WIP Wednesday: Spotty Tube update
Previously… When I first started my knitted Spotty Tube, I had two rows of spots…. Then… This looks like five-and-a-half rows of spots…
Wingspan Wrap: Practice!!
Feathers! When I saw the Wingspan project on Ravelry, I just had to make it! It’s my colours, it’s a challenge, it’s knitting, which means it’s going to take a long, long time for me to complete… but wow is it going to be worth it!! What you’re looking at is a practice piece that…
Quarantine, Day…. 12?
Getting my days mixed up… Is it just me or are the days all just running together during this pandemic? I was sent home from the arts centre where I volunteer on Thursday the 12th of March; therefore, I count the first day of my Social Distancing as the ever-wonderful Friday the 13th. Fast forward…
Floral Friday: Puckered Petals
Easier than it looks… This one started to throw me for a loop, but I figured out a way to do it using tweezers a lot more than the video did, and I got a better and faster result. Merry Craft is amazingly nimble-fingered, but I work with ten stunted sausages at the best of…
WIP Wednesday: Seasonal Bunting
Summer Wreath in progress… Wheat, poppies, daisies, cornflowers… and a whole lot of fun. The designer of this wreath pattern is @just_pootling on Instagram. She has a book out on crocheted wreaths and garlands, and this pattern was part of a calendar issued with Simply Crochet a couple of years ago. It was my Christmas…
Floral Friday: Cone-petaled Layers
Easy and Effective This one was nice and easy and it looks beautiful to boot! It will need to be on a stiff background though, because the petals are not attached to each other except at the very tips, and it does flip around. Perhaps giving it a firm felt circle at the back might…
WIP Wednesday: Bamboo Soft Bunting
#scheepjeswip I have had this Scheepjes Bamboo Soft for quite a long time, because when I got it for its original project, it had not yet been available for sale. I’m not sure if you can zoom in on the photo further, but I’m pretty sure you can see dye lot 1 on the band…
Sock Saturday- So solid!
It’s a diamond… The Diamond Geezer sock has been a real success, so I thought I would make another pair straight away, but without any colour changes. For this, I used Opal Regenwald 15 in shade 9771. I got mine at Unravel & Unwind, where we have a modest stock of yarns, mostly 75% wool…
Floral Friday: Star Cinch
Shine Like a Star… This one is quite bright! It must have been the lights in the studio. I have made flowers in this colour before, but for some reason this is making me want to reach for the sunglasses! Will Merry Craft ever run out of ideas? This is another one that is quite…
WIP Wednesday: Tunisian ten-stitch blanket
Round and Round… This one started out as an experiment, just to see if I could do it. I started out unsure and not counting properly, learning how to do the mitred corners as I went. Now, there are stitch markers every ten stitches and my mitres are getting better and better. This WIP was…