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Old August 13th 03, 07:12 PM
Laura
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I'm crocheting an afghan following a pattern in a book. The pattern
is for a cardinal afghan. My problem is that I have never done
multiple colors in a crocheted piece. I'm at a loss at how to do
this. According to the pattern, for the first row of the chart you
crochet 19 sts of white then 1 st of green then back to the white. On
the second row, it's 2 sts of green. Eventually, you create a leaf.

I have three choices here.
1. I can try and continue.
2. I can unravel the whole thing (all 23 rows. God forbid, I do
that.)
3. I can set it aside and learn what I need to learn on something
simpler.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Laura
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Old August 13th 03, 08:55 PM
cathb
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Hi,
I also have tried an afghan like this once before. It was a diamonds
pattern. You are supposed to carry the color that is not being used behind
your stitched piece and actually incorporate it. You end up lying it
against the row you are stitching into and it is covered by stitches. Gee,
I hope you can understand what I mean. It is time comsuming and can get
tangled if you don't be carefull. Good Luck


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Old August 15th 03, 11:39 AM
Barbara Vaughan
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Laura wrote:

I'm crocheting an afghan following a pattern in a book. The pattern
is for a cardinal afghan. My problem is that I have never done
multiple colors in a crocheted piece. I'm at a loss at how to do
this. According to the pattern, for the first row of the chart you
crochet 19 sts of white then 1 st of green then back to the white. On
the second row, it's 2 sts of green. Eventually, you create a leaf.

I have three choices here.
1. I can try and continue.
2. I can unravel the whole thing (all 23 rows. God forbid, I do
that.)
3. I can set it aside and learn what I need to learn on something
simpler.

Any advice would be appreciated.


What exactly is giving you a problem? Carrying the unused color?

I find crocheting with two colors to be much easier than knitting with
two colors. You join the second color when it is first needed, by
finishing the last loop of the last white stitch with green. Crochet
around the white yarn while using the green. When changing back to
white, do the same thing, making the last loop of the last green stitch
using white. If you need more green later in the row, carry the yarn
under the white stitches; otherwise just drop the green until you need
it in the row above.

If you change colors frequently in a row, there is a tendency for the
yarns to become entangled. You can avoid this by always dropping a color
in front and picking it up behind, or vice versa.

Barbara
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Old August 16th 03, 02:51 AM
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I have worked with two colors before and I find that it is easier for me to
keep each skein in a two liter soda bottle with the end coming out of the
neck. Then my skeins stay separate. You need to remove the bottom of the
bottle to get the skein inside and then stick it back on when the yarn is
inside.


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Old August 16th 03, 04:03 AM
Katherine Burgess
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So my question is: How do you stick it on again???
Katherine

"Goaliemom" wrote in message
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I have worked with two colors before and I find that it is easier for me

to
keep each skein in a two liter soda bottle with the end coming out of the
neck. Then my skeins stay separate. You need to remove the bottom of

the
bottle to get the skein inside and then stick it back on when the yarn is
inside.




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Old August 16th 03, 02:06 PM
Katherine Burgess
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Ah, of course. That would work, wouldn't it?
Katherine

"Ophelia" wrote in message
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Katherine if you punch holes in the plastic you can thread string to close
it off.

"Katherine Burgess" wrote in message
...
So my question is: How do you stick it on again???
Katherine

"Goaliemom" wrote in message
...
I have worked with two colors before and I find that it is easier for

me
to
keep each skein in a two liter soda bottle with the end coming out of

the
neck. Then my skeins stay separate. You need to remove the bottom

of
the
bottle to get the skein inside and then stick it back on when the yarn

is
inside.








 




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