How much fun can you have with sisters? I think the possibilities of fun times are
limitless…Tuesday afternoon three of us got together in Velda’s cozy new home.
I am always the one
with a stash of thread, crochet or knit needles found in my forays to thrift
stores. It is so exciting to say, “Hey,
look what I got for only a few dollars!
Do you need any of it for your next project? I declare it is more fun than a barrel full
of monkeys. We delve into my stack of
finds and have ourselves a blast deciding what project needs which thread.
This week I got three full skeins of Macramé thread, two
green and one brown. They were in the
stash but were already declared as my own.
I had been looking for some strong, bulky thread to create a yarn basket;
this rough and tough, bulky thread was exactly what I needed!
Soooooo….this afternoon I started my basket. Using the green thread and the single crochet
stitch, I crocheted a flat round piece. I
increased as I went until the piece was about 20 to 24 inches in diameter. The next row I did not increase at all, which
began the sides of my basket. I then
changed to the brown, and crocheting in the back loops only, I continued with
the single crochet for two rows. The next
two rows I changed to double crochet and continued to crochet in the back
loops. I love the effect this gives,
although if I had been using a regular thread, it would not have been sturdy
enough.
8=))
