Last September
I took early retirement because of a disability from a car accident several
years ago. Yay, now I have time to do
all the projects I have wanted to do over the years! I am afraid to say I drifted for a couple of
months, adjusting I suppose to not having a tight time schedule. One blog that I follow is Down to Earth and
there was a lot of talk about homemade dishcloths, I thought how hard is
that. I ventured into a wool shop to
buy some cotton. Well to a colour junkie
like me it was heaven!
Needless to
say I made a dishcloth using crochet as I thought it would be quicker. I search out some U-Tube videos and I was
away.
Well, I started
to research crochet sites and discovered heaven! I used to have a tapestry business in a past
life (making up my own designs and painting them on canvas and selling them as
kits at craft fairs). I had a trunk of
hanks of wool. I promised myself that if
I could use some of that stash, then I was allowed to go and buy some new wool.
My first
project was a small lap rug in grannie squares and matching cushion.
I am afraid to say that two of my fur babies commandeered them!
So I had to
make another for myself, this was a throw size cover and adorns my sofa in the
lounge.
Well you can
guess I was fully hooked so to speak. I
am now a well-known customer of the two wool shops in town!
I think I have
blankie fever as I have few more on the go and will blog about them at a later
date. I am also managing to get a few
little items done as well, such as tea cozies.
Well a girl who has tea in her veins can’t have too many cozies. Here is
my first tea cozy. I made it up as I
went along, I haven’t got the shaping technique right yet, so I used some
flower patterns from attic 24 to hide the faults!
So proud of
those flowers! Well, as you can see this
crochet lark is no flash in the pan. I don’t
think there is a day without a crochet hook in my hand!
Bye for now.
