Crochet-Along Clue 3: Spoilers and Photos

[heyheycrochet]

WOW! It must have been reading through all the posts before starting, but my clue 3 worked up easier than my first Clue 2 motif.

[kathieh]

Well I finished my first set of clue 3 last night!! I know I have said this before, but I'm really loving this CAL.
Tonight I will start my next set for my second afghan! I will post pictures later!!

[Verndolly]

I have finished the 2 needed in my main color of clue 3, and they are the same size as my clue 2!!! I am loving all I am learning, and am surprized I have been able to figure out the chart, I have seen them in magazines before, and thought they looked too hard, but I have learned so much from this forum, and the CAL

[SuperSue]

WOW! It must have been reading through all the posts before starting, but my clue 3 worked up easier than my first Clue 2 motif.

I purposely waited for others to post pics so I could see them before starting this clue. I like seeing others finished products that way I know if I am on track.

[shadesofred]

Enjoying seeing everyone's hard work!! Hoping I can squeeze in some uninterruped time this afternoon to work on clue #3! The suggestions have been wonderful!

[Kodikins]

One of these nights I will actually remember to get pictures of all my blocks.

This morning I took a couple of quick pictures of the motif I was working on with a couple of hints that I found helpful to me.

On round 4 I was having issues finding the right "remaining loops" from the chain after I made the petals. I went through each petal and on the one side only (the other side was easy to figure) I put stitch markers in each loop I was to sc in.

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Then when I started working around the petals, I would move those stitch markers to the ch1 spaces so that when I come back around to do the dc and Tr2tog, I wouldn't have to "hunt" them down.

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Not sure this makes any sense, but it's helping me with round 4 and to prepare for round 5.

Thanks for these pictures; they were a big help to me with getting my first octogon done last evening. I love your creativity in using paper clips for markers.

[Kodikins]

done....now i think I'm going to raid my stash to start a second blanket....mebbe....

I love your colors!! These look really nice together.

[Type1Mom]

One of these nights I will actually remember to get pictures of all my blocks.

This morning I took a couple of quick pictures of the motif I was working on with a couple of hints that I found helpful to me.

On round 4 I was having issues finding the right "remaining loops" from the chain after I made the petals. I went through each petal and on the one side only (the other side was easy to figure) I put stitch markers in each loop I was to sc in.

2012-03-01_08-14-09_336 resized.jpg

Then when I started working around the petals, I would move those stitch markers to the ch1 spaces so that when I come back around to do the dc and Tr2tog, I wouldn't have to "hunt" them down.

2012-03-01_08-22-56_485 resized.jpg

Not sure this makes any sense, but it's helping me with round 4 and to prepare for round 5.

Thanks for these pictures; they were a big help to me with getting my first octogon done last evening. I love your creativity in using paper clips for markers.

Thanks!! I was at work when I realized I hadn't brought enough markers. I have used paper clips before though. They are a great help. I've seen people also use bobby pins.

[slippery72]

Got the end and wondered why my block was so misshapened...floppy I'll call it...well it had 9 sides! By the way, that happened to me on clue 2 as well, but at least I caught that one before I finished it! I have a terrible tendency when I get to the end of a row to increase...which of course I did. So out the block came back to where the 8th point was...and sure enough, that was where I made an extra point. I was much quicker finishing it the second time And I now have an octogon! I felt this block "stretched me" as a crocheter which is part of the reason I am doing this CAL! My favorite block so far is block 2 which I think I will use that pattern to make a dishcloth!

[slippery72]

and by the way, I love the chart that accompanies the clues...if I am a bit confused by the directions, the chart clears it right up