Showing posts with label squares. Show all posts
Showing posts with label squares. Show all posts

Saturday, 18 March 2017

Blue Skies and Blue Satin

Blue satin hanging on the washing line, viewed from beneath. A blue sky with white clouds can be seen behind the satin. Other shapes in the background include the edge of a fence along the bottom, a roof ridge in the bottom left corner and also the tips of some lavender flowers in the bottom left foreground in front of the fence.
Blue like the sky,
Pretty in the breeze.
My baby blanket has been at a standstill.
The hold-up? Fabric to line the reverse side.

How hard do you think it could be to find some basic satin in pastel baby colours?

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Saturday, 11 March 2017

Put on a Happy Face

A happy teddy face.
What a cheeky grin!
  
 
I was in the middle of making faces when the news came through that baby might be born within 24 hours!

That will teach me to get distracted and procrastinate. The Teddy Blanket was not ready at all! 

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Thursday, 9 March 2017

Ear, Ear!

Ears!
Crocheted ears, each crocheted in a half-circle shape, are arranged in pairs with their loose ends trailing, on a dark background. They are arranged a bit like a bunch of flowers with the ears along the top and the loose ends coming together at the bottom.
Nine pairs of teddy bear ears.


The Teddy Blanket has ears!

A close up of the centre square, yellow with a tan intarsia circle in the middle. The border is a row of white followed by a row of mid blue. There are two half-circle tan ears stitched to the top of the circle. It is a low viewpoint from the bottom edge of the square so that the ears can be seen standing semi-upright above the surface of the yellow square which is surrounded on both sides and behind by similar white squares.

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Tuesday, 7 March 2017

Blocking for The Edge

"Kitty Blanket" pinned to shape
on a blocking board.
Crocheted by Jodiebodie 2010.
Pattern: "Purr-fection" by Candi Jensen
 
 
 

Blocking is a useful technique for giving a neat, professional finish to crocheted items.

Don't just leave it until the end of your crocheted project!  It is also handy during the making of a project.

This is especially true of anything that is made in sections; for example, individual motifs or garment pieces such as sleeves, backs and fronts.

As I block my crocheted squares, here are my tips for giving a blanket that
'finished edge'!

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Thursday, 2 March 2017

The Inevitable Time to Unwind

A hand wound ball of lemon yellow 8 ply (DK) acrylic yarn sits upon a white background.
Moda Vera Marvel
8 ply acrylic (DK)
Colour: 1041 Lemon Sorbet

I've been meaning to tell you this for a while …

Health and household issues have held me back but I'm now here to tell you that … well … the inevitable happened.

I've found myself unwinding the lemon yellow tricot sampler introduced in "A Touch of Tricot" (13 February 2017) because I ran out of white yarn for the baby blanket!

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Friday, 24 February 2017

Yarn Chicken

A stack of 7 squares crocheted in rows (not granny squares which are crocheted in rounds). The squares are white with a big tan circle in the middle, using intarsia technique. The stack of squares has been spread out across a blue background. The squares are overlapping. The loose ends can be seen because they have not been woven in yet.
Always trust your instincts. That's what mothers tell us.



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