crochet pumpkin gone mad - HELP!

[invsblwmn]

You ladies are a trip! I barely can sew a button back on much less make a pumpkin or anything else recognizeable with yarn. Very nice work!

[salsabike]

Hey, Red Rock, what you just said has me wondering--where in the instructions does it say to do double crochets? You don't mean the stitch "double crochet", right (which is different, and is longer, than a single)? You mean doing two singles as it says in the directions?

[mudmucker]

I don't crochet but I'm enjoying this thread. Pumpkins or lichens - they are both very lovely in their own way.

[Red Rock]

Hello All:

I am glad I am making your TE reading enjoyable.

I have continued with what I was doing and it has become a lichen WAY out of control. I am hoping that when I do just a single crochet in each "loop" it might mellow out. I will see...progress...half a skein forward only to tear it out and to start again 3-4 times later.

salsabike: To answer your question, I am only doing two (2) single srochets in one loop, not the double crochets.

I think part of the problem might be the size of the needle/hook that I am using. Again, I'll see when I am finished or have torn it out a few more times only to start again. I could see doing this with a larger hook. For me I think it would make it much easier. The directions say to use a G 6/4 hook.

Happy reading and cycling!

Red Rock

PS: my husband now calls it the flower.

[Pax]

You ladies are a trip! I barely can sew a button back on much less make a pumpkin or anything else recognizeable with yarn. Very nice work!

Right there with ya! I look closely at my sweaters sometimes and try to figure out how on earth they do that.

[Red Rock]

I love all of your assorted comments. They make my reading here entertaining too.

Yes, this might be a happy accident, but I still think it has potential. My pattern is looking like what it should be. They only problem is, it is not stuffable until further down the road so to speak. They do not tell you as you make an item that it might take on strage and bizzare shapes before reaching the final product.

Red Rock

[Pax]

I love all of your assorted comments. They make my reading here entertaining too.

Yes, this might be a happy accident, but I still think it has potential. My pattern is looking like what it should be. They only problem is, it is not stuffable until further down the road so to speak. They do not tell you as you make an item that it might take on strage and bizzare shapes before reaching the final product.
Red Rock

It could be a Halloween coaster?

[Red Rock]

This might be the halloween brain coral brought up from the sea.

I took another picture so all could see what it looks like. My hunch is once I get closer to the end point and stuffable it will all fill out. I have put my hand inside this thing and it will expand out and look like it should.

Persistance counts..

Enjoy!

Red Rock

[Red Rock]

Ok here is the update.....

I am almost finished with this. I took the advice of many people here and visited the craft shop and got some needed help. I was doing a lot wrong to answer all of your questions. I guess Ican make great lichens, brain corals as needed. I'll I have to do is stuff this and it will be an instant pumpkin.

Here it is:

[Blueberry]

Yay!!! It looks great!

I'd actually like to know what you were doing wrong, though. The brain coral was pretty cool!

CA