So Fine

You all know I love to crochet!  And on top of that, I enjoy a [not too hard] challenge.

A while ago I came upon this enormous gigantic spool of cotton.  Actually, it's polyester so not as awesome as I originally thought, but still awesome, right?  Yes!  It brought with it several new challenges.

That is a 2.5mm crochet hook...

One being that it's enormous and to move it involves some effort (not really).

Two being that it's enormous and how on earth am I going to get through that?!

Three being that it's so fine (and enormous) - I'd say a 1 or 2ply - about 1mm thick.  So that means that if I want to crochet with it, I'd have to use a tiny hook or worse, getting into my late Great Grandmothers' collection of steel hooks.  Yes, that sent a shudder through my fingers.  "Oh please no!" they cried.

So, one day a few months ago, I was perusing through a really neat creative blog called PaisleyJade.  And in particular, I came across this post about crochet covered stones.  Which then led me to this other blog called Purlbee, with a cute tutorial and other ideas.

And so I was inspired...

I just knew I had collected the amazing smooth river-stones for a purpose!

I likey!  And, here's another shout-out.  I absolutely love this blog too - Attic24.  She is an inspirational crochet junkie.