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Bit of a catch up

I’ve been doing a lot more crocheting and knitting than blogging! Here a few photos of finished makes to catch up.

Here’s a lacy cardigan I knitted for my grandaughter Rose in antique white cotton. It was a hit so I’m currently making one the next size up and also a tiny baby one for the new grandaughter arriving in December.roses-lacy-cardi.jpg

A new pencil case which was a quick weekend make as I needed it for my new job at the college. This was from Nicki Trench’s book Crocheted Cosies

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There have been a few blankets off my hook too:

Frida’s Flowers by Jane Crowfoot

Frida's flowers

I love the 3D effect of the flowers. Not my usual colour palette but the design is from Mexican inspiration.

I needed an uplifting easy C2C make whilst I was in hospital so this little baby blanket flew off my hook. The repeating pattern is beautifully meditative.

Red baby blanket (2)

There’s the Meadow Blanket which was a Drops CAL. A delight to make in cotton.

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Lastly, my current make is another Last Dance on the Beach in the Dancing in the Rain colour palette. I had already made one which Alex adopted and then Jude wanted a bigger version for her new house. Jude’s is slightly different colour scheme with parchment for the border. I’ll add a photo when it is finished.

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4 thoughts on “Bit of a catch up”

  1. Could you please tell me what brand yarn you used for aran heart throw and what colours were used. It’s beautiful.
    Thank you
    Tracey

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  2. Do you have the pattern for Aran heart throw? I’d like to make it the way you did. I would appreciate the extra instructions that you added to the original pattern.

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    • Hi Diane, I don’t have a pattern just some handwritten notes. This is what I’ve found: 84x 93 inches needed 10 white, 7 graphite, 12 silver and 8 grey balls of Stylecraft Special Aran. Starting chain was 386 chains for 384 stitches. I remember I changed the stitch for the popcorn hearts. I did the row in uk double crochet / US single crochet. The popcorn was made using 4 half trebles (US half doubles) and joined with a chain. There’s a note showing I clearly had a challenge with the counting! It looks like I did 11 stitches then popcorn then 18 stitches between popcorns, repeated across the row. Hope that helps a little. Good luck Diane, it’s great fun to make!

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