Friday 31 January 2014

Chunky Crochet

Hello Lovelies,
A couple of weeks ago I showed you some yarn I bought at my local yarn shop for a quick and easy project. I loved the teal colour and the 30 percent wool content. It was reasonably priced at £2.95 a 100g ball............


It's chunky yarn and you can see on the band it recommends 6mm needles, no mention of hook size but that's generally the same anyway...........


So I dug out my 6mm hook and started chaining........


I was using chunky yarn for two reasons. Firstly for warmth , I was pretty sure we were going to get some proper winter weather soon .
The other benefit of using chunky yarn was the speed at which it grows.......this was about half an hour after I started...........


I was just doing U.K. double ( U.S. single ) crochet stitches back and forth but the thickness of the yarn meant the big stitches really showed up the wonderful texture they  created..........


It was great fun whizzing backwards and forwards , with no colour changes to worry about.......the next day I had two ( rather curly ) squares of crochet...........


You could  leave them plain, but for me some embellishment was needed. So I played around creating a sort of flat flower. One of my kind  commenters called it a "Granny Flower" I liked that name.....here's my Granny Flower :0)...........


then it was simply a case of making two and sewing one onto each of my rectangles, before sewing them into a tube.

Here they are .....ta-dah..........

A cosy pair of wrist warmers :0)

 I left a thumb hole, but wrist warmers with no thumb hole seem to be popular at the moment too .

This is where I'm supposed to say how pleased I am with them, but actually they are too big....oh bother........or other words to that effect.

and they don't go with this coat!

So off I went, back  to my  LYS to purchase another ball of yarn as I didn't think I had enough left to make a second pair.

That second pair is finished now and I'm pleased to say they fit. I made them in a different colour with a different embellishment...... just in time for the bad weather. I'm really happy with how they turned out this time....phew.

I'm planning to share the pattern details for both the wrist warmers and the two types of embellishments  ......hopefully  sometime next week.
It's been too long since I shared a pattern with you lovelies and this is a super quick and easy ( suitable for beginners ) project which I hope will enjoy.
Jacquie x

51 comments:

  1. You can never have too many pairs of wrist warmers!
    Hope you have a great weekend. x

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  2. Lovely colour of yarn Jacquie and the Granny flower is a nice embelishment. Good Luck with your next pair ~ hope they fit you better! Have a lovely weekend :O)xx

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  3. Love your wrist warmers I am about to search through my yarn stash as I'm pretty sure I have some chunky yarn. It will be a first for me I tend to use DK or finer - thank you for the inspiration x

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  4. I love the triangular finish to the flower embellishment, very pretty.

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  5. So lovely to see you posting about crochet again! Chunky yarn is fabulous for moving ahead in great strides, isn't it?! The first pair of wrist-warmers I made were too big as well - especially made worse by stretchy acrylic yarn!
    I love those granny flowers!

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  6. Beautiful- and the blanket they are resting on is just gorgeous!! The texture of crochet is so tactile! Have a good weekend

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  7. Beautiful Jacquie, especially your Granny Flower. I love your blanket under the wristwarmers.
    luv
    irene
    xxxx

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  8. Your little mitts turned out great! I love the flower too! What a fun and quick little project, thanks for sharing!

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  9. The yarn certainly works up quickly, love the mitts and the flower too

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  10. So sorry you had to make another trip to the LYS! That must have been terrible for you... :) ! Love the color of the wrist warmers and the granny flower! I have been using your sunburst granny heart tutorial and got my bunting finished last night. Thank you for your free patterns. They are really super easy to follow. I appreciate the time you put into making them.

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  11. These look beautiful, and I was thinking when I was out earlier this week in the cold and rain that I needed some of these, so I await your pattern so that I can make some up! Love the flowers too! xx

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  12. I love those wrist warmers, and in particular the granny flower (great name!), I'll start snooping around in my stash for the perfect yarn whilst I wait for your pattern - thanks in advance for sharing! Chrissie x ps link it up to the CAL! :-)

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  13. Your wrist warmers are so pretty. I must say thank you, I really enjoy reading your blog & would love to be able to crochet like you.

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  14. Love the yarn colour and the pretty flower.
    Liz @ Shortbread & Ginger

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  15. Squeal! They're gorgeous and I'm sooooo looking forward to a tutorial. xx

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  16. I really like the granny flower....so looking forward to you sharing the pattern.....I might even have a go!

