crochet hairpin lace scarf

Last time we spoke, I was wanting to block this project... but the iron had not been seen since Mr Goldfish put it away for me. Well, I checked all of the obvious places and then gave up looking.

I conceded defeat, and asked the big question...

me: Huuuuunnnnn.... where's the iron???

he: in the bathroom cabinet, under the sink


How foolish of me not to have looked there first...





pattern used

• Crochet Hairpin Lace Scarf by Lisa Gentry

hook used

• 4.0mm crochet hook
• 2" hairpin staple
• pattern calls for a much larger size to be used, but the 2" staple was the largest available to me

yarn used

• Red Heart Bijou in Diamond

thoughts

• NEWSFLASH: if you are using a U-shaped hairpin crochet staple, you MUST remove the top bar prior to use... it is NOT a working part of the loom... it merely acts to keep your stitches from sliding off the loom when not in use! I learned this the HARD way!!! So a big thanks to my crochet buddy Dawn, who set me straight about this particular detail...
• I discovered the hairpin lace is NOT DIFFICULT... most instructions just make it seem harder than they need to!
• this pattern is available free to members of the Lisa's Designs group on Ravelry for the month of March... along with a couple of other hairpin lace patterns
• although Lisa's instructions for the hairpin lace technique were very detailed... they just confused me!
• there is an excellent video below, which many people have found helpful... but I still couldn't master the technique
• in the end... the video below was the one which helped me figure out hairpin crochet