Coffee Pot cover

Hi all, i know...... I've not been here for a while.

I have just been enjoying the summer and

I didn't have a lot to show you,

so i took a bit of a break.

It's good to chill and take stock .

Anyhow here is a little something 

i wanted to share

A Coffee Pot cover i made for my

caravan,

 although i did really love how it turned out 

so i now

use it in the house.

I used a mixture of Cotton and Acrylic yarn in an 

Aran weight and a 5.00mm hook.

I made a foundation row just short of wrapping all around

the tin and then just made rows of

 Double and Treble crochets,

Until you reach the height you want. 

It's as simple as that.

The container is a recycled 

hot chocolate tin.

It was to nice a tin to throw away.

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Crochet cushion Ta Dah!

Hi all on the gorgeous bank holiday Monday,

The sun is shining here and we have

a BBQ planned for tea time

(so pleeeze stay Mr sun).

Now the weather is better out came my

outdoor sofa and i wanted to make a crochet cushion

to match the cushions i made last year out of some

gorgeous Clarke and Clarke material i had stashed.

I had a bit of a change and made a ruffle trim 

around the cushion.

I bought some vintage buttons, they are all the same size

but different, i love them.

All the yarn came from my stash, bits of wool left over

from other projects.

The cream is Drops Lima the same wool as my recent pink 

cushion it's so nice to used and a very reasonable price.

Although i think it's looking a bit lonely LoL, so yes

number 2 in under way.

This sofa is the best thing we bought for outside, it's so

comfy, it's like having another room.

I spent a lot of time on it last year and also this year.

Morning brew, lunch, afternoon brew, crocheting.

It,s shaded in the morning and then gets the 

afternoon, evening sun.

I love it!!

Here are a couple of garden pic's the 

Lapins were full of bees, so i went to get my

camera to take some pic's and there was only one left when i got back.

I love these white foxgloves they are one of my

favourite flowers.

I don't seed them myself i let nature take its course 

and i have a lovely display every year.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I'm off to have my Lunch outside.

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In the garden

 Hi all here are a few snaps i took in the garden 

yesterday

 I love this time of year

 All the flowers are making an appearance

 But they are not to over grown

 A sea of Forget-me-nots

 The smell of Apple Blossom

 The wild life fighting to survive

(I think this was a wood pigeon)

 Favourite nesting material

(they weren't to keen on the wool ends i put out last year)

 Wild flower patch coming to life

 Sweet peas in can't wait!

 Time for tea

And some hooky fun

(yes i know, yet another cushion on the go.

What can i say, watch this space).

xxxxx

Vintage flower crochet cushion Ta-Dah.

Hi all long time no see, i know it's been a few

weeks since i last dropped by but the garden beckons.

I so needed to get it sorted,  my 

Potatoes wouldn't wait any longer

and the veggi patch was in need of a serious

weeding.

Anyway it's all done and planted 

phew!!

When i haven't been gardening i pushed on with my

Vintage flower cushion and here it is

Ta-Dah!!

I just love it.

The pattern is lovely, i did try it with

different colours as well but i do think it

looks best all in one colour.

If you fancy having a go you can find the tutorial

here.

The buttons are some 10mm mother of pearl

i bought off eBay i just manage to scrape

these seven together. I didn't have 

enough pink ones (need to buy more) but i like the 

variations in the colours they all work.

Right i'm off into the garden again while it's

sunny, going by the weather report 

this morning it looks like rain here for the rest of this week.

My potatoes will love it anyway.

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Crochet cushion

Hi all you'll never guess what, yes yes 

I'm making another cushion, I can't help myself.

I know I've got blankets to finish, there's a little voice in my 

ear telling me so but when I saw this lovely cushion on the

Lