Crochet teddy bunting
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It seemed a good idea to make use of the crochet ribbon from the parcel, so now it's teddy bunting for the nursery. Ahhhhhhh
The teddy pattern is from patternsforcrochet.co.uk - thanks for the free pattern!
Crochet granny square baby blanket
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Another baby blanket. This time it's for our own family with a joint effort from the mum to be, Aunty Christine and me. We opted for bold and bright colours rather than the usual baby pastel colours and it looks fab.
Here is the the crochet progress in pictures....
Embroidered wall hanging
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Anther design from Gail Pan. I love the embroidery, but I'm not too sure about the wall hanging. I was aiming for a folk art style, but was quite keen to use whatever I could get my hands on without buying anymore fabric, so I'm not sure that I hit the target with my choices. Never, mind, it still looks quite sweet. The copper pipe hanger was also an impromptu discovery (lol).
and we stitched happily ever after
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And we stitched happily ever after.....
I can finally reveal some of the embroidery I have been doing. I wanted to make a special birthday present for AC, my sewing buddy. I don't actually have a photo of the birthday present (yet), but I made one for myself, so this is it.
The design is from 'Patchwork Loves Embroidery' by Gail Pan. The birthday effort has buttons and piping, but mine adorns a bag that was made at speed so is a little more simple! It's now my embroidery project bag.
Nb I found that the Christmas ferrero rocher box is perfect for my selection of embroidery perle thread no. 8! It stops them getting all muddled up in my new bag.
A flock of tea cosies
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A sheep tea cosy update. All three are finished and I have placed a ban on making any more. That is at least until I've finished some of the other stuff that remains unfinished whilst tea cosy's take over the universe! This time I'm keeping one for myself!
My favourite cosy is the one made from super chunky wool in the front.
Sheep Tea Cosy
/I really can't resist a crochet sheep. Inspired by the Shaun the Sheep film which cheered me up immensely when I was feeling under the weather with a horrible cold, I made up a tea cosy pattern. It took a little while to work out the pattern and the size, but once I cracked it I've now started 2 more. I'm not supposed to be making sheep as I've a couple of other unfinished items that are pending completion, but this has kept me amused for the last week so I'm going to keep going until I've fulfilled my current sheep obsession. The first two cosy's were made with chunky wool for which I used a 5.5mm crochet hook, but then I found some super chunky wool which needed an 8mm hook. This one was super fast to make with fewer bobbles and I actually like the lumpier look to it, should one actually analyse these things in any depth at all. As I said - Sheep Obsession. I have other sheep tea cosy ideas using loop stitch or a wensleydale style with ringlets. It really could run and run.........baaaaaaaarmy.
Crochet little monster and octopus
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Baby Boom
Octopus and monster
There has been a bit of a baby boom in my little circle of friends and colleagues so this has caused a crochet octobaby boom. Here is yet another octopus with a little monster friend for baby's big brother. This has actually been a repeat performance as I made a matching pair for mum's twin sister!
Crochet Christmas Elf
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Christmas Elf
Scandinavian style
The Christmas elf was a two year project. It should have been finished for Christmas 2016 but I ran out of time so before Christmas so it was put away unfinished due to lack of interest. This year however, my Christmas mojo returned and he was finished. I hate to leave things unfinished. I'm really good at starting new things, but have to make a (sometimes) herculean effort to finish everything. The weather has been so dim and dismal the lighting on the photo doesn't really do justice to his fluffy sparkly beard. Maybe next year I'll take his photo again. Incidentally, the pattern was from a Simply Crochet magazine in 2016. I've kept the magazine because there were a few other coordinating items that might make an appearance next Christmas.