It’s time to finally show you the blanket that I made at the end of last year. I’d made lots and lots of circles and changed them into squares which you can read all about in some previous posts I made. The final layout was decided pretty quickly – before I could change my mind!… Read More Starburst Blanket Finished!
Hello, I’m back here briefly to share my blanket progress with you. Remember all those circles with 2 rounds? I wrote about them here, if you want a read. Well then I hit a stumbling block. I had it in my head I wanted no two circles with the same colours. Then I thought that… Read More Blanket progress
The circles are growing and are all too time consuming. A quick post for the round 2’s….. all 156 of them! I’m starting to think I may need more than I thought! Even with a change in the pattern to make the centre bigger I’m still not sure what size this blanket (yep you were… Read More More circles…..
Hello, haven’t been here for a while. Computer technical issues, don’t get me started, but no internet, then folders on the iMac not working, then photos not finding my phone, have all put paid to me posting lately. I’ve been so busy crafting there has been no time to type, but that’ll be in another… Read More Circles everywhere
It was St Patricks day yesterday, so in its honour, it was only fair for me to pick up some green yarn and a hook and see what I could make! A little shamrock shaped leaf, or you could call it a clover leaf too. These will come in very hand for a huge… Read More St Patricks day Shamrock
Until I’ve finished what I have started! Yep – I think we’ve all said that at one time or another! But this is me writing to myself to try and resist the urge to pick up my hook, scissors and or material, and get creating! I’m itching to start designing something new, BUT, I must… Read More I really must not start anything else……….
So this has been a mission this blanket, to say the least, and this square was a real pain for a good few months of the summer. The project I found on Two Hearts Crochet , where she’s very kindly shared loads of free graphs, and has a Facebook page where lots of other people have shared… Read More The Harry Potter Blanket – Part 1
Finally a little bit of blue can be seen in the sky here in England. It’s been a cold rainy few days since I showed you all my crochet at the pool, and me crocheting squares, basically what I make while the blue ones swims length after length after length…….. The finished pieces are 2… Read More Crochet Squares and Diamonds
The blanket tradition in our house started a couple of years ago after I learnt how to crochet. I went full blown into making a granny stripe blanket from Attic 24 which the pink one has, my post about how I started it is here… but it’s only as I type this I remember I… Read More Corner to corner rainbows
I’ve been gone for too long…… no excuse other than busy busy busy with the children in the holidays and just life in general. Can you tell the kids are back at school today? I have a project to share with you…… one I made a while ago, but as it was for a gift… Read More Rainbow blanket