Progress

I finally came out of the funk I was suffering because the first 3 finished sections of the Crochet Club 2011 were not to gauge. Starting with a second corner using a Susan Bates 'D' hook (mfg in Mexico and actually measuring 3.11 mm) the completed corner was spot on gauge. Did another corner and it too was 9 cm x 9 cm. So frogged the 2 sections of ripple (chevron) and the first corner. I am doing the first section of the long wave and it is coming out to gauge as well. The designer says that the pattern tends to grow so that you are supposed to step down the hook size mid way through the pattern. At first I went down to the Clover 2.5 mm hook. The change seemed too tight so I just went down to the Clover 3.0 hook and everything seems to be working.

I really like the long wave section. The pattern is very intuitive once you get through it. I will try to post pictures as soon as I get them off my camera.

Saturday was a regular CIP with fellow crocheters at The Library coffee house in Long Beach. It is so relaxing to meet friends and catch up on everyone's lives. The group ended up being 5 strong. So much fun. Sunday was a spinning kind of day at Jamie and Abraham's loft. I brought some of the wonderful beading/cross stitch magazines from Australia for Abraham to look at. I think Jill Oxen's designs are so stupendous. Abraham's design preferences tends towards the more geometric so some of her designs are much more suited to his tastes than other magazines. Abraham went out for Chinese food in recognition of the Chinese New Year. We had enough food for 20 people not just the 4 who eventually dined.