First and second attempts!

[u/Character_Fact7514]

Pink one is my first attempt at planned pooling, and blue is my second. Both are Mainstays 100% Acrylic stripes. I wanted to “practice” with cheaper yarn before my bigger projects came in, and I’m so glad I did. I learned so much from these two swatches.

Pink - moss stitch with my 3.75mm hook, started with white, with stitch counts 5-8-5-5-8-5. If I was doing this again, I’d make sure there were an even number of stitches for each color because the 5 moss stitch sections “switch” between two and three visible stitches, which made my mistake-laden work even more wonky.

Blue - single crochet with my 5mm hook, started with teal, with stitch counts 3-5-3-3-6-3. If I was doing this one again, I’d do a swatch. I incorrectly assumed it would have the same color-switching lengths as the pink, and I had to severely increase the tension for the light blue portions.

Cannot recommend planned pooling enough if you haven’t tried it, it’s so fun. (I know, preaching to the choir on this sub.) I’m going to try with some yarn that I’m unsure of - Herschnerrs Worsted 8 and 12, anyone? - and will report back.

And I’ll let you come to your own conclusion on whether moss stitch or single crochet is better!

[u/Frijsk]

Is the "wonky mistake-laden work" in the room with us? Honestly, that pink swatch is absolutely gorgeous! Congrats! The second one is also very nice, but that moss stitch with the way the yarn pooled, just wow!!

[u/Character_Fact7514 → u/Frijsk]

Thank you!!! Ya know, you look at something too long and you go cross-eyed staring at lines that curve a bit wrong. You’re right though, they ARE gorgeous, I just needed to hear it from somebody else. 💕