Yarnification

Over the weekend I was trying to avoid crocheting while I waited for the feeling to come back in my finger (it’s getting there, probably about 80% better now). But I just couldn’t. I had to crochet something. So I played around with hooks for a while to see how I hold different hooks. The steel hooks and the smaller yarn hooks, through about size G or H, all hit right across the numb spot on my ring finger. But my big hooks, around size L or M and bigger, didn’t even touch the fingertip. And there was much rejoicing while I sat around trying to decide what to make.

Eventually I decided to make a basket. I’ve had this basket pattern printed out for eons but have never gotten around to trying it. And I had four balls of this hemp/wool blend yarn that’s a little weird to work with. It tends to vary from thick to thin and back again so I’ve had a hard time finding a use for it, but it was $1 per 4-oz ball, and how can you turn down yarn that only costs a dollar? So I decided it would probably do fine for a basket. I used four strands instead of the six the pattern called for and a size P hook instead of a Q but otherwise mostly followed the pattern for the small basket. When I make another one I’ll probably use an N hook; it’s tight enough to stand up on its own but could stand to be a touch tighter.