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Crochet Projects For My New Giant Hooks

June 22, 2014 by MrsC | Patricia Cuyugan 17 Comments

The boys and I received bags of treats from our family in the US today (yay, thank you, family). One of the things on my wishlist was a set of large crochet hooks. I am so lucky that there’s a Michael’s store near my in-laws’ place, and so my crafty wishes are usually granted. With this batch of pasalubongs came a set of Boye hooks, sized 8.0mm, 9.0mm, 10.0mm and 11.5mm. Happy dance.

My new giant hooks. Yay!
My new giant hooks. Yay!

 

Right after our lunch meetup with my sister-in-law at Buffalo’s Wings and Things / Chubby’s Rib Shack in Commercenter (which I will blog about soon, promise), I checked Ravelry for nice projects to make with my new hooks. I already had a certain project in mind, which was actually the reason why I had asked for the big hooks in the first place. I also knew that I wanted to make a rug. 

After a couple of hours of browsing, I finally decided on these seven as my priority projects. I just need to figure out the right yarn weight for these, coz honestly I didn’t really read through the details all that thoroughly. Lol, yes, my excitement took over. So, if any of you guys know where I can get chunky chunky yarn in Manila (or cord that’s nice to crochet with, actually, or tshirt yarn), lemme know!

 

1. Hopeful Honey’s Basic Chunky Cowl

I think that I could probably get away with making this using several strands of worsted weight yarn. I don’t think I have that many skeins of the same color, so i just might multi-color it and see how things turn out. Check out the pattern for this cowl here.

Image from Ravelry

 

2. Caron One Skein Summer Wrap

This was the pattern that made me want to have large crochet hooks. I actually tried making this with an 8.0mm hook, which I already had on hand. It obviously didn’t turn out as nice as it was supposed to, hence my big hook bilin. So now I’m really excited to get to work on this. I also received a nice light yellow skein of Caron One Pound, and that’s what I plan to use to make this wrap. Pattern here.

Image from Ravelry

 

3. Lion Brand Simply Shrug

I know that it’s probably too hot to wear crocheted shrugs  made out of thick yarn here in the Philippines, but I don’t care, I still want to make this. Good luck to me, though, if I can find yarn this thick. I wonder if there’s anywhere I can have some made? Pattern here.

Image from Ravelry

 

4. Ireland’s Scarf from Crochet in Color

Honestly, I love the color that the pattern designer used for this scarf. So pink! Thing is, the listing on Ravelry says it needs a 10.0mm hook, but the pattern on the Crochet in Color site says I hook, which is only 5.5mm. Oh well, I will try to make this in worsted weight with one of the bigger hooks and see how it turns out. If I wanna be able to use it here, it has to be on the lace-y side anyway.

Image from Ravelry

 

5. Ombre Basket from Crochet in Color

Yep, another pattern from the Crochet in Color site. I love the color used to achieve the ombre look here. I now want to lay out all of my yarns and see which would look nice together. I think maybe I’ll do that tomorrow while the boys are out hehe.

Image from Ravelry

 

6. Round Carpet in 3 Strands by Drops Design

Here come the rugs! I love the idea of a giant coaster-looking rug in my bathroom. I really feel that it will make the space a whole lot prettier, and you know how I like pretty things. It looks like I will need to do some experimenting with this one, though,until I get the gauge right. Get the pattern here.

Image from Ravelry

 

7. Rust Colored Carpet

This pattern uses the same type of yarn as #6, so at least I only need to do one round of gauge experimentation for both. You can only get this one via Ravelry, so if you don’t have an account there yet, go and get one. And don’t forget to add me as a friend! My username there is mrspcuyugan. Not surprising, no?

Image from Ravelry

 

So there you go. I can’t wait to get to work on something new. How about you guys? What crafty things have you been working on lately?

Filed Under: Everyday Life Tagged With: Crochet, Crochet Pattern Links, Crochet Pattern Roundup, Free Crochet Patterns, Sunday Seven

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  1. Mimmie Quijano says

    August 30, 2014 at 11:17 am

    Hi. You know na po where yo buy tshirt yarns? ๐Ÿ™‚ Im having a hard time searching the internet. Wala ata nagbebenta dito satin ๐Ÿ™ Thanks ๐Ÿ™‚

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    • eddy glyn says

      December 9, 2014 at 4:34 pm

      I just read earlier from another blog that you can buy from DMC it’s called zpaghetti yarns I think..

      Reply
      • MrsC | Patricia Cuyugan says

        December 9, 2014 at 4:41 pm

        I’ve been looking for some too, but no luck so far. ๐Ÿ™

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  2. Mimmie Quijano says

    August 30, 2014 at 9:30 am

    Hi. You know na where to buy tshirt yarns? ๐Ÿ™‚ Im having a hard time searching for it sa google! Thanks ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  3. Chinky Magtibay says

    July 29, 2014 at 7:28 pm

    I like the carpets! I don’t like the normal carpets in the market. This makes the floor look prettier! ๐Ÿ™‚

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  4. thereyoujho says

    July 7, 2014 at 9:27 pm

    Great talent you have. Crochet things make me remember my high school days when I had so much difficulty doing it that I asked my grandma to do my project. I love the chunky cowl!:)

    Reply
  5. Peachy A. says

    July 5, 2014 at 6:14 pm

    I don’t know how to crochet but I’ll take that Ombre Basket!

    Reply
  6. Kim | Mom On Duty says

    June 30, 2014 at 7:39 am

    INGGIT! I’ve been bugging my mom to teach me how to crochet but she keeps telling me na masisira lang daw eyes ko. Haha! I’m dying to learn though.

    Reply
  7. Que Sullano - Gavan says

    June 29, 2014 at 11:55 pm

    I know how to do crochet but it’s been years. I want to learn how to knit!

    Reply
  8. May De Jesus-Palacpac says

    June 29, 2014 at 3:20 pm

    When I was a child, my mom taught me knitting but when she was going to teach me crochet, I found it too hard. I never got to learn it. My friend Karina is selling crocheted scarves and products, too, this must be a trend now.

    That bag looks nice, I would want to have that. ๐Ÿ™‚

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  9. Mr. Jacob's Mom (@MrJacobsMom) says

    June 28, 2014 at 12:16 pm

    The carpet #6! I like it! Pwede magpagawa sayo?? ๐Ÿ˜€

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    • MrsC | Patricia Cuyugan says

      June 28, 2014 at 1:18 pm

      Sige, if it turns out to be a success heehee!

      Reply
  10. Michelle Solee (@michisolee) says

    June 26, 2014 at 11:46 am

    Why we don’t have crochet class when I was in school and crosstitch lang ang tinuro? Easy lang ba ito? It looks complicated to me. hehehe!

    Reply
  11. Janice / The Roller Coaster Ride says

    June 26, 2014 at 10:40 am

    I love the scarf and the ombre basket! Your projects look so hard to do though. I wouldn’t have the patience. Haha! But I’m sure you can do them all! Can’t wait to see your final products. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  12. Regina Lomarda says

    June 24, 2014 at 1:42 am

    LOVE the hooks and the Ombre Basket!!! Ok lang ba if I try to make one, too?

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    • MrsC | Patricia Cuyugan says

      June 24, 2014 at 7:34 am

      But of course! ๐Ÿ˜€ I love you talaga, I’m so happy I have a crochet buddy.

      Reply
      • Regina Lomarda says

        June 25, 2014 at 12:27 am

        Inspired by you…working on my next crocheted bag! Will post a pic pag mukha ng bag yung ginagawa ko…kasi ngayon mukhang malaking doily!!!

        Reply

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