tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262518710925242693.post7341544316183658692..comments2024-02-06T21:27:50.918-06:00Comments on The Old Fashioned Baby Sewing Room: Miss Carole's Crochet Baby Blanket Part 3 - Shell StitchJeannie B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05622479618143731970noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262518710925242693.post-43796314984816336072011-07-13T08:19:17.062-05:002011-07-13T08:19:17.062-05:00Thank you Jeannie and Miss Carole for the adorable...Thank you Jeannie and Miss Carole for the adorable baby blanket directions. What a wonderful gift for a new little one. You can never have too many receiving blankets.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936360651700669023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262518710925242693.post-34519734381498917292011-07-12T22:24:10.940-05:002011-07-12T22:24:10.940-05:00Kellie, these stitches are not hard at all! You s...Kellie, these stitches are not hard at all! You should give it a try. Try crocheting with a larger cotton and hook for practice (maybe just a perle cotton on some scrap flannel) till you get the feel for it and then "advance" yourself to the thinner cotton and do a blanket. Crocheting is so easy.<br /><br />Jeannie, thanks for posting this JUST in time! I have just finished the 2nd round of my blanket and was ready for the scallops. <br /><br />Also....though Carole doesn't do this with hers, IF you have a serger (or a zig-zag machine that does an overlock stitch, as many of them do) it is worth an extra very few minutes to do a 3-thread overlock stitch around your raw edges before doing any crochet. I found that it kept the edges from stretching or fraying while I worked on them AND it was very easy to turn them nice and flat as I crocheted that first round. I did the wing needle holes AFTER the serging. Just a suggestion from a long-time crocheter. <br /><br />I also added a few extra stitches on the corners, as I am a tight crocheter and couldn't get the corners to lay flat otherwise. Just do an extra stitch in the same whole evenly spaced 5 or 6 times around the curve. I think I did something like every 5th hole had two stitches in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262518710925242693.post-37228835826406810122011-07-12T21:11:18.604-05:002011-07-12T21:11:18.604-05:00Kellie, It's never too late!Kellie, It's never too late!Jeannie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05622479618143731970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262518710925242693.post-8825545418299466302011-07-12T19:58:43.120-05:002011-07-12T19:58:43.120-05:00I just love this! I wish I knew how to crochet......I just love this! I wish I knew how to crochet... perhaps its not too late to teach this old stitcher a new stitch!!Kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17243459628295857936noreply@blogger.com