Wednesday 26 February 2014

New blanket

Hello, we have had a glorious couple of days and it is making me get outside, clean the greenhouse, rake the moss out of the lawn, which sort of removed the whole lawn in fact. It also alerted me to the fact that I ate a 9" Christmas cake and 2 camembert cheeses two months ago and I have no stomach muscles left!

Anyhoooooo, this post is not about the state of my winter physique, I am writing to show you my new crochet blanket project for a wedding present I want to make for August.



I have about 50 balls of yarn from magazine freebies, someone gave it all to me here - I know, you are probably sick of hearing me say that but it is true.


I have started a throw or blanket that is worked in rows all in one piece which I have never done before because I am not always confident that I will have enough wool to complete a whole project so I always do bits and see how it goes. This time, however, I am pretty sure I can just keep crocheting along.


My friend bought me the book to cheer me up a few weeks ago. It is American but I am OK with those abbreviations because once you know the pattern you just get in the groove with it.



Happy crafting Jo x



13 comments:

  1. What a lovely wedding gift this will make. I love the pattern...and the colors too!...Your embroidered name plate in the post below is so pretty! xo

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  2. The pattern and colours are beautiful, a really lovely wedding present.

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  3. Look forward to seeing it grow, such a lovely wedding gift
    Clare x

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  4. It's going to be gorgeous, Jo. I can't wait to see it grow.

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  5. Amazing to be gifted with all that yarn. It will make a totally gorgeous blanket.

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  6. This will be a lovely blanket.
    Marianne x

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  7. I can't wait to see this take shape! Cx

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  8. I'm sure the newly weds will be delighted to receive this lovely gift, which is what it definitely will be, knowing you Jo and your many talents! Joy x

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  9. It will be a beautiful wedding gift. And someone GAVE you 50 balls of yarn? really? How lucky was that, eh! :)

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  10. Love the colour combo - what a fab wedding gift. I'm frightened to rake the moss on our lawn too, because I'm not really sure there's actually any grass left either!
    Enjoy the sunshine :-)
    Xx

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  11. Oh it will be a beautiful wedding gift ... can't wait to see the finished blanket ... no pressure though ;) ... Bee xx

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  12. The Art of Knitting taught me to cast off, before that I just avoided finishing things! I think I only got the first issue though so I've not seen the rest of the wool, it looks like a nice colour combination and will make a lovely wedding blanket :-) And it's kinda cool because you got it for free, you'll turn it into something nice and pass on the good karma :-)

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