Colman's

What a wonderful Easter break!  Unfortunately I was back at work last Thursday after 5 days off. . . . . . . tragic!  However, 5 days off and lots of crafting was done.

My lovely crochet cushion is now finished and I am so pleased with it!  It blends in wonderfully with the colour scheme in my lounge.

Pictured with Scruff

The cushion was made up using Half Treble Crochet stitch (UK), stitch blogged about here, a 4 mm crochet hook and the very robust Stylecraft Special DK yarn (this is needed in my house with 2 dogs!).  I'm not usually a fan of acrylic yarn, but the colours in this range are to die for AND this yarn is really quite nice to work with.  For further info see my Ravelry project page.

Karen

Stitch of the Week

Back to basics.  Here is my favourite stitch this week. A very simple crochet stitch which is ideal for beginners.  It produces a very beautifully textured and dense fabric. I'm currently knitting a cushion using this very stitch and it's perfect.

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Half Treble Crochet (htr)

In the US this is known as Half Double Crochet (hdc)



- Yarn round hook (yrh)

- Insert hook into chain, yarn round hook (yrh)

- Draw it through loop (three loops are now on hook)

- Yarn round hook (yrh)

- Draw through all three loops (one loop now on hook)

Video tutorial here.