crafts & knitting

Patterns to buy

 

 

All of my patterns are digital and supplied as instantly downloadable PDF files.

You can find the entire range (including all free patterns and supplements) over on Ravelry

Please note that the only official and valid locations that you can purchase or download my patterns from are on Ravelry, Etsy and LoveCrafts. If you find my patterns available for download anywhere else please be advised that they will be pirated copies, taken without permission and supplied to you illegally, most likely with a side order of malware/ransomware. Please be careful out there and don’t fall victim to any other websites offering my patterns for free or in exchange for ‘tokens’

Clicking on any of the pictures below will take you to that marketplace, where the patterns are available to purchase

Happy knitting x

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Snow5

Overnight our garden turned white, as did much of southern Britain.

 

Snow6

I'm just so grateful that the snow didn't arrive 24 hours earlier because that would have meant missing one of the nicest days that I've had for quite a while. A day spent with lovely, like-minded ladies: Tracy, Val, Ali, Emma, Monica, Alice and Nancy (and the very lovable Pippin, who is not a lady). There was a lot of laughter, good food, thoughtful presents and a little crafting (not quite as much as planned) and it was one of those days that you reach the end of and realise that you have aching cheeks from all the laughing and smiling that you've done. I feel very lucky and privileged to have been able to go along, thanks to Emma for chauffeuring me and to Tracy for being the perfect hostess and to everyone else for your you-ness x

 

Snow4

crafts & knitting

me old china, finished

 

Oc6

 

In some ways I'm a little sad to have fastened off the last stitch in the edging of this blanket.

 

Oc7

It has been a pleasure to make; rhythmic, undemanding and soothing.

 

Oc9

After a bit of a false start (when I had a crisis in confidence about the colour choice and unpicked 20 squares) I started again and I'm now very pleased that I did take out that yellowy colour.

 

Oc4

 

The colours to me are rich and comforting and it has turned out just as I had hoped.

 

Oc10

In fact I am ridiculously pleased with it.

 

Oc3

So here it is, all finished (though it's not easy to photograph)

 

Oc1

 

And here are some stats:

:: Started on August 31st 2011 and finished on January 27th 2012

:: Worked with a 3.5mm crochet hook in 10 colours of DK yarn:

5 balls of Rich 911 (red) Rowan wool cotton (including 2 for the outer edge),

3 balls each of Geranium 976 (dark pink), Tender 951 (pale pink), Antique 900 (cream),  all in Rowan wool cotton, Basil (green) in Rowan Belle Organic DK and Mirage (pale blue) in Rowan Classic cashsoft DK

2 balls each of Cypress 968 (aqua), Clear 941 (silver grey), Blue Wash (dark blue) all in Rowan wool cotton,

9 balls for the main background Celandon 979 (pale green/aqua) in Rowan wool cotton

:: There are 99 squares (9 x 11) and it measures 133cm x 163cm

:: Each square is a traditional granny square (there are lots of tutorials on the internet such as this one) and each square has 6 rounds of different colours. There's a sort of checkerboard pattern, alternating between squares with red near the centre and those with it near the edge but it's fairly random.

:: Each square is surrounded by a round of the background colour and I worked 3 rows of this around the 99 squares.

:: The edging is worked as follows: 1 row of single crochet, 1 row of double crochet, another row of single crochet and a row of picot edging.

 

One a day

I've got used to working on a little crochet in the evening so now I'll have to ponder what to make next as my one a day project, though I think I'm a little blanketed out.

Any ideas?

(part of the one a day project)