Day #12 - Mittens& Granny Squares

Wow it's day 12 of Granny A Day already and I am still on Cloud 9 about the award I received yesterday.

You may remember the Purple Beret that I made for my friend the other day?

Well today I decided to make her some matching Mittens

And here they are!

I am meeting her for a catch up dinner tonight, so I hope she loves them both.

As I was following the description of the stitch, I didn't realise that I had added a WOH, but as I was keeping it consistent it didn't matter.  I wonder if I have invented a new stitch!

I also managed to get Granny A Day No. 12 made

And as I am joining as I go, here's what my Granny A Day 2012 blanket looks like so far.

I have 2 lots of 2 hour lessons tomorrow, so I am looking forward to that as my first class is a Lady and her Mother in Law - both of whom have never crocheted before!  MIL is a knitter but I think that's a disadvantage when learning to Crochet - still I will wait and see & keep you posted.

My afternoon lesson is one of my pupils from last year - she comes on leaps and bounds with every lesson and it will be interesting to see what she has Crocheted over the Festive Season.

Finishing touches & 2 crochet classes later & a bear !!

Not in the order of the title......

Class 1 and CA presented me with this lovely cushion that she made from the pattern that we worked on together in last weeks class

Isn't it FANTASTIC?

Well done CA and good luck with the "Dahlia" pattern that we worked on today (see below) I am sure you will do fantastically well as you have done since starting the classes and thanks for your email which said "you are a good teacher" that's fantastic feedback to have.

Class 2 and CD conquered her fear of changing colours - she is making a blanket for her Mum who lives in Spain and this Cream and Dusky Pink combination looks great!

This is a Beanie that I made, well actually I made 2 of these, in "Seriously" chunky wool using a 15mm - yes a 15mm hook

It's come up really well and has a really soft feel to it

(sorry about the pictures being a bit wonky)

I also added some red buttons to the red fingerless gloves

And wooden buttons to the Cream fingerless gloves

Now this is the Dahlia that I worked on in class 1 with CA today - as she made hers (sorry no photo) in her blue/brown combo, I followed the pattern with her in a chunky orange and green - its' HUGE

The great thing about this Dahlia is that it uses "popcorn" stitches which CA has not used before & after the 1st one she soon had the hang of it.

Last but not least is Choc & Nut

I started Choccy yesterday and completed him today

Choccy because of the chocolate coloured body & nut because of the pistachio green bow!

Cute or what??

Tales from - Get Hooked - Crochet Classes for Beginners - Lesson #4

Wow what a busy, busy week!  I have decided to take part in a Craft Fair on the 3rd December, so I have to get my stock levels up and stop giving things away!!

So far I have made 5 hats as seen below

I really like the ladies beanie with the flower to the side

It also takes time to expertly so in my new labels so that the stitches can't be seen - thank goodness for Mrs Ashworth my needlework teacher at school (I remember her words "the lazy man's way is the hardest")

And I have also made 2 of these in cream and started a red one

Now for my pupils fantastic creations!!

VM is cracking ahead with her Granny Square Shawl - she just has to decide on the final design, as there are some cream Granny Squares to add in too!

This is a great way to start a class - stitch reminders!! We normally start off with double crochet, then go on to trebles, half trebles and now double trebles!  It's a good exercise for working a block as most beginners miss working into the turning chain which will mean their work decreases OR they work into the base of the turn chain which will increase that row, but as you can see from the picture above we have a nice block!

 C brought in this beanie hat to show me - she had to take it from her son's head as he wanted to wear it for the day!!

Here she is making a square with a flower motif in the centre.  She has told me that she's going to make a cushion cover by next week!

Now here's the lovely D (with the fantastic nails) who was having trouble with snagging the wool she was using, so I sent her down to the shop to get another ball, and hey presto - she's working away on a treble flat circle with ease!

My new lady P(more fantastic nails!!) is also working well on a treble flat circle, which is great as this is her first class.  She's come along to revive the crochet skills she's learnt as a child.

These FAB Granny Squares were worked by MD who really is well and truly hooked now!

This very talented "new to crochet lady" kindly modelled this hat for me today....

& then she showed me her homework....

This flat circle worked in dc turned out to be more like a hexagon, so we worked out where it went wrong and she's going to practice again for her next lesson.

She also made this FAB granny square - its a lovely baby green colour

But to begin the lesson we practised our stitches

And to finish, she made this lovely lovely flower, which when she first looked at one that was finished, thought was too complicated, but after reading and following the pattern together, the finished flower says it all!

And finally - CD has produced these Granny Squares in just 1 week

Wow!!

They are all doing so very well - I am so pleased with their achievements and hard work 

Well done ladies!