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

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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.

 

 

Crocheted Assorted Kitchen Items

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DSC07430 I crocheted these items for the kitchen with Premier Home 85% cotton, 15%, #4 crochet yarn.  I bleached the blue rimmed green one in the upper right in hot water, and dried it in the dryer with my kitchen whites. I did not wash the others, yet

.DSC07432  I made the blue multicolored mat on the right in triple crochet.  It is very suitable for a hot mat.    I included the small blue, green, and white double crochet coaster for size comparison .  I like how the Premier Home ombres look  in these radial patterns.

I made the yellow mat with five rounds of crochet, from center out,  two round of single crochet, a round of double crochet, a round of triple crochet, and lastly, a round of single crochet.

Conclusions:

  1. This Premier Home yarn is standing up to use very well.
  2. Double crochet and triple crochet with this Premier Home cotton, with its short runs of color, look great on these radial little mats.  The colors look great, and they are flat.