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Tuesday 7 June 2016

The Crochet hook...

...has been getting quite a workout.

With the weather yo-yoing on the temperature front it has been cosy to sit of an evening and crochet - especially as the blankets grow in size because they form a lovely snuggly wrap over the legs.

A short while ago I showed you the 'shades of lavender' blanket (one up from the bottom of the stack). Now look at the pile...
...there is a 'shades of blue' one at the bottom. Middle of the heap is a Summery combo of pink/blue/yellow. Above that is a yellow/green combo and on the top is my current piece. This consists of some pretty glittery yarn in soft shades of green, pink, blue with a black edging. I decided to go for something other than a standard square this time - I created three smaller squares (one in each of the pastel shades) edged them in black and then joined then to form a long rectangle. This is now being worked around in block stripes.

These sorts of blankets are so easy to do as they are worked in treble stitch and grow very quickly.

One of the benefits of using variegated yarn is that you get the shading & colour alterations without having to faff around chopping and changing yarns. There is also the surprise of how the colour combos will work-up as the piece grows.

I am making a bit of a dent in my yarn mountain but I keep seeing pretty new yarns that I want to play with **groan**. I must try to resist and actually work through what I've already got. Problem is, just like with my paper crafting - who can resist pretty things..........................................................

8 comments:

Stef H said...

good golly girl! these are gorgeous. i had to stop my crochet, knitting and cross-stitching because my fingers would cramp so bad. funny thing tho, my crafting doesn't bother my fingers at all - go figure.

you are very wise to stay away from FB, twitter and pinterest. i don't tweet at all, and FB takes up way to much of my time - but then - i get to catch up to people that i blog with more so than blogging. it's a vicious circle.

have a great week!

hugs :)

Lori said...

Oh, my! I'm so impressed. You've been super busy and what pretty blankets!

Sandra said...

Oh my goodness, these are gorgeous .... You're super talented

Chidkid said...

Fab blankets...I wonder what you will do with them all? Do you give them away or sell them on?

Elaina said...

Wow, you have been busy! Are you going to sell them ?

Marianne's Craftroom said...

These are lovely

Virginia said...

Wow they are awesome - I know what you mean about pretty things tempting you - but then the crafting cupboards seem to spill over!

aussie aNNie said...

Oh my goodness, a workout for sure, they look fabulous and I envy anyone who is clever enough to croquet, I sure am not.xx