Monday, December 21, 2015

Progress on Miss Molly

This is the point at which I think I'm nearly finished. Not so, but far otherwise, as Kipling would say. I still have to sew ends in, crochet the neck edging and an edging around the whole poncho. I'm debating which colour to use for the edging. Dark pink is at the front of the pack at the moment. I have plenty of wool left because my 60% principle was, of course, rubbish. If you reduce the dimensions by 60 %, the area is much less than 60% of the original, so yarn needed much less than 60%. What would my maths teacher say?
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17 comments:

  1. muskaanDecember 21, 2015 at 2:27 AM

    You put many of us to shame with your speed :-)
    Wondering whether the loose ends (with additional yarn ) could be collected into tassels ? Little girls probably like it?

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  2. Lace-lovin' Librarian ~ DianeDecember 21, 2015 at 3:07 AM

    It looks lovely! I would go for the pink as well.

    My high school algebra and geometry teacher, Mrs. Biddulph, would have patted me on the shoulder and said, "That's all right, dear. We're all good at something."

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  3. Jane EborallDecember 21, 2015 at 3:49 AM

    That's so, so pretty. Definitely pink for the border.

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  4. MichelleDecember 21, 2015 at 5:58 AM

    Pink for the border and I love the idea of tassels. I had a poncho with tassels about that age, and rememb r it fondly. It wasn't quite that pretty though.
    I thought the 60% made a lot of sense!

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  5. crafty cat cornerDecember 21, 2015 at 6:16 AM

    You lost me on the percentages, maths was never my thing but I love the poncho, I wore one of these made from granny squares in the 70's
    Briony
    x

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  6. AnonymousDecember 21, 2015 at 6:54 AM

    Very pretty. I think the tassels idea would look lovely, as you have - almost finished - quite a few!

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  7. SWtrompeterDecember 21, 2015 at 7:17 AM

    Lovely! Definitely the dark pink for the border. I thought the 60 percent idea was very clever. Better to have too much than too little yarn to work with.

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  8. AnonymousDecember 21, 2015 at 7:42 AM

    The colours have turned out lovely, the dark pink would make a perfect border. I am sure that you will put the left over wool to good use!

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  9. MarthaDecember 21, 2015 at 8:02 AM

    Your maths teacher might say, "Good, now you have enough for hat and mittens too."

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  10. Margarets designer cardsDecember 21, 2015 at 10:48 AM

    Beautiful and I think the dark pink around the sides would look lovely, the pattern and the beautiful colours used blend in so loveky.
    Margaret

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  11. Kathy NiklewiczDecember 21, 2015 at 1:14 PM

    This is a sweet poncho, and lovely colors!
    I'm always fascinated by those of you who spin and dye yarn! Lots of work, but must be quite satisfying! I'm afraid I don't have that kind of patience!

    Amusing how the 60% rule didn't 'work'. Too much 'math' for me (I'm intrigued that the British word is 'maths'!) I looked up the reason for the 's', and even that got too complicated!

    I'm also amazed it's hot in December for you, although we're generally having 'mild' weather for December here in Pennsylvania, which is fine with me!

    Also wanted you to know that our local yarn shop has found a buyer! I was delighted to learn about it when a gal who works there stopped by our tatting table at a Christmas festival.

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  12. JennDecember 21, 2015 at 3:34 PM

    Wow! You're very quick! It is gorgeous! Dark pink is perfect border colour as it will make the whole poncho colour scheme pop/stand out :).

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  13. God's KidDecember 21, 2015 at 4:29 PM

    So beautiful!!! :)

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  14. FoxDecember 21, 2015 at 10:22 PM

    These colours make me want to pick up a crochet hook!

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  15. CreateologyDecember 22, 2015 at 2:04 PM

    I love all of the different rows of crochet design. Your yarn is exquisite! Lovely Poncho.

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  16. BerniceDecember 22, 2015 at 10:11 PM

    So Cozy. what a great poncho.

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