A few new projects this year

I can now crochet in the round ....yippee !

I have also learned the best way to applique thanks to Wendi Gratz on her Shiny Happy World website

An experiment that didn't work !  I tried bleaching denim but it wasn't successful. I sprayed the bleach on. It was patchy and uneven so my butterfly went in the bin

I crocheted an owl brooch ....

.... and a rat toy for our cats.  Just a few projects to show what I have been doing this year. Marion x

CROCHET Working out how much wool I needed

I have been practicing making Granny Squares after a few failures

After a lot of thought I decided to measure how much wool I needed to Crochet each round
I was using Double Knitting Wool and a 5.5 mm Hook

ROUND ONE  I measured the Wool and marked 20 inches with a  Clip. When I reached the Clip I moved it on another 20 inches. I was surprised to find that I used 66 inches of Wool for Round One

ROUND TWO  Used 110 inches of Wool

ROUND THREE  Used 154 inches of Wool

ROUND FOUR  Used 200 inches of Wool

ROUND FIVE  Used 250 inches of Wool

This has been an interesting experiment. Every new Round used about another 50 inches of Wool

Now I can use up my spare oddments of Wool without worrying about if I have enough to finish each round. Yippee !
Different Tension, Wool and Hook Size will be different for everyone It is worth doing this if you have oddments of wool to use up.  I hope this post is useful to someone in the world