Back in September, shortly after the first ante-natal class mentioned the importance of baby blankets being knitted or crocheted (the open-weave is best for helping babies to regulate their temperature), I set to work on a granny square blanket. It has since changed from being a granny square to being a granny rectangle. Partly, this… Continue reading The Receiving Blanket
Category: Crochet
The Less Simple Granny Square Blanket
The trouble I find with making granny square blankets is that, after a certain point, I get a bit bored. I like the not really thinking about what I’m doing, but the round-and-round part of it just becomes…samey. Especially since the one I’m now making is not my first. It’s true, I could have found… Continue reading The Less Simple Granny Square Blanket
The Baby Sleeping Bag
A few weeks ago, a friend’s mother gave me a couple of well-stocked bags of yarn. I’ve had a pattern in mind for a while, but hadn’t the yarn for it, so it was relegated down the list of Project Priorities while I completed the Sunshine Shawl, and thence a baby blanket. But a set… Continue reading The Baby Sleeping Bag
The Sunshine Shawl
After the admittedly not very complicated in the end cardigan (which still needs its buttons), I thought I’d ease myself back into larger craft projects with an easy shawl. I had four balls of a (clearance) WI Soft & Cuddly yarn, 50g (125 m each), in an Orange Mix colour, and the need for something… Continue reading The Sunshine Shawl
Crocheting Baby Cardigans
It was a good weekend in the crochet-world. I finally got on with finishing the second front piece of the cardigan. I ended up with a different neckline shape to the first piece, though, which only served to emphasis the need to frog the first and re-make it. Not a happy thought. However, it turned… Continue reading Crocheting Baby Cardigans
Learning to Crochet Clothes
For a while now I’ve been meaning to expand my crocheting repertoire out of the blankets and Edward’s Menagerie toys I usually make, and learn to make clothes. Trouble is, as with the cards I make, I like simple things, and most of the clothes patterns I come across I tend to then put away… Continue reading Learning to Crochet Clothes
Emma vs Bridget: The Battle of the Hooks
Last month, I made Emma the Bunny from Edward’s Menagerie. I used a Women’s Institute Premium Acrylic DK 100g ball of yarn with a 3mm hook, as suggested in the pattern. But the yarn suggested that a 4mm hook should be used with it. Since I had another couple of balls of the same WI… Continue reading Emma vs Bridget: The Battle of the Hooks
Emma the Bunny
When it comes to crochet, I am a huge fan of simple patterns and projects. Anything that requires thinking beyond counting rounds or stitches tends to be filed away under the “One Day” section of my crochet projects. Especially as I have a tendency to leave large periods of time between crochet projects. However, Toft’s… Continue reading Emma the Bunny
Edward’s Imaginarium: Clive
I haven’t done much crocheting so far this year. There was the baby blanket a few months ago, but otherwise not much. And then on a trip home I was reminded of a Monster I’d promised a friend several years ago. She was (not so) patiently awaiting its arrival. I’d got so far with it… Continue reading Edward’s Imaginarium: Clive
This Week In Craft: Baby Blanket
I haven’t crocheted much since Christmas, despite plans for coasters to go with the rainbow of tablecloths. I don’t really need any more coasters, which is probably why I haven’t started on them yet. But this last month I’ve used up several balls and several more ends of balls on a baby blanket for a… Continue reading This Week In Craft: Baby Blanket
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