Single Crochet | Our Retired Life

I finished Milly’s leash Friday night.

The instructions are the same as Sully’s Leash of course the colors are different. 😀

I used a F/5 – 3.75 mm hook.

The colors: An unlabeled ball of dark pink yarn most likely acrylic 4 ply worsted weight. This is the main color.

The trim was an unlabeled ball of light pink also most likely acrylic 4 ply worsted weight.

Stitches: I did a chain 90 inches long.

Two rows of Half Double crochet, fastened off and weaved in ends.

I then joined the light pink yarn about 10 stitches from the end. I worked single crochet toward the end. I then crocheted 2 stitches in the corner placed the key ring along the end and single crocheted through it and the end of the fabric. Placing 2 sc in each stitch along the end. I continued over to the next corner placing two sc in it . Then I continued along the side to the other end. I repeated the process with the hook clip on this end. I crocheted along the other long side to where I began, slip stitched, fastened off and weaved in the ends.

The key ring and hook clip.

: Close up of the key ring and hook clip ends.

In Traditional Valentine’s Day Colors.

If you recall I did a post about the heart beanie I made for Martin. In it I wrote that I was giving the front post double crochet stitch another try to make a beanie. The first attempt photos are shown below.

: Inside of beanie.

: Outside of beanie.

I got to looking at the beanie and decided I would start over. I didn’t like how it was looking with the red showing through the white and vice versa as I carried the unused color strand along and the heart was not lining up correctly. I also decided to make the larger 2T-3T size rather than the 6-12 months size. I think Martin is gonna be a big boy. 🙂

I couldn’t figure out any other way of changing to red other than cutting and joining to get the proper look. I kept the white attached but did not stitch it in as I crocheted the heart. I left it hang across the back and picked it back up when I returned to the main body of the beanie.

Here is the final result. I think I may have gotten the hang of the front post double crochet.