| A Walk Down Memory Lane by Margaret Fraleigh |
| As I strolled through a previous COT edition I came across some hints submitted by reporter Hippolover (Dana Clark). HINTS FROM HIPPOLOVER (1) by Dana Clark |
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| Hippolover(1) is back again with more hints to make your crochet life more enjoyable. This month we will learn some tips on working from a pattern. Annie's Crochet Newsletter is credited with these ideas. Pattern Holder: One idea was to use a music stand to hold the pattern you are working on. This keeps the pattern from slipping off of lap and keeps it neater. Post-it notes: Using a Post-it note just below the line of a pattern you are working on helps keep a place for your eye to go right back to when you look up from your work. This will work well when combined with the music stand when keeping the stand at eye level. By the way, for those of you who don't know, music stands can be very inexpensive when new (even under $10.00) or could be picked up at a yard sale or thrift store. Hope these tips help! Until next time ... Keep those hooks flying! When I read these, I chuckled to myself, because I had just recently retrieved my music stand from my accordian box and had my hubby shorten it so that it was just the right level to sit beside the couch while crocheting. I was forever trying to find a place for the pattern to sit. This works perfectly. So my hat's off to Dana and the folks at Annie's Crochet Newsletter ....... it works. Also the post it notes are great too, but what I did was I had a metal sheet and magnetic strip that I had previously used for cross-stitching ... well I dug that out too and it works wonderful on the music stand. The metal strip can be easily moved from row to row. We had one reply from last months edition of Walk Down Memory Lane. The question was "How might you know if you're a Crochet addict?" Sylvia Keefe sent in the following answer .. "Well I guess I'm a crochet-a-holic. I print all the pattern's I would love to make and have them divided into binders (30 of them). Then I buy the yarn I'll need and start but have many to finish up. Yarn on sale just calls my name for sure. I sure hope God doesn't think I need to live to 200 to do and finish all these patterns." Take Care and I will see you next edition. |
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