CAL: That means Crochet-A-Long. Everyone's doing it... aren't you? I used to feel left out because it always seemed to be a KAL, or Knit-A-Long that was being done and I didn't know how to knit back then... now I am a happy bunny, because although I do know how to knit now, I still far prefer crochet. So Crochet-A-Long it is!!!
This CAL is appearing in subscriber copies of Simply Crochet magazine. Their recommended colour pack was more or less a rainbow- it had a cerise pink, an orangey red, yellow, lime green, teal, blue etc etc... I can't remember it all, but it was 8 rainbow colours plus grey. I saw the preview photos and decided that I wanted all cool colours for my CAL so I chose my own yarns... artistic license, right?
The recommended yarn was Cascade 220 wool. I couldn't really afford £50 for a yarn pack, so I went over to LoveCrochet.com and picked a bunch of Paintbox Yarns in aran, and this is how my first two squares came out. I'm happy with them!
This CAL is going to be going for a year at least... so you will be seeing two squares a month. Except for this month, because I'm playing catch-up and already have another two squares done!
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3 comments:
great squares :-) what will they be made up into eventually?
Lovely - look forward to seeing your CAL progress x
Krafty Karen x
The CAL squares will eventually be all crocheted together with the grey yarn into a small blanket. 4x6 squares.
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