Slacks for Ella Funt

I saw this on a craft blog and decided I had to make one. Never mind that I have no idea how to crochet. And have not been very successful at knitting. And of course I wouldn’t want to start with something small.
So I checked out a pile of crochet books from the library. I managed to teach myself the stitchs I needed to make the ripple blanket. I didn’t bother to learn any of the other stitches (I’m lazy like that). And started.

So far I have this. I know it’s just two stripes, but it’s progress. It’s far from perfect, but I’m pretty happy with it. It’s taking a long time partially because I’m pretty slow and partially because it’s really wide—I want it to fit on our queen size bed. I bought a pile of yarn in bright colors—red, orange, celery green, chocolate brown, royal purple, pale blue, teal, and navy—to match the bright colors in our apartment. I have no plan for color sequence, just going to make it up as I go along. I am finding crochet easier than knitting—it seems to only need two hands, one for hook and one for yarn, whereas knitting always seemed like it needed three. And the size of my stitches seem to be more consistent with crochet.

I’m not sure how long this is going to take me. I’m hoping to finish before it gets too hot to have it draped across my lap. If I don’t finish it by then, I suspect it will sit around until fall.