Perpetual Calendar Week 2. Swatch A is April 16 Basic Background. It combines 2 sc into the same space and skip the next. It leaves a very nice texture. I did it in a medium worsted weight yarn with a size H hook. It came out pretty tight, I think to really show off the definition of the texture it would be better to do it in a larger hook.
Swatch B is March 3, Little "V's". I thought this would be a good compliment to last weeks simple "V" Stitch. As I read through the directions for it I was a little confused, it seemed to be the exact stitch I did last week. I grew concerned that 365 stitches did not really mean 365 "different" stitches, for the record it does not say "different" stitches anywhere on the calendar, I looked, so I guess it could be the same. I did not want to disparage the authors of this fine book so I trudged on and did the sample. To my amazement, I learned that even though the actual stitches were the same as what I had done before, the edging was different. Just changing the way the edge is done makes the uses for this stitch completely different than the other one. The lesson I learned in this little experiment was not a a new stitch as I had assumed but to believe in the pattern and do as it says. I have to admit there are time I will read ahead in a pattern and think "I KNOW" what they are trying to accomplish and I can do it better my own way. Well, sometimes that works but most of the time you need to believe in the pattern and follow what you are told. Easier for some than others......................
No photos of my squares today, apparently my camera has gone on strike. It seems to have focusing issues, I think the holiday weekend did it in. It never behaves right when we have a short work week. next time.
