to make this blue and green strip.  It wasn't quite long enough to be a scarf...


So I turned it into a cowl!!


And this beauty that I made out of a skein of Craft Smart yarn is going to become a hat!  Aaand, I have grand hopes to make a throw pillow or two for our couch, and a cool baby blanket for my future-niece who should be arriving at the end of April.  I told you I was obsessed!!!

So, here's my question for you:  Is this something that you've all heard about and been doing for years and I was just out of the loop, or is this something that you'd like to learn more about so you don't have to spend a week ripping out non-argyle experimentations?  It's not hard, but it isn't easy to explain in a blogging format, so I'd turn it into a book (that you all would get for free, so don't worry darlings, I've got your back).  Let me know what you think in the comments below, or you can let me know on Facebook at the CrochetDynamite page.

Oooh, I almost forgot!!  I have been getting spammed like crazy lately on the site, and it's becoming a problem for me.  Like yesterday, for example, I got 40 (!!!!!) spam comments on the site, and 2 nice comments from real people.  I am spending so much time weeding out the 'bad' comments from robots that I'm getting burnt out, and that's not good for any of us.  So, even though I made some huge, sweeping anti-Captcha statements in the past, I'm retracting them all, and turning it back on.  I LOVE getting comments from people who have questions, want to comment, and who love being friends, but the robot comments have got to go.

Okay, I've got to run out and buy some balloons!  Hope you all have a delightful and wondrous day!

xoxo


25 comments:

  1. Would LOVE to learn how you do that argyle-ey thing! book! book! book!
    Also, on the bright side, lots of spam probably means you are super popular..... (I'd assume?) but yes, it sucks, and it's really not that hard to do the captcha thing, so, no worries!
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Mims!!!
    xoxoxo!
    (oh, btw, I don't think I can come over this weekend, but how about next? 10th? email me)
    ♥ETF♥

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  2. I would love to know how to do this, I am always looking for new and exciting things to crochet. thanks ever so much.

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  3. Those candy/soda bouquets are so cute! It's funny -- I was just blogging about candy bouquets today. Not nearly as cute as these though. Wow, well done!

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  4. Love, love, love the argyle look. Hope you can find time to write it out :)

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  5. Sorry about the spammy monsters - this argyle look is awesome. I will deal with the Captchas when I need to or if I am lazy will comment on your facebook page. LOL. How's that for compromise?

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  6. I've never seen this trick and would LOVE to learn it as well! Please share :)

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  7. Wow you've been busy! Love the argyle look, will have to have a go and the soda bouquets are great and my Mr and Miss Teenagers would love them!! Chel

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  8. I love the argyle! I definitely want to learn it. The book is a great idea.
    Aw, happy birthday to Mims! I barely remember being six...but I'm sure I loved it. Tell her to enjoy it while she can, because one day when she's grown up, she'll wish it had lasted longer. (Well, I wish it had lasted longer, anyways.) ;)

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    1. One other thing: No. I've never seen the argyle before.

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  9. Argyle look is great! Would definitely want to learn. However, I noticed that most of your books are for the kindle and I have a nook :(

    Gail O.

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    1. You can get Kindle for PC free from Amazon and then at least you could have these wonderful books right on your computer!

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  10. Happy birthday Mims! And I would love to learn your pooling trick!

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  11. would love to get the book for this. It's quite impressive.

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  12. That would be awesome to learn! I love argyle but haven't yet attempted to learn anything about pooling. If you're willing to teach, I'm ready to be a student! :)

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  13. Argyle would be so cool to learn!!!!!

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  14. Love the argyle look also! Are you going to share the technique? I hope so, just let us know soon. ;)

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  15. Hi, I would love to learn that argyle pattern. Let us know when you'll do it.

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  16. trying this comment again...my computer blocked it the first time for some reason. Happy birthday Mims! Enjoy being 6!!

    I love the argyle, and have never seen that before, would like to learn the trick to it, please share! :)

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  17. I have done it by accident and had no idea you could plan it to turn out this way! YES, book PLEASE!!!

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  18. Happy happy 6th Birthday Mims, all the way from Australia! Yes please big time to the argyle book - it would be really appreciated, as are all your efforts. Best of luck with the robots! Warm regards. Tania.

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  19. I don't know for sure what a captcha is but it sounds awful!!! would love to learn this technique. Who knew? Also, please tell the kid HAPPY BIRTHDAY for me and I hope she had a great day!! Lucky little girl to have such a great mama
    Andrea in TN

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  20. I love the argyle look and would look forward to a book that explains how to do it!

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  21. I've never heard of nor seen argyle crochet before and it's gorgeous!
    I love working Irish crochet, tapestry style, hairpin lace, filet patterns,
    Aran/Tunisian, graphs... Please publish on this technique! :-)
    And Happy Birthday to your small one!

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  22. Hi EVERYBODY!
    Thanks for all the kind words! I'm hard at work on the Argyle book, and I'll update you soon on the blog!
    xo Jaime

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  23. I really like the argyle. Would definitely want to learn. Thanks for your hard work!

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