Posted on 09/14/2019 5:22:59 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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I crochet a lot (& I have a stitch ‘encyclopedia’ too), but the pic is just fuzzy enough I can’t tell what the stitch is. Do you have directions or can you describe how you do it?
Well I have 2-3 kinds of tomatoes growing. Only one nice medium sized one. I picked 3 smaller than golf-ball. They are like a large cherry tomato. Don’t know what they are exactly. But they were starting to turn color so before the deer get them.
Small sprouts on my peppers. We’ll see if there’s time.
Too small and too late this year for much of anything.
OK. Overly hot and dry will cause blossom drop as well, so I’m going to go with that if you’re in 8 or 8b - which I am totally unfamiliar with as far a growing veggies.
I’m wondering if you’ve planted them too soon for that HOT of a Zone, and they should be more of a wintertime veggie for you?
I remember a friend who moved to AZ and had always been a WI Gardener in the past. He’d call me every FEBRUARY to tell me he was eating fresh vine-ripened tomatoes, just to annoy me, while I was up to my butt in SNOW! ;)
Can anyone else help?
See Post 44. What do you think?
Great minds think alike (LOL!) ... Moss/Granite was my first thought, but it still looks like ‘rows’. I came across this one ....looks less like rows & more like the picture.
Wattle Stitch:
https://www.mamainastitch.com/how-to-crochet-the-wattle-stitch/
If I knew the directions for the stitch, that would help, but if the picture is the only clue, ‘Wattle Stitch’ would be my guess.
I agree. Wattle Stitch it is!
Now, I’m going to go give it a try - or at least watch the video demo! :)
but my squash, except for my trombones, produced very little fruit despite plentiful blossoms.....
I’m going to give the stitch a try too - love new stitches.
I do prayer shawls, among other things .... just sent another one off (#16, I think). They seem to be a huge comfort to the recipients & I get a lot out of making them. Making one is something I can physically DO when there’s not much else you can do other than pray for someone - it’s a tangible representation of those prayers. I will be doing yet another one soon (next week) - a relative by marriage just diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Sigh.
I’ve done those in the past, too. Thanks for the reminder to make a few more!
I make cotton kitchen dishcloths for family members. At Christmas I bring a big basket full to wherever we’ve been invited and let people have their pick. They wear like iron, but when they give out, they can be composted. Win/Win.
I also do shelter blankets for pets awaiting adoption through ‘Comfort for Critters’ and have made a number of things for ‘Warm Up America.’
I like both of those organizations a lot! :)
You may be right about hot and dry — I’m in southern Arizona — and I’m new to gardening. But I have heard of experienced gardeners having problems for the first time ever in getting their plants to blossom and then bear fruit. I’m still learning! It’s a lot of fun actually. I have a little grow light set up in the kitchen and it’s a wonder how quickly and energetically seeds will germinate. I made the mistake of leaving the seedlings outside, and some little scamp nibbled off all the shoots overnight!
Oh honey - that poor thing! Look how tall it is and how short the pot is. The tap roots must be coiled up in the bottom of that pot. I would put it in the ground as soon as you can, seeing as you are in CA. I would dig the biggest deepest hole I could and make sure the soil had good drainage and some fertilizer. It might go through a shock and lose some leaves but it should survive nicely and flourish. Posting a picture is the best. I’m sure Diana or others would have an opinion too.
Yes be happy to. I have a tote bag full of old crochet books and magazines and had never seen it before. So easy. Just start with a chain stitch row for a foundation. Row 1 - single crochet, double crochet, single crochet, double crochet. Keep repeating til the end, chain 4 and turn then do the next row - do a single in a double and a double in a single keep repeating, do each row that way. With an alternating single and double the row will not be the same height. It’s a nice smooth look and is not quite so thick overall too, it seems like I use less yarn. What amazed me about seeing that lady was her blanket looked like nothing I have ever seen before. I crochet more than I knit by far. Not coordinated enough to use 2 needles LOL.
That would be a no! scroll down for the directions.
No it is not the wattle stitch either! I was down for a nap, not keeping anyone in suspense.
That is a beautiful thing - your prayers shawls. My late mom used to make lap blankets for the vets home. She made over 350 over the years. They sent her a nice letter when she was done and it was one of the things she wanted buried with her.
Inside. Our climate has freezing conditions likely thru mid May. This year there was blizzard conditions in May. Many wait until the end of May to plant anything.
We love wild fruit, such as June berries (saskatoons to Canadians), wild plums and wild raspberries. Towards the fall, after the first hard freeze the high bush cranberries are OK to eat as well as the choke cherries sweeten up, ready to eat. The problem up here is a late spring frost will kill the blossoms, and that happened this year. So our fall treats are few and far between.
Well, it’s not the “Wattle Stitch” as I thought, but similar. I don’t know what the name of this stitch, as you described, would be. I’ll keep looking around & see if I can find a name for it - surely it has one! Just from what I know about crochet, I can see how this would make a nice crochet ‘fabric’.
I also crochet more than I knit. I’m working on my knitting, but I’m so slow .... takes me ‘forever’ to get anything done!
AHA! I think I’ve found a name for your stitch ... Griddle Stitch!
https://daisyfarmcrafts.com/griddle-stitch/
Start with an odd number of chains. In the second chain from hook, work a single crochet. In the next stitch, work a double crochet. Alternate across the whole row SC and DC. The last stitch you make should be a DC. Chain one and turn. Single crochet into the DC you just made from the previous row. Then, double crochet into the SC. Alternate again across the whole row. Always DC into SC. Always SC into DC.
Hey Hey Hey It has a name! Thanks for the link. It was at least 20 years ago I watched that lady and she explained it. I don’t chain an odd number to start but everything else is the same. The look depends on your yarn I can see. A fuzzier yarn like I am using would give less of a bumpy look. Wow thanks. Fun finding out after all these years. Freepers know just about everything! Or know how to find it.
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