Another quick post as I'm still not back to full health, though I went back to work last Monday. Yesterday I had to see an emergency doctor and he nebulised me. I don't even think it was an asthmatic attack, just chest pains that I'm having a lot recently, unfortunately my asthma is really playing up right now, so I'm back on steroids again too... I really wish it would all go away, I guess it's back to the doctor tomorrow...
Anyway, I thought I would give a brief update of my granny blankets that I'm still working on.
Loose hexagon/squares, double knit acrylic wool, 4.5mm crochet hook
Large squares, 9 rounds, double knit acrylic wool, 4.5 mm crochet hook
Small squares, Stylecraft special double knit acrylic wool (the nicest wool I've worked with), 4.0mm crochet hook
Today I was comparing my crochet made with different hook sizes 4.00mm and 4.5mm. Basically I've usually made grannies with a 4.5mm hook but recently saw the fabulous granny blanket made by the fabulous Lucy at Attic 24 (http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/2012/09/granny-patchwork-blanket-.html and http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/2013/02/granny-patchwork-blanket-ta-dah.html). She uses a smaller hook to give a small more dense result which I think gives a pleasing look.
This is a quick photo showing the different effect changing the hook size gives. The larger hook work is softer and less structured, the smaller is tighter and firmer. Obviously the larger hook crochets up a larger size more quickly, so if I was trying to make a large blanket I would probably go with a larger hook, especially as I take so long to finish anything!!!!
Until next time
Gillian
