Showing posts with label Granny Squares. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Granny Squares. Show all posts

2015-08-23

WIP: Granny Squares

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Fazer quadrados tornou-se viciante. Basta começar para não conseguir parar. E isto de ter passado uma semana em casa da minha mãe, traduziu-se num grande aumento de quadrados para a minha manta. Estou longe de ter todos os que necessito, mas já tenho suficientes para se ver qualquer coisa. E o novo vicio ainda nos valeu umas risadas, quando me deu para ensinar a minha sobrinha(8) e o meu sobrinho(9) a fazer crochet. Só aprenderam a fazer a corrente, e ele tem muito mais jeito do que ela, fizeram uma corrente enorme, e mais outra e outra que ataram juntas formando uma única e que depois atámos numa palmeira pequenina na rua da minha mãe, mas uma das vizinhas, cortou-a toda assim que saiu à rua, alegou que pensava que era bruxedo, vejam só! Os miúdos ficaram super desiludidos! Voltando ao meu trabalho, estou a gostar, até ao dia que voltei (na terça), tinha 35 quadrados feitos e alguns deles já estavam unidos. Entretanto fiz poucos, uns 4, e passei mais tempo a unir mais quadrados, tenho 20 unidos. 

Making granny squares has became an addiction. I just have to start them and then I can't stop. And the fact that I spent a week at my mom's, has translated into an increase in squares made. I am far from having all the ones I need, but I already have quite a few. And the new addiction has given us a few laughs too, as I taught crochet to my niece (8) and my nephew (9). They have only learnt how to do the chain, he's better at it then she is, and they did a huge one, then another, and another and then tied them all together, and tied it around a small palm tree in my mom's street, although one of the neightbors cut it off as soon as she stepped out her door. She said she thought it was witchcraft, WTF?! The kids were super disappointed. Back to my own work, I am enjoying it, until the day I came back (tuesday) I had 35 squares finished and some of them were put together already. Since then I only made a couple, about 4, and spent some time putting a few more together, I have 20 together right now. 

2015-08-07

WIP: granny squares - for a change!

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Desde que meti a manta de quadrados que a minha mãe fez, na cama da G. há uns dias atrás, que fiquei com vontade de fazer uma também. Já ando para fazer uma de retalhos, como a minha há muito tempo, mas esse tem sido um projeto sem começo sequer. Voltando à manta de quadrados, em crochet, bem... a ideia andou a rondar durante uns dias, e para me fazer decidir, descobri há pouco um blog espanhol que é uma perdição e que está neste momento a fazer um curso de crochet para quem se quiser iniciar nesta arte que eu não domino. Assisti às lições 1-5 e achei-as básicas. Parece que afinal até percebo qualquer coisa. Há duas noites atrás experimentei brincar com a agulha e um novelo de lã rasca que tinha comprado para o cabelo de uma boneca - como todos os novelos que faziam parte da minha caixa. Afinal, crochet e malha é algo que passo sempre para a minha mãe. No entanto, acabei por fazer uma pesquisa online. Não li nada, olhei apenas para as imagens e achei que conseguia começar qualquer coisa de jeito. Ontem, sai de casa pela manhã com os pequenos e comprei 5 novelos de lã. Pedi conselhos à senhora, a grossura da lã, o nº da agulha que deveria de usar (não comprei porque estava certa que teria uma por casa e acertei, o nº 3 e tudo como a senhora me indicou) e fui-me a elas. Olhando de perto para a colcha da minha mãe, copiei o esquema e lá fui fazendo os primeiros quadrados. Comprei 5 cores e juntei o vermelho que já tinha comprado o ano passado numa tentativa vã de fazer uma boina para mim. Cada quadrado tem 6 voltas, mas ainda quero juntar o branco para fazer uma volta a mais em cada um dos quadrados. Também quero usar o branco para os juntar a todos mas nem vou pensar ainda nisso. Primeiro, vou-me entreter a fazer quadrados e quadrados... depois logo se verá se sou capaz de mais. Hoje mesmo fui comprar o branco e comentei com a senhora que já levava 6 quadrados feitos, ao que me respondeu que já ia bem encaminhada. Depois disso já fiz mais cinco, mas o último (ao qual já acrescentei mais uma volta em branco) não aparece nas fotos. Só sigo dois blogs especialistas nestas coisas, o da Susana e o da Naná. Duas meninas que já tive o prazer de conhecer pessoalmente. Elas têm sido uma inspiração e têm-me dado vontade de aprender mais, apesar de saber que não é o meu forte. As cores dos seus trabalhos deixam-me sempre com um sorriso na cara, principalmente as cores mais fortes, e isso é o que gostava de ver na minha manta. 


Ever since I've put the granny square blanket my mom made, in G.'s bed a few days ago, I've been feeling like I too would like to make one. I've been wanting to make a scrap one for a while, just like mine, but that's something i couldn't even start yet. Back to the granny squares, in crochet, well... the idea has been around for a few days, and to make me make up my mind, I found the greatest spanish blog, which is hosting crochet lessons right now, for begginers, like myself. I watched lessons 1-5 and got the feeling that they were too easy and I actually knew a little about it. Two evenings ago I  played a little with the needle and a cheap wool I had bought to make a doll's hair - just like all the wool in my stash. After all, I always pass crochet and knitting stuff to my mom. Even though, I went searching online for granny squares. I didn't read anything, I just looked at the pictures and thought that maybe I was capable of starting something worth it. Yesterday morning, I went out and bought 5 balls of wool. I asked the old lady from the shop some advices such as the width of the thread, the needle's number (I didn't buy one though since I was sure I'd have one similar and I was right, I had the same number she told me which was n.3) and got to it. Taking a good look at my mom's blanket, I copied the pattern and started with the first squares. I bought 5 colors and used the red I already had, from last year, when I tried in vain to make myself a beret. Each square has 6 rows, but I still want to buy and add a white one to each of them. That's the same color I want to use to put them all together, but I won't think about that yet. first, I'm just going to entertain myself by make square after square.. and then, we'll see if I'll be capable of further. I bought the white today and commented with the old lady that I had six squares done already, which she answered I was on the good path. After that, I have made five more, the last one though (with a white round too) is not on the photos. I only follow two crochet and knitting focused blogs, Susana's and Naná's blogs. Two ladies I have already met in person, by the way. They have been a huge inspiration and have been making me feel like learning more about it, although I know that's not my thingy. The colors of their works always leave a smile on my face, especially those strong, vibrant colors, and that's exactly what I'd like on my own work. 


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