arches

Still going with the 2009 Block-A-Month CAL...



pattern used:

• Arches Square by Dayna Audirsch
  

hook used:

• pattern calls for 5.5mm... I used a 5.0mm
  

yarn used:

• pattern calls for worsted weight/10ply yarn
• I used a variety of reclaimed DK/8ply yarns
• round 1 & 2 - dark burgundy
• round 3 - river gum green
• round 4 - brown and white fleck
• round 5 - camel fleck
• round 6, 7 & 8 - navy
• round 9 - cream
• round 10 - river gum green
  
• round 11 - brown and white fleck

thoughts:

• as always, I started with an adjustable magic ring
• this is a nice, simple square... although the pattern of the arches seems to come out best when the entire square is worked in a single colour
• I worked round 10 using sc instead of dc, as my square was already getting too big
• I probably should have used a 4.5mm hook for this square, to suit my loose tension... but that would have meant tidying up my work area, so that I could FIND a 4.5mm hook... and it all just seemed too hard at the time!