Marvie's Crochet Corner

Mornin'

Ummmf... it's morning already. I did't stay up late last night, but my back was hurting and I took a muscle relaxer so now I am dragging. This will be a lotsofcoffee day lol.

Well, I am working on my very first vever filet design. I don't know how it will work out, but I got the chart worked up last night... and oh my gawd that was rough. Maybe if I hadn't flunked algebra it would have been easier. I struggled for a couple of hours trying to figure out how to make it work, hubby saw me struggling, but he sucks at math too so he was no help whatsoever.... well I lie, he broght me a calculator rofl. Like I told him, it wasn't the math part that was stumping me, I can do basic math in my haed or on paper... it was figuring out the formula (which numbers to put where and do what with) that was eluding me.

Finally I found two charts that had elements of what I wanted to do, combined those elements, and then just used a pencil with a very good eraser to work out the kinks. It took a while, but I think I've got it.

I managed to get three rows completed last night, well seven technically, but I discovered in the fourth row of the first attempt that my dumb ass had put one too many mesh into the first row and it was throwing everything off so I had to frog all the way back to the begining of the first row and pretty much start all over. So I got through row three before I took the muscle relaxer and decided I should stop while I was ahead. I can only imagine what I'd have done had I continued after that point rofl.

I hear some of you asking "So what IS it?" Well, you'll see when I get it finished. I want it to be a surprise *g* If it works out like I see it in my head, I will post the chart on my pattern page... assuming I can scan it or something. I might have to get help with getting the chart on the computer...

So other than this exciting little project my week has been quiet. I had parenting class Monday, and huby attended also. Then that evening I babysat my neighbor's kids.. this has let me know that I am probably out of the fll time childcare busines for good. One, because my back can't take it anymore. Two, because I just haven't the patience for it anymore... maybe infants if my back gets better, but no older kids lol.

I finished up a poncho (pics later, have to get kiddo to play photographer for me) and two scrunchies yesterday. Today will be devoted to my filet design. After this I have another poncho I want to make, I'd started it, but a line in the pattern threw me, so I started a different one while I waited for help in response to my post. That came, and I think I can finish it now, so I'm going to work on it as soon as I finish up what I have on the hook.

Well, now that I'm a little bit awake, I guess I'll get started on things. Hope ya'll have had a good week!

posted by Marvie at 3:06 AM