Friday, January 14, 2022

Charlotte's Universe - Parts 9 & 10

 I have  finished 2 more parts of this Crochet-A-Long (CAL).  The rounds are taking quite a bit more time, and more yarn.  I don't have all that much left of the yarn I started with, and the only color that I have enough of right now to do a complete round is white.  My next couple rounds will be white, but I am going to have to go buy some yarn to supplement so that I can maintain the same color scheme.

This is how much I started with:

  

This is how much I have left after Part 10.


This is taking a bit more yarn then I expected.  I probably should have decreased a hook size, and that would have helped a little bit.  

So here is my record keeping for each row.

For Rows 82 - 86 I used Paddy Green.  
    61.98 g for Row 82
    80.34 g using up a 2nd skein
    and 114 g of my 3rd skein that I had.

I changed to Lilac (purple) for Row 87. Used 97 grams for that round.

Row 88 I used the dark purple again - used 32 grams.

Row 89 - This is a tan / Buff color. and used 61.75g,


Row 90 - This a slightly darker brown called "Warm Brown".   Used 69 grams.

On Row 91, I used 46 grams of the same brown.


Row 92 - Went back to Paddy Green, and used most of what I had left of that skein.  so approx. 102 grams.




Row 93 is the Roses - and I used a light purple color - possibly called "orchid" but not sure as it didn't have a label.  Used 118g on the Roses round.




Row 94 was Paddy Green again - used 47g

Row 95, I used 23 grams of Paddy Green.

And the last row of Part 10 is Row 96.  I switched to White as it was all I had left of in a quantity that would complete a full round.  I have used 69 grams in this row, which is a plain dc (double crochet) round.

Here is 1/4 of the afghan.  It's getting quite large, so I'll have to figure out a way to get a full picture to post.


And here's a close up of the last few rows . . .



I did go ahead and purchase some more purple and green yarn at the store today.  I would really like to complete this pattern in total, and not stop short.  I'll use my small scraps as I can, there is some shorter sides coming up, but not sure how much of the small amounts I'll be able to use.  We'll have to go row by row :)

Next, I know will be a couple rows of white, then some green, and purple :)

Then, well, we'll see.




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