Yarnification

I’m not sure how to handle the Snowflake Mondays thing. I want to do it, but on Mondays I usually don’t get any crocheting done until evening, and I don’t have internet access at home. So I’ve been wondering whether I should hold my Monday snowflakes until the next Monday and post them then, or just do my Snowflake Mondays post on Tuesday, which is of course the wrong day. Hmm.

But on the plus side, I am now the proud owner of the December 1985 issue of Magic Crochet, which I found at a flea market yesterday for a dollar. There are a whole bunch of snowflake patterns in there, and also some pretty cool doilies.

Now I just need to work out how to crochet from a diagram. I have a basic understanding of how it works from making the Pineapple Squares Thing since I got the pattern out of one of the Harmony stitch guides, which show a written pattern and a diagram for everything. While I was making the first of the squares I got confused by the written instructions in a few places and used the diagram to figure out what I was supposed to be doing. I’ve never made an entire item from just a diagram, though, so this should be interesting.

Anyway, I get out of work early today so I’m going home to make snowflakes. (After I wash the dishes and clean the litter box, unfortunately. But at least I’m not the one who gets stuck mowing the lawn!)