Well I have finally completed Charlie's Ripple Blanket, it's all washed and ready for him. Now if only he would use it so I can get that photo but of course he will not play ball.
The making of this blanket was a real family affair, all of us (except K whose in Canada at the moment) had a turn at picking the colours. I did all the crocheting and I picked the boarder colours. I didn't do the boarder like Lucy, I did my own thing. I did 1 row of trebles, with 2 trebles in the corners and then I did 6 rows of dc, with 2 dc, 2 chain, 2 dc, in the corners. My crochet terms are all English as that is how I learned to do crochet.
I am just waiting for my Stylecraft yarn to come and then I get to start another Ripple Blanket as hubs wants one as well. He gets to choose the colour sequence and this time around I think I will do Lucy's boarder. I want to give it a go as I like the 2 colour look with the last row.
I have finished the Granny Stripe cushion but am waiting as the cover has been washed and needs to dry, also I need to get an insert for it. Once that's done I will get a photo up of that as well. Hope your having a great day.
Happy knitting
Sharyn
So I am back from holiday's refreshed and ready to start working again. I spent my holiday's catching up on my crocheting. I am almost finished my hot water bottle cover, I am at present crocheting around the neck. I am finding this part a bit difficult to do, hence the slow process.
I am fairly pleased with how it turned out but I do see a need to make some improvement. My granny squares are not all the same size so I see a need to practice to get my tension right.
So because I needed to practice I went onto another project which I enjoyed immensely. Of course it was something totally different but I needed to practice to learn about getting the right tension. I chose a pattern from Lucy's Blog, Attic24 which I just love and was inspired to take up crochet once again because of this wonderful blog. The pattern I chose was the Neat Ripple Pattern and this is a lovely pattern if you are new to crochet. I did have to start over again several times as I was not getting the pattern right the first couple of times. To overcome this problem I actually wrote it out so that I could follow the written instructions. Once you actually have the foundation row done and get into the pattern it's quite easy to follow as you can see the pattern happening. The only down side is all the ends you need to weave in but if I was thinking I should have sewn them as I went along.
I have learnt my lesson:-) The only other down side was the yarn I used, it's acrylic, which I am happy to use for a project like this but it's not nice yarn. To hard, not something you want to wrap around yourself, unless it gets better with washing. The suggestion was made was to make it for Charlie as a blanket for his bed. Now all I have to do is, sew in the ends and do the edging. Guess who will be happy then???
My next crocheting project was a cushion this time as I wanted to use up the rest of the yarn and I have started Lucy's Granny Stripe Pattern and this time around I am sewing in the ends as I go.
I have also finished Lucy's Target Square Cushion which I loved doing and I can't wait to do more.
As you can see I am a big fan of Lucy's, sorry about that but I do plan on looking into other crocheting adventures. I have ordered some Stylecraft yarn from the UK as this seems to be the most popular yarn and it seems to be a good price, can't wait for it to arrive. I have promised myself that I am going to finish ALL current crocheting projects before I start something new. Hubs picked the colours so it will be interesting to see how they look when they get here.
Happy knitting
Sharyn
So g has finished her exams for this year and is now on holiday's, oh the joy of having kids home from school. I now have to schedule my time on the computer so that we all get a chance to do what we want.
So this year I have made a suggestion to her, I thought we might get out in the veggie patch together. She has a tendency to spend a lot of her time reading as she loves books, so later today we are going to weed the veggie patch and plant some seeds.
I have another idea for g, I am trying to make suggestions to her to encourage her to do other things in the holiday's. What do your children like doing in the holiday's? I was thinking seeing how I am learning to crochet maybe she will join me and learn also. I was thinking maybe this could be a good mother daughter session, something the two of us could learn together.
I've tried teaching her to knit but we find that slow going as she always has so much homework. Also when you are learning to knit, you mainly make scarves. Which are useful but learning to crochet you can make many things and really feel that you have achieved something. Also this time of year in Australia is very hot to knit and it's slow going for that reason. To crochet this time of year is not so bad as you are not holding the yarn like you do with knitting.
Well I hope everyone is having a good weekend:-)
Happy knitting
Sharyn
So here is my yarn collection so far for the granny hottie, I need to get a few more colours as I need to make 24 mini squares. I want to have a bit of different colour in them, g has choosen mauve as the boarder colour.
So I've made a start on my granny hottie and I am really enjoying the crocheting. I can now master the mini granny square. The only problem is all the ends but I've taken to doing them as I go. At the moment I have 5 completed squares, only need 19 more and then I will be ready for the next stage. Just as well it's summer here and she doesn't need the hottie just yet but it will be ready for next winter. If you need help doing the granny square on my previous post I linked to some helpful pages.
Happy knitting everyone
Sharyn
