This week, I have been plugging away crocheting my nieces
blanket. Nearly there, hopefully I will
be able to start joining the squares before the end of next week.
When I have been blog reading this week I came across
two inspirational projects; one from Lucy at Attic 24 and the other from Sandra
at Cherry Heart. They preyed on my mind
and I had to start!
First of all, the project that made my heart sing - Cherry Heart’s Painted Rose Blanket. I had decided
earlier in the week that I wanted to make the blanket and it went into my queue
of projects. Yesterday I succumbed and
rummaged around in my stash and came up with similar colours. My hook came out and before long I had made
two squares.
I just love them, makes me think of my paternal
grandmother, these were her colours. I don’t
have enough of these colours in my stash to make a blanket, but these squares
will become a cushion for my bedroom. I
think I will be able to match the colours but it will be a different dye run I
suppose. But it wont matter as they wont be next to each other.
For any Kiwi readers I have used Crucci Olympus for the blue (it is not quite as
bright as this in real life) and the pink petals and Patons Panda for the mustard and
green, I had a lime similar to Sandra’s but it was too strong and dominated the
square so I went for this khaki colour, makes it look vintage. I still am trying to suss out the joining
colour, it is between a teal and the light blue I have used above.
The other inspiration I had this week was Lucy ofAttic 24 Cosy Blanket Cal. Last Monday I
pulled out some wool that I had earmarked for a scarf last winter and never got
around to doing. I thought that the
texture of the pattern would make a wonderful scarf and it does.
It is such an easy pattern and soothing to do, and I will
definitely be making a blanket at some stage using this brand of wool (Countrywide Yarns, Windsor), I have
never used it before - it is so soft and the colours are quite lovely.
Both of these will be linked to Linda of Linda’sCrafty Corner November Stash-buster link party.
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Now I will leave you with some close up photos of
roses that I have picked for the house.
Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful weekend
and week.
Two beautiful projects, I particularly loved the granny squares the colours are a real delight and stash busting as well a real bonus. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteI have my weather eye on both of those, I have the wool for Lucy's CAL and am toying with the squares, all those ends are a bit off putting. I am sure that I will succumb in the end though. You may just have tipped me over the edge with those 2 squares, just eye catching.
ReplyDeleteLovely flowers !!! Croxheted ones and real ones !!!
ReplyDeleteHave a pleasant weekend !
Anna
Very beautiful projects!!!
ReplyDeleteFlowers <3!!
Greetings.:*
Your roses are so pretty!! xx
ReplyDeleteBoth of your projects look beautiful. I am loving the flower pattern on the squares but I am impressed with the scarf idea. I started my CAL with Lucy this past Sunday but I am making a Christmas blanket. Great idea to use the pattern for a scarf. I might just have to try that one if you don´t mind :)
ReplyDeleteVisiting from Lindas stashbusting November.
Birgitta xx
Your roses are fabulous Zana, I have bookmarked that blanket too I loved it your cushion will be so pretty. The scarf looks great I love those colours and the pattern does look good in a scarf, I still haven't decided on a pattern yet but I have to say I am leaning towards this one. Have a great Sunday :) xx
ReplyDeleteThose granny squares are absolutely delightful!!!!
ReplyDeleteGood-day,
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