switching up the color balance
Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on.
I started this granny square, origami, crocheted cardigan about 7 weeks ago, and I’m just about halfway though.
Well… I’m halfway through the total number of rounds.
Which means I’m very much not halfway through the crocheting.
But it does mean that I’m switching up the color balance.
The first half of the square (the inner rounds) was very heavy on the white, there are 18 rounds of white, to 5 rounds of grey. So for the second half my plan is to switch that up so there is significantly more grey to white.
I’m not sure what the exact ratio is going to be, but my goal at least is to achieve some sort of visual balance between the inner and outer parts of the square – while not ending up with a stark white cardigan.
photographing a black and white blob
Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on.
I’m working away on my crochet cardigan, and I’m loving how simple it is.
The stitch is brainless (a giant granny square). The shaping is ingrained in my brain (a basic center out square shawl). The yarn is absolutely lovely (Karabella “Max”). And there’s absolutely no deadline.
For me, right now, it’s the perfect project.
But now the question has arisen… how many ways can you photograph a black and white blob?
3 rounds of crochet and some crafty burnout
Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on.
3 rounds. That’s how many rounds I’ve added to my giant granny square that will some day turn into a cardigan sweater project.
This is really the only project I’m focusing on (other than untangling a giant pile of yarn), and I figured progress was slow due to a combination of: infinitely long rounds + wooly yarn + hot sticky August weather.
It wasn’t until yesterday, when I was writing some number gazing/reflecty writing about the end of the self-made wardrobe that I thought to throw crafting burn out into the mix.
This year for the self-made wardrobe I ended up making 23 pieces of wearable clothing (including 7 hand knit sweaters) + 1 winter coat + a handful of tank tops. And then on top of that a bunch of accessories + a handful of shawls.
That’s a not insignificant pile of stuff!
No wonder all I want to do with my free time is hang out + read + write + think + walk in the sun + get more sunburned + lazily crochet 3 rounds in a week.
