Lily Pond Blanket - CAL

Well, not content with taking part in x1 CAL....I'm going to be starting another...!!

I am keeping up with the Moogly CAL 2015 and now have 6 blocks finished. Each block takes about 2 days to complete so obviously I need something else to keep my fingers busy in between new patterns being released....so here it is the 'Lily Pond Blanket'....looks very pretty...xx

  

Moogly CAL 2015 Update

An update on what I am crocheting in 2015.....in January I decided to take part in my first ever CAL..! Here's the post from my Facebook crochet page https://www.facebook.com/wendyflocrochet

Well I have just decided to begin the New Year doing something i enjoy, I'm joining in with 'CAL 2015'. Every 2 weeks you receive a pattern for a new afghan square to Crochet ALong with everyone else who is joining in and by the end of the year...tah dah...a new blanket......looking forward to starting, now need to choose some wool.

Moogly

Heading out for one last trip to the craft store? You might want to give the yarn aisle a stroll, and think about what colors you'll be using for the 2015 Moogly Afghan CAL! grin emoticonDetails at http://www.mooglyblog.com/2015-moogly-afghan-crochet-along/

....and here are the blocks #1 - #6

2014 Catch Up...

A little catch up on what i've been crocheting since summer 2014....

..a basket crocheted using a double strand of dyed cotton which Mum & Dad brought back from a mill while on holiday in Somerset.

...a bag I designed myself, but using several other 'bits' of designs and patterns by other people. The handles I found on Pinterest, the 'zig zag' sides from a cushion pattern, and the butterfly on Ravelry.

..a filet crochet picture for my Mum & Dad's wedding anniversary.

...bunting for a baby's 1st birthday.

..and FINALLY...in October 2014 I finished my first big project..a blanket (as described in my 20th June 2014 post)...tah dah...!!

So now on to 2015 where I am going to join in with the 'Moogly CAL 2015'....watch this space....!!

Key Chains

Made these for Easter gifts...owl & Minion key chains....

 

 

Bigger Project...

And yet again...I have not 'blogged' for ages, nearly six months..!!
...but still the crochet goes on.....

During the two winter months I spent in my 'Winter Abode' (we live in a mobile home and  spend the 'closed season' of January & February in a holiday cottage) I started making a blanket, my biggest project yet...!!

I found a fab pattern from Red Heart 'In Love with Color Throw' http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/love-color-throw

I wanted to use more subtle colours rather than 'brights', so these are the colours I chose (Stylecraft Special)...autumn shades...

As I've been finding out, my tension usually appears to be tighter than patterns say, and the yarn in the pattern is 'worsted' rather than 'double knit' which seams to be a bit thicker. So my squares and octagons came out smaller.

What did I do..?? Alter the pattern, that's what..! So my blanket has extra rows of octagons (2 extra octagons wide and 2 extra octagons long, then the corresponding no of squares to fill the gaps in the middle)...easy..!

I also spent rather a lot of time planning the colour scheme, trying to get each octagon & square to have a different colour combination, whilst using all the colour evenly across the rounds etc (my OCD coming into play..!)

Getting there.....

Here are all the main pieces nearly sewn together....and then there are just 36 (I think) triangles to make to fill the gaps.

I'm now at the point of adding the edging, but other projects seam to have taken over a the moment...so I think it's going to be one of those.....'I'll finish it one day"....projects.....I'll post the finished blanket when it's complete.

I just always want to start something new..........

2014..!!

2014 is here...! And yes I am still crocheting, even though I have not blogged since October 2013.

Well what have I been up to?

I happened upon some 'mesh yarn with pom pom trim'. So after watching several tutorial videos on 'You Tube' and after starting and re-starting half a dozen times, I eventually ended up with a new scarf

 'Selfie' of my new scarf...!

I also bought the wool in red/gold/cream, and have made Mum a scarf for her birthday, leaving enough for one for me too.

For Christmas I made snowflakes....

 

 

 

 Some as decorations, and some for presents.

I am now trying to finish an iPad case, which I had started before the Christmas snowflakes. Again, I have found a pattern but am adapting it slightly to fit my requirements...as you do..!!

Hats & Glasses

So....after crocheting several scarves now in 'straight lines', I thought I might attempt a little crocheting in 'round lines'. A colleague at work jokingly said about crocheting her a beanie, so I had a go....and here is the result....not 1, but 2 hats...! She was rather chuffed.

I've also just completed this rather pretty 'glasses case'. The pattern uses a much finer hook than I've been using so far and some simple alternative ways of working stitches (between stitches of the previous row and on top of rows) along with frequent colour changes to create the intricate looking effect.

I have also lined this with some spotty blue fabric, otherwise I thought the glasses might catch & snag on the inside, a bit fiddley but worth it.