Catania Grande Project #2

...As told you last week (here!!!), our "Catania Grande" meetings are held every Wednesday on

• Maaike's blog (she is even the nice hostess of this party!)
• Marie-Therese's blog
• and here at homemade@myplace !

What about my table runner???

Some pictures to show my crocheting progress...!!!!....

If I'm not wrong, I left you with the 3rd round completed...

...this is the 4th round (hot pink)...

....the 5th round (red)...

I forgot to take pictures of the 6th round (hot pink)....sorry!!!!

...then we have the 7th round (green)..

...the 8th round (red)...

.... round 9 (hot pink)...

...and for the moment, I've even completed round 10 (red)...

The idea is to complete, between two rounds of green, a pattern of five stripes with red and hot pink alternating...

So I still need to crochet one more both red and hot pink stripes, before to have a new green one!!!

In the meantime, I note everything on my little book...a pattern is forming, little by little!!!! ;oD

Please note that, for a time zone issue, I'm posting my project before the other two ladies!!!

I'll update their links asap, when I'll be informed that their posts will be ready, too!!!

Sorry for the inconvenience !!!!

See you next week!!!!

xxxx Alessandra

P.S. Maaike's link is updated now!!!!
        even Marie-Therese is updated!!!!


REMEMBER MY GIVEAWAY!!!! STILL TIME TO ENTER!!!!! 

Catania Grande Project !!!!

......a lot of posts have announced this moment ( a long list here and the arrival of the parcel here !!!) and now I can show what is happening in the backstage of homemade@myplace.....!!!!!!

Eventually, I find the courage to work with cotton, instead of wool or acrylic yarns....I got out from my comfort zone....not easy, because I always was considering cotton yarn as trouble...too stiff, not nice to work with it.....acrylic and wool are so pleasant, instead, so flexible and adaptable...you know what I mean, yes?

Anyway, last week, I grabbed my tools (5mm hook, scissors and yarn needle) and the Catania Grande cotton, that Maaike kindly sent to me....

....my first step was to read carefully the inside and outside of the yarn sleeves...

....."(...)many positive characteristics(...)"....mmmm......maybe, I thought, it will not be the end of the world if I try it.....

.....So, I collected my hook and the green ball (...keeping my fingers crossed...metaphorically speaking!)....and....

....yes! Love at first touch!!!

After the first chains, I was in love with it!!!

The cotton didn't split or twist and it slid smoothly along my hook!!!!!! ;oD What a nice surprise!!!

So, with relief, I started officially my oval table runner with some DCs (I follow the US crochet terms) and ....

.....it has to be stripy, ..........so...

...after the fist green round, I chose to continue with the hot pink....

....and with some red for the 3rd round...

.....and the "nice thing" is growing and growing......

A new update will follow in a week, precisely next Wednesday the 10th of April!!!

Remember that the Catania Grande Project has other two active members :

• Marie-Therese, who is crocheting a granny poncho for her little daughter
• Maaike, who is crocheting a baby blanket and who is the hostess of this happy adventure!

Please note that, for a time zone issue, I'm posting my project before the other two ladies!!!

I'll update their links asap, when I'll be informed that their posts will be ready, too!!!

Sorry for the inconvenience !!!!

xxxx Alessandra

P.S.: Maaike's link has been updated!!!! ;oD