About one year ago I purchased yarn from China.  Loved the results.  I keep thinking about it desiring to have more of it. It's a luxury to have.  One blend was 70% bamboo 30% cotton (silky to touch; somewhat stringy to work with; not for a beginner really).  The other was a cashmere milky cotton blend (gorgeous soft).  I have made fingerless gloves, a beanie hat, and other stuff.

bamboo cotton

cashmere milky

beanie hat

fingerless gloves

peacock fan stitch

picot trellis stitch

Since the last post on finding lace patterns for a headband, I've spent about this long finishing two more designs. I tried the peacock fan stitch and the picot trellis stitch. They both seem to be good candidates.  Although, the peacock stitch has a lot more dimension to it.

acrobatic stitch - crochet thread 10 & 1.3mm hook

This is the intro to a page on my blog, Crochet Lace. Lace patterns are everywhere in crochet. I'm experimenting with outcomes of different stitch patterns. The first photo is two rows of the acrobatic stitch. It seemed a bit curvy for a headband.

petal stitch

This second photo is two rows of the petal stitch. This may turn out to be more ideal for a headband as it's less curvy.

Work In Progress
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using Caron Simply Soft Light

simply soft light in bubblegum

A round and around, motif after motif, ugh. Just 5 motifs. What took so long I think was learning the steps.   For each motif there were 6 rounds. What I liked so much was that each round was a totally different design. This is what made this so challenging. I actually liked the challenge. Wearing the hat in red was going to be another challenge.  I have yet to try it on.  See the results for My First Hat Ever on a separate page, a milestone for me.

What about another color?