WOYWW 745 Hook porn and Tunisian temptation

Hi all, I hope you’re all well. I’m glad the heat is abating a bit. 

The title of this post might be a bit disappointing for some😉. I’ll say right now it’s about crochet and crochet hooks! 😀🧶

I’m very nearly there with my chevron blanket strips. 

Julia commented on last week’s post about whether I’m using variegated yarn so I’m showing both types below. 

Yes, they are variegated but with a 12cm wide strip they wouldn’t change colour enough so I switch every few rows. 

You can also see my latest hook above. It’s a 4mm olive wood ‘hybrid plus’ with a styled thumb rest. The one I showed you last week made the gauge for this project too loose but I’ll find a use for it. The slightly shorter hook is better for me as a leftie than the longer one, and the styled (larger) thumb rest is brilliant. I’m getting B to buy me a couple more for Crimbo and am hesitating between handle colours. There’s a huge choice of woods and handles but I want some finer gauge hooks, and though my cats don’t chew wood, I’m avoiding the ones that would be toxic, like yew, African Blackwood and laburnum. So it’s brown ivory wood for the 3mm with a root beer handle 

For the 3.5mm I have more choice. I like the birds eye maple but which handle goes best? What do you think? 

This one is called mojito. 

All photos are by Henryetta’s Hooks

I’ve been watching Tunisian crochet videos this week on Facebook: Asli ile sanatsal tasarimlar Tunisian crochet. It’s a bit of a mouthful but they make Tunisian crochet look so quick and easy. I will NOT start it before I finish my blanket..NOT NOT NOT! I think I’ll have some cake yarn left over from the blanket do I can use that. I’ve found a Tunisian crochet video for lefties Here. Just a little test:

That will be put to one side till I’ve finished the blanket. 

I’ve also joined a writing group called ‘Write by the Sea’. We have meetings where there’s an invited speaker and others where we share our writing on a given theme. Last week was travel and I wrote a short story on arriving at the vineyard. I’ll put it on my writing blog. Send me an email to lmcollis@icloud(dot)com

if you want to read it and don’t have access to the blog. 

If you read my novel and liked it, please, please put a review on Amazon review. It’ll help me get an American publisher 

Many thanks. 

Bella and Gracie send purrs to you all. 

And finally…

Take care and happy WOYWW to you all. 

I’m off to read your blogs, courtesy of Miss Julia at the Stamping Ground

Hugs

Lynnecrafts xxx