It's a crocheted....... thing......

A while ago I bought about 14 balls of an end-of-line yarn in Spotlight and I scooped it up because, I thought, at $1 a ball how could I go wrong???

I wanted a crocheted cardi and, as the winter is fast approaching, thought this would kill two birds with one stone...... give me a crocheting project for the evenings AND give me something warm to put on my chilly bones....

"I'll make it up as I go along" I thought...... ha, right!!!

I did make it up and I did finish a cardi (of sorts) but I didn't even take a picture...... you see, I didn't like it....

Didn't like the fit...... it reminded me of something your granny would wear (just a saying there, not really trying to be rude to any grannies!).....

So I spent a cathartic half hour ripping it all out......

So, what to do with all the cotton-y yarn goodness sitting in my oh-so-lovely crocheted project bag.....

Here's what I found.....


Now seriously...... am I supposed to be able to understand this??

I'm new to this whole crocheting game so it all looks a bit like jibberish to me.

However, I am going to give it a go (I've ripped out row 2 three times already!) because when it is finished it should look something like this (pattern can be found by following links from here).....


And I think it is pretty nice...

However...... and this is the BIG sticking point, I have to work out what all this...


means first...... ha, ha

Maybe it'll be ready for next winter..... or thereabouts...... wish me luck, I'm going to need it!