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  17. How lovely, bet they keep your hands lovely and warm :) x

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  18. Nicely done. I could use a pair. ~Kelly

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  19. those are sweet ♥♥ will be looking forward to the pattern..

    Have a JOYful weekend!!

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  20. Very nice :-) I made a pair this week with bulky yarn, and I agree with you; it's great working with it both for warmth and speed of stitches. Love the Granny Flower :-) Take care.

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  21. As a beginner knitter nearly a year ago i had a play with something like this, i fluted the cuffs too which was fun, i sewed them up leaving space for my thumb but a year later and a couple of wash's later the gap for my thumb seems bigger, room for two i think lol but like most things we make i was chuffed to have managed that and until i make/buy some they'll have to do :)

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  22. I already have several pairs of wrist warmers but looking at your got the thinking... I certainly need to make another pair! Yours look splendid with the attachted granny flower (what a fitting name!).

    Now I only hope that winter will make it to my part of Germany too, so I actually get a chance to wear some wrist warmers!

    Take care,
    Anne
    http://crochetbetweentwoworlds.blogspot.de

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  23. These are lovely and the granny flower is great.

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  24. These are lovely ... keeps you nice and cosy I bet :)

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  25. oo I love it, so warm and cosy looking!

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  26. They look great, a really beautiful colour, and the flower makes them even prettier! I lost count of how many wrist warmers I've made, there's never enough of them! ;)

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  27. Lovely Jacquie these are just lovely and look stunning in every way, well done Jackie, big hugs to you, love Dorothy
    :0_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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  28. They would cheer up any grey day. Well done! Jo x

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  29. they are lovely, really fun. You could always line the big ones with fleece or such like. Might fit then! Heather x

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  30. They're brilliant Jacquie, I've been eyeing up wristwarmers lately, I think I might try some soon.

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  31. Oh bunny mummy they are do gorgeous. I'm living the motif just perfect are they warm ?

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  32. Love them even though a bit big for you, I love my fingerless mitts when cold here.

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  33. Gorgeous colours Jacquie, shame the first pair were too big........all that effort :(
    I've been wanting to make some for years, must get busy and whip up a pair.

    Claire Xx

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  34. They are lovely, the colour with the bright flower looks beautiful!
    I made some wrist-warmers in a lovely DK and added a frill at the top-no idea why i'm not very frilly i never even thought to use a chunky!

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  35. They look lovely, that chunky yarn is great - looking forward to the pattern I have just finished my first ever scarf and need some wrist warmers to match.

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  36. These are super cute and I just love the granny flower (such a cute name)
    Clare x

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  37. Chunky yarn is the best! Maybe if they're too big you could unsew them and then overlap the sides a bit to make them a bit tighter?

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  38. Ooops, pressed publish before I'd finished! I wanted to say that I love the look of the yarn, it seems to have different shades of blue in it, which gives it more depth :-) Love the simplicity of your pattern

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  39. Jacquie son hermosos tus trabajos!

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  40. Ooh chunky yarn Jacquie, really good fun and I love your granny flower, you are a crochet queen indeed x hope you are having a relaxing weekend and not too much rain xxx

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  41. Jacquie, your cozy new mitts have such beautifully colorful style! I am also very impressed that that sunny green lawn in the background. Winter sunlight...wow!

    xo

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  42. Love the chunky yarn. Nice work. :)

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  43. Love your lovely new wristlets Jacquie! I bet they will come in handy! Hugs!!

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  44. The wrist warmers are fabulous I can't wait for you to share the pattern, I will most certainly be having a go at making some. :-)

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  45. These are just beautiful, I love them so much! :) x

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  46. I think these are just great - may be you can find someone with bigger wrists for your first pair. Lovely teal colour - it's one of my favourites!

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  47. Gorgeous colour and I like the idea of wrist warmers! A friend has asked me to make him a pair of fingerless gloves-I may well just follow your example here :-)

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  48. I really love your wristies! the colour of the chunky wool is gorgeous. I hope that you are going to sell the pair that is too big? or will you be unravelling for another project?
    Jones x

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  49. They looks fab and the granny lowers are so cheerful.Perhaps you could use the slightly large pair to layer over a pair of woolly gloves for really chilly days? Chunky grows so quickly, it's great isn't it!

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