Nessa M.

Durham, NC, United States

I love to crochet, tunisian crochet, loom knit, using a circular knitting machine and shop for yarn.

11 Apr 10:02

Joanne Hiller You're welcome.  I hope your aquatic aerobics class went well. I hope to feel better and have more energy so I can start going to classes like those.  I saw a very nice post today on my YouTube feed with this stitch, theirs looks like it has less gaps than the pattern below from the Crochet crowd and they also used it to make a hexi cardi which I thought looked sooo pretty!! I haven't watched the videos yet but here are the links below.  These YouTube channels are new to me too so not sure about the quality of their videos.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=051xIu800AA&t=11s

Hexi cardi in modern granny stitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKoT45NXxrY&t=2s

hexagon style blanket with this stitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGcIaM9nKzU

The Crochet crowd has a free ebook all filled with different Modern granny square blanket stitch patterns. https://thecrochetcrowd.com/crochet-mg-modern-granny-patterns-ebook-jeanne-steinhilber/

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07 Apr 19:44

I have a pencil grip and my hand doesn't touch the metal tip it's lower on the plastic handle.  The metal Susan bate hooks I have are very old and I haven't used them in more than 15 years and I never had that happen to me.  With the handle I have had a bit of peel and the Susan Bates name on the plastic rub off a bit.  Also my hands tend to be very very dry too so I've never had issues of any hook colors rubbing off on me. I did have that happen with the blue yarn from an O-go Peacock colorway.

Joanne Hiller You're welcome. This one is made in a rectangle and center out...but I'm sure you can make it row by row instead.  Here is the link to the video tutorial of the blanket I was talking about above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glhZISlucTU&t=1s

05 Apr 22:28

very pretty it looks like the brick or block stitch, sometimes also called Modern granny. I have seen it worked center out in a square. The Crochet crowd - Jeanine has a free pattern I believe which is the one I'm doing with blue and yellow yarn.  This one looks like it's done in rows, one row of four double crochets and the following row is maybe a chain 3 or chain 4 and a single crochet for the whole row across. 3 rows of Single crochets around the whole blanket for the border.

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04 Apr 11:06

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I just finished making this (prayer - grief) shawl to gift to my cousin who just recently lost her daughter to cancer.  I used Lionbrand Mandala Baby yarn in colorway Rainbow Falls and a 4.5mm crochet hook.  The pattern is from Bag O Day Crochet's video tutorial - 3D reversible shawl #theMonthofBOD2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj_npxQ9q5k

I am hoping it's an ok size and not too small. She lives in FL so I wanted something lightweight and not too warm or heavy. I made her another one but the color weren't bold enough so I made her a second shawl.

Here is a video I made, uploaded to my YouTube channel, where I show the shawl in person and you can see the texture and how cool the stitch is, because it's so textured it's not smooth but it is very original / unique looking.  It did take me longer than usual to make this shawl and stitch because of the thinner DK weight yarn and small hook size. https://youtu.be/efr6LYzjA88?si=9QWfINusSqA8EwFi

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03 Apr 20:25

Let me know if you need the links to the other sites, usually what I do is I type the product name in Google and then I click on the shopping tab to find the cheapest prices of the yarn or product.

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28 Mar 14:16

oh no, I'm sorry you are not feeling well.  I hope you feel better soon.

25 Mar 21:01

Tiffany Hansen I just saw this, is this still active?  If It is I can send an e-mail to see if I can be added. Thanks

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25 Mar 10:21

Almost all of the above, except the make money one... I've only sold a few items that I have made.  I've only done a few commissions, they stress me and when I have a paid deadline I no longer feel like working on the project.

21 Mar 03:40

Tiffany Hansen thanks :)