It’s been pretty chilly here recently, and I only have one, that right, only one, scarf!! Unbelievable!
I found this great youtube video for the Fiona button scarf and its matching pattern and some yarn and off I went.
I found it really easy to follow and managed to use up the rest of the yarn I had leftover from the Lomond hat Ive been sporting around this winter. Then some more leftover yarn, and some vintage buttons I had. And voila! Hopefully a warm neck!
In a never ending effort to get rid of yarn that I have been given while also making lovely things, I made this crochet blanket!
I had a large amount of 5 ply yarn in 3 different browns. I also had 400g in a cream colour, and 200 g in a white. After some deliberation, I decided that I would start with the darkest brown, and work towards the lightest. In between changing the browns, I would put stripes of cream, getting larger as the blanket went on. After I had finshed all the brown, I used the cream until it was a length that worked well on the bed.
I used a 7 mm crocheting hook, and put all the yarn double, which meant it was quicker to crochet up. In truth, this is the first blanket I have ever crocheted. Im hooked!! Haha! (Seriously, I am using a lot of self control not to start another crocheted blanket, lucky my husband doesn’t read my blog!)
I made it very simple doing rows of double crochet. I am tempted in the future to try something a little more complicated. But admittedly, I dont want it to be too complicated. That blanket helped me survive through Moshi Monsters at the movies with the kids. That was an interesting movie!
This blanket is for my eldest daughter (after I knitted this blanket for my youngest daughter). It seems a little drab for her creative flair and style, so I am thinking about crocheting flowers to put on it. Originally I was just going to use a lovely purple. But now Im thinking I will use up scraps in all different colours. We will see what she says!
So here they are! The finished products from the one of the lovely hand-dyed balls of yarn.
I looked around ravelry, until I found this pattern, which can be found on the Hatting Madly Crochet website.
They were so quick to crochet up, and as far as I can tell, the pattern was brilliant. This is about the second written crocheting pattern I have followed, so Im not much of a judge! There was only one spot, where I pulled it out about 4 times before realising what it meant. This is clearly because Im a knitter and forget that you can crochet into holes, not just stitches!
They also dont take up much yarn. I was thinking that I might not be able to make 2 out of the 50g ball of yarn, so I did the first one with a cream coloured yarn as the band. Boy, was I wrong. I made it, and then 2 completely coloured ones, and I still have about enough left for another one.
The only change I made to the pattern, was for my 3 year old. I did one less pattern repeat, to make it smaller. I found that even though the pattern is for a toddler crown, it turned out to fit my 5 year old. But Im sure that it depends on tension, and the yarn. To adjust, the website says to adjust the foundation chain by 6 stitches.
The kids love them, and apparently so do the dogs (who just love to dress up, haha!).
So now, Im still not sure what to use the other yarn for! But Im sure something will come to mind.. 🙂
I loved doing the crochet flower, so I did another one! This time I used this tutorial to make the flower. You can make it smaller or bigger, depending on what you want to put it on. It was more work than the crochet flower I did last week, but definitely worth it. The top is for my eldest daughter, so I got her to pick out a button to go in the middle. And here is the finished product!
And a close up 🙂
So my sewing machine needs to go in for a service. Its just not loving sewing like it usually does. But that doesnt mean that birthdays stop! So for a 1 year olds birthday coming up, I have crocheted a rose using this youtube tutorial (perfect for beginners!). And then handsewn it to a top. I love it, so cute!
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