It’s been a good 80 degrees out lately which puts me in no mood to touch cashmere, none the less knit it up. I knit and my hands get clammy. For a change I picked up some J.P. Coats & Clark size 3. cotton along side a set of vintage steel hooks I finally scored on eBay. (Size 2 pictured) I started teaching myself crochet with more patience these last few days. I finally have the hang of holding the yarn and doing all the stitches. I think the practise needs to lie in getting those ends of rows accurate. Here is the third swatch I’ve ever done,going for accuracy in stitch count. I did swell with sc, dc & tr but when I went to do some half double crochet I think I scooted the work over somehow one stitch so it’s a little off kilter. I’m hopeful though. I’m anxious to hook up cloche hats, frilly purses lined with silk & ofcoarse those lacey blouses I’ve shown everyone here.