Saturday. I needed a take-along project, but what did I have to work on? Nothing, really.
And then I saw a picture flash by of someone wearing a necklace that looked like string lights...
String lights... That starts with an S. Perfect.
Regular readers may recall last year that I found some patterns via Pinterest for Christmas. I started this crochet pattern for string lights. But then I got sucked in by a Christmas tree, and the lights fell by the wayside.
Now's the perfect time to pick this back up. I finally got all the red bulbs that I had made attached to "sockets":
And I made a bulb in pink (and also attached the "socket"):
Now I just need to figure out where I'm going to hang this (during the Christmas season, naturally). That will help me determine how many bulbs I want to make. That's the major reason this project hasn't gone anywhere.
Because once all the bulbs are made, I then make a long string/wire, and then I attach the bulbs to it. But how long do I want the string? How many bulbs will I need? Until I know those answers, I'm kind of spinning wheels when it comes to making bulbs.
Then again, each bulb doesn't take too much yarn. I can use scraps for this. So, if I have too many bulbs, I can make another string light project for somewhere else.
And then where does it end? Hence why I've been a bit flummoxed by what to do with these.
These are questions for another time. Or, at least until the answer presents itself to me.
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Jamie (jannghi.blogspot.com):
ReplyDeleteClever! Now your Christmas lights won't go out :)
It's a fun little thing.
DeleteThey look grand and can wait till Christmas next. 👍
ReplyDeleteYes, they can.
DeleteLovely for Christmas - I miss those big old bulbs on the Christmas tree...
ReplyDeletehttps://how-would-you-know.com/2024/04/soybeans-and-a-solage.html
I love how they made this pattern so that it looked like the old school ones. That's the best part.
DeleteThey are very, very cute! I hope to see a long strand at Christmas in a rainbow of colors! (I only say that because the all red ones were mistaken, by me, as strawberries until I read the post!)
ReplyDeleteI started making red, but I can make all sorts of colors.
DeleteThe lights are a delight!
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteClever
ReplyDeleteI love finding these sorts of things on Pinterest. So many clever people with clever ideas.
DeleteYour string lights are cute.
ReplyDeleteThe red ones would also work as strawberries during the summer!
ReplyDeleteI somehow thought you had finished this project. I would have been crocheting this years and years ago when I went on a Christmas decoration streak but probably not now. Still working on my temperature afghan, sigh.
ReplyDeleteNah, it fell by the wayside. It's a great summer project, though. Small. Portable. Not like a blanket... ;)
DeleteCrochet Christmas string lights...my mom would've loved that! Definitely something she would've tried to make.
ReplyDeleteAnd since the pattern is free...
DeleteCute Christmas lights, I can see them hanging on a wall, all around a mirror, or around a tree ;) The pink one calls for a green light!
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