Monthly Archives: August 2015

Crochet Rate Base On Two, Fifteen Minute Samples, Is 900 Stitches Per Hour

Crochet

DSC07449 These motifs contain close to the same number of stitches.  The lacey flower, done in size 10 crochet cotton, contains about 230 stitches, and the double crochet coaster, done in kitchen weight cotton #4 yarn, contains about 225 stitches.   The first can be done in a little over a quarter of an hour, and the second in a little less than a quarter of an hour.    The reason that the second takes less time is that  the stitching is very repetitive.

My stitch counting scale is a chain equals one stitch, a single crochet equals two stitches, a double crochet equals 3 stitches, and a treble crochet equals four stitches.

This is  simply useful information in case I need to know how long it takes me to crochet something.  This does not include how long it takes to figure out a pattern.

I can crochet about 900 stitches per hour.

 

 

August Garden, Overgrowth Removal

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DSC07392  The crepe myrtle, yellow flowering bush, decorative asparagus, and bougainvillea in front of the fence are so overgrown that they are taking over the sidewalk.  One of my great uncles who moved to Texas around the turn of the century loved it because, “Everything grew so well.”  It is true that many things grow very well, and then, to keep the plants within bounds, one needs to cut them back.

DSC07442 And so I cut them back.

DSC07440 You can see some of the cutting, as well as a clearer sidewalk.  It was like cutting a tunnel through the green.

DSC07441 This smaller crepe myrtle has also been cut back to size.  A lot of trimmings from several bushes lie to the left of this bush.

This is gardening by removal.  This is rather like weeding in the air.  The timing may be poor, but, I had to uncover the sidewalk.  Other bushes were simply too big for their setting.   These bushes  will continue to grow.