Attempting Filet Crochet

[princsstrish]

I'm going to attempt my first filet crochet. I've done one doily in the past and have one going at the moment. Filet seems easy if you can follow the graph. I'm doing a VERY easy one....
Name Lace (http://www.nancyhearne.com/drawingboard/namelace.htm)

Any hints for a newbie at it???:fall

[Swayde]

Good luck, be sure to let us know how this turns out! I love the way filet crochet comes out, it just looks so pretty elegant.

[rebeccav]

just remember that the last dc of a full block is also the first dc of the next block :loco

after about the 2nd or 3rd row of my first filet project... it didn't seem so akward:help

[Freshyarn]

I just started doing Filet Crochet. I made 2 name doily so far. One for my MIL and one for my Oma(grandma in germany).
There is the link to my photo album. They are under Betsy's.
pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/be.../my_photos (http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/betsy023/my_photos)


The only tip I have to check your gauge so your square and spaces are square and not rectangle.

Have fun. :yay

Betsy

[princsstrish]

WOW, you did some beautiful work. Mine is just going to say I LOVE YOU. Then I'll work on doing other names. It's a rectangle shape so gauge is not that important and it only uses dc and ch so that makes it REAL easy! So far so good. I'm 4 rows into it and it looks fine! :bounce

[Freshyarn]

:ty I'm taking a break from Filet for a couple of weeks. Need to work with yarn for awhile.
Please post pictures when you are done :camera

Betsy:yay

[rebeccav]

betsy - great stuff! i really love the character ghans... so cute. does the moez really make that much difference?
i have tunisian hooks... which are really long and fat, will those work as well.... someone else here does moez.... oh, gosh, i can't remember who it is now :blush

i want to say chelle... but i'm just not sure :coffee

[Freshyarn]

:ty Rebecca :day
It's just like a regular afghan hook, but thicker and longer. I have a red set which is 7/16th of an inch or 11.1mm. I use a graph and regular afgahn stitch and I change colors as I go. The ghan turn out so soft it hard to believe they were make the RedHeart. Since it is a bigger hook the project are completed quickly. I started one Monday nite and have 56 rows of 82 done and it is 100 stitches across. And I'm not working on all the time.
So to make a long story short. If you can follow a graph,know the afghan stitch and have a big hook you can make MoEZ gahns.

Betsy:ducky

[princsstrish]

I put up a sample of my filet crochet. I only have about 10 rows done but I think it's decent. It's on my blog!

[Freshyarn]

:thumbsup It looks good so far Trish.

Betsy:sheepjump

[Swayde]

That looks awesome Trish! I tried to leave a comment on your log, but it wouldn't let me :( How hard is it to follow the charts? I really want to give it a try one of these days! :rock

[rebeccav]

barbara - i just recently did my first filet and it wasn't bad at all - i actually really enjoyed it!!

[princsstrish]

Barbara,

I'm not having any problem following the pattern I'm using and the chart. The directions seemed to be written out clearer than I've seen in most filet patterns. Just perfect for a newbie! Just try it, you'll never know until you do!!!!

Tricia

[Swayde]

Thank you for the encouragement. I *will* be giving this a try after Christmas presents are all done. Hopefully I can get adept enough at it to make things for CHristmas next year =)