This blanket took me a while to make. I wasn’t really focused on it and used it as a filler in-between the other projects. I originally wanted to make them all squares and sew them together. But it was dragging on and I figured I need it finished and out of my way.
I made 16 7×7 squares and 2 28×28 squares. The pattern in the wool was a happy accident! Each of the smaller squares took about 12 minutes each. Sewing them together has never been my strong point. I used clothes pegs to keep them from bunching up and it seemed to work. The ends are annoying me and I wished I had sewn them in as I went. Eventually I will finish this off properly.
I’m thinking about adding a small thin border in white or black just to finish it off nicely but that’s a job for another day!
I’ve been looking at these sari silk yarns for a while now and finally decided to buy some. Surprisingly it took less and a month to arrive from India! Ordering yarn online is always a challenge, I prefer to touch it and make sure it’s not too thick or thin. Also I like to see the yarn is quality and not cheap looking.
After opening my package I found 10 skeins of delicious yarn! I love the colour, the metallic threads and the highlights of blue and green. It’s a great rainbow and yet it still works. The yarn is soft and has a great texture too.
I’ll work on a blanket with this soon. I think I haven’t ordered enough but I shall manage with what I have!
This is another blanket I’m working on right now. The yarn makes these amazing patterns and when put together in a particular way, they look like a watercolour painting.
I’m making 16 squares of 7×7 and 2 squares of 28×28 then sewing them together. I love it when an idea work out to plan! This is the next blanket I’d like to finish.
Ta Da! It’s finally finished! I may have taken on a few more projects than I should have to this got pushed towards the bottom of the pile. I love corner to corner blankets but they get the the middle point and start to slow right down. It’s frustrating because you feel like you are spending hours and getting no where. But oh well, it’s done. I powered through and finished!
To get this effect I used Ice Yarn Magic and held two stands of the yarn together. I also used a 9mm hook. This is a great way of making the wool thick and chunky and the larger hook means you finish earlier. This yarn was so deliciously soft and the whole blanket feels like a cloud. By holding the two strands together it created a unique effect with the colour changing yarn.
This blanket it for me to keep but it’ll be put away until the weather cools down a bit!
Oh wow, they are finally done. After weeks of procrastinating I finally finished both the blankets! I really didn’t like the yarn used on the more pinker blanket, it was too fine and not as soft as the other one. And somehow still have about 100gms of it left! Anyways, they are both done and are now awaiting the arrival of their precious new owners. I’m contemplating adding a border around them, especially the more gender neutral one, but will wait until the baby’s are born to make my final decision.
I emailed my aunty a photo of my rainbow blanket and she immediately loved it and requested one for herself. Her only change was the colours. Purples, greens, and browns were requested; a lot different to my usual style of bright and funky! So off to the internets to find something she would like. I came across this 100% wool yarn and knew straight away it was the right choice. I ordered 8 balls of it without realizing it wasn’t going to be enough- damn ordering 4 more balls and paying for international shipping again!
So once again I made this double stranded and corner to corner. The wool was so thick and warm. I probably should have used a bigger hook but I wanted to start straight away! I am currently half way there. Now I can only wait for the extra wool to arrive!
I’ve seen a lot of people using their custom crochet hooks and thought I’d give it a try. They’re really simple to make! The hardest part was deciding on colours!
You will need:
Metal Crochet Hook in your desired size
Polymer clay in your desired colours
Rolling pin
Baking tray and baking paper and oven
Simply roll your clay into a flat even rectangle. Get creative with colours and designs. Once you are happy with your designs preheat an oven. Please follow the directions on the packet for maximum temperatures. Put our baking paper on your tray and carefully place your hooks. I cooked mine for 7 minutes before turing them over and cooking for another 7 minutes. Be very careful as thy are boiling hot. Allow them to cool completely before touching with your bare hands. And you’re done! Enjoy your custom crocheting hook.
Here are a few projects I’m working on right now. So much planned for this year in terms of crochet. I usually don’t start one project until I’ve finished the current one, but I couldn’t resist with my new StyleCraft yarn turning up! 50 delicious balls in 25 colours! I should be able to make about 5 blankets out of all this yarn. I love how quick and inexpensive the shipping is considering it comes from England! My wool had traveled more than me!
My boss’ two children are both going to be parents next year! Super exciting because I designed their wedding invitations! So naturally I’m making them a blanket for their newborns. I’ve found out that one will be a girl! Yay! I’m using the corner to crochet pattern again with a beautiful pastel rainbow yarn. I’m keeping them both similar on purpose with the exception of the border which I’ll add just before I give it to them!
I made this gorgeous rainbow blanket using 10 balls of Ice Yarn Dancing Baby. It took about 8 days where I was crocheting for about 5 hours a day (I have no kiddies obviously lol)
I used a free patten from The Crochet Crowd which was super easy to follow!
This pattern worked up really fast. I loved how you can crochet 4 balls of wool then start decreasing knowing that you are only going to need another 4 balls. No nasty surprise of running out of yarn halfway through the last row!
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