I have to admit that I’m a lazy crafter. I usually have more yarn, ideas and patterns than I have patients or time. Therefore, anytime I can make something squishy, yummy, and cute, I’m there. I don’t recall my first introduction to the two-stranded method of knitting/crochet, but it’s a great time saver. I believe my first experience in a multi-strand work was in making a charity scarf. The Three Rivers Crochet group had been given a number of yarns and not all of them were great scarf material. However, if the novelty yarn was mixed with a regular weight yarn, a very cool item could be made for a person in need.
Several novelty yarns crocheted together.
Some more examples of how yarns were combined.
However, if you were to mix two regular weight yarns together, the result is a lovely, squishy material perfect for cuddling. My first blanket was knit and took me some time to complete. It was for my friend, Louis’s, newest grand-baby and I wanted to get it done quickly and creatively. My friend is a prolific and awesome knitter/crocheted, so I needed to create something she wouldn’t do (aka something super simple).
Louis's work. My baby blanket photo is lost...oh well.
Now I have realized I have a bunch of baby yarns gathering dust in my collection. This is what I came up with. Two-strand, variegated pastel strips of double-crochet. My original plan was to sew them directly to one another as my friend Rose did.
Diane and Rose from Three Rivers Crochet donating a blanket.
However, the colors are different enough that I’m now unsure if that’s the best method. Ah, the pains of impulsive creativity. I also had an idea of embroidering a simple design over the panels to unify them even more. What should I do?
Now what?
