The Vintage Daisy

Sick with the flu so I’m spending my Sunday afternoon working on this cardigan for my three year old daughter (still!) I have decided that I am not a fan of this pattern at all but I just NEED to get it finished so I can move onto my next knitting project. I will be sticking to my usual top down/bottom up raglan style cardigans and tops from now on, which I find are more practical to work with. I will be very happy once this cardigan is finally finished. Lucky that when I started this project I decided to make it two sizes up, otherwise she would have outgrown the cardigan before I could finish it, yes it’s been that long! I started this project when she was two years old and I’ve been putting it off. Sigh….

Couch Throw.

This is a little couch throw I made and finished about a month ago. I used a lot of yarn scraps from my stash left over from various projects. I would have liked it to be a little longer covering the seat as well but I didn’t have enough yarn so had to stop there. I really like how random the squares are laid out and joined together, in no particular order whatsoever, kinda brightens up my little work area as this is where I sit to work on my yarny projects during the day - I’m thinking it needs some colourful crochet cushions to cosy the area up a bit. I guess it’s obvious what I’ll be adding to my WIP pile :)

Second Ripple Blanket.

Yep this is another project in my WIP pile, I’m working on another ripple blanket, after having made my first ripple blanket last year (the project which turned me into a crochet addict) I decided I needed to have more than one ripple blanket because not only do they keep me super warm in winter but it makes my bed look pretty :) it’s still summer here so I still have time to finish this giant blanket for our queen sized bed. I’m following a colour scheme this time instead of using random colours like my previous ripple blanket, I have also decided to crochet only one row of the light pink yarn each time instead of doing two rows like the other colours on the blanket and I’m really liking how its looking. It’s coming along great, still plenty to do though as I’m not even half way done. The beauty of having so many WIP going on at once is that I get to pick and choose what to work on each week, this way I don’t tire or get bored from just working on the one project, the thing with me is that I am easily distracted, if I have to work on something for more than a week (craft wise) I start to get bored, having a lot of WIP’s works for me, because after taking a bit of a break from a project by working on another I feel refreshed and I look forward to going back to working on the previous project again. Is that weird? does anyone do that or is it just me because I’m weird? I wonder if there is a terminology for what I have? ‘ADD Crafting’ maybe???? Who knows.

African Flower Hexie.

This could also be the beginning of another new WIP not sure what to make out of it yet.. just a random hexie in my basket at the moment…

Friendship Pattern Blanket.

Just winding down for the night…enjoying some tea and crocheting one more row on my blanket before I go to bed. This pattern is really growing on me, I have never heard of or seen this pattern being used before until I came across it a few days ago on YouTube. It’s called the ‘friendship afghan’ and I’m really taken by it, it’s quite a simple pattern using only sc and dc stitches. This is just one of the many projects I’m working on at the moment. I like to work on a few at a time so that when I need to take a break on one thing I can pick up something else to work on.

Another Ta-dah! moment.

This blanket took me six days to make, it’s only a small one though, lap size, just need to weave in the ends (not my favourite task in the world but necessary). Have been pretty quiet with my posts lately but will be back to posting my projects on here regularly, I have been working on a fair bit of crafty projects lately and I’m really looking forward to sharing them :)

Puffy Daisy Granny Blanket

I am joining in with Ginny this week for a yarn along.

Well after I finished my daisy granny blanket for little Miss J, I thought it only fair that I make one for Miss T as well (my one year old).

It was also a good way of using up the small little bits and pieces of left over yarn from my yarn stash. No wastage here. I had all these small bits of different coloured yarn from various projects, a lot of them were quite short and not quite long enough to crochet into a square with, so I used them for the centres of the daisies, it also helps add colour to the blanket. I’ve made these daisies much smaller to the ones on Miss J’s blanket, but they are a lot puffier. I am about halfway done and still deciding on what edging I would like this blanket to have.

I have 32 more squares to make before I finish, here’s hoping I will be finished over the next couple of weeks, spring is Just around the corner here in OZ, and the weather is starting to warm up, I do hope that Miss T gets to enjoy her blanket this year before it gets too warm.

A Little Bunting Fun

Yesterday morning I thought I would make something a little cute and fun for the girls bedroom. So I started on crocheting up some triangles to make a small bunting. This was a very quick and satisfying little project. I would have finished this sooner had I not been distracted with another project last night. (I have so many WIP at the moment it’s not funny). Anyway I finished up the bunting this afternoon while the girls were napping. They woke up to a lovely little surprise in their room. I think I can safely say they like their little bunting.

It’s so pretty just hanging up there. I am kind of jealous. I think I need one in my room too.

Daisy Granny Squares

It’s been another productive week, besides blocking it, I have pretty much finished the daisy granny blanket for my two year old daughter, who by the way loves her new little hand made gift from mummy so much she has practically snatched it away and is sleeping soundly with it at the moment. (I don’t think she really cares if the blanket gets a blocking or not..and at the moment I don’t either). I’m just really pleased my little recipient adores it as much as I do :)

I based the pattern on Lucy’s summer garden granny squares and just chose to do an extra row of dc around each granny square for a neater look. Originally I was going to fan stitch around the blanket for the trim, but I changed my mind and decided to keep it simple with four rows of sc around in blue and white, keeping it subtle as to not draw too much attention away from the flowers..they are just too pretty and I really wanted them to be the main focus on the blanket.

Now that my two year old has a little granny blanket of her own, it is only fair that I make my one year old daughter one too!

Off I go to start another project….

Daisy Granny Squares

So after I finished my ripple blanket I felt a little void, the ripple had taken up a lot of my crafting time these past few months and now it’s finished, I couldn’t help feel a little bit empty inside (is that weird?). Craft wise I just can’t stay idle for too long. So what did I do? I start working on my next project of course. Yesterday I started on some granny squares, this is going to be a little blanket for my two year old daughter.

At first I was hesitant to add pink to the colour combination, but I am glad I decided to add it in after all. It actually works quite well and adds a bit more cheer to the blanket. Don’t you think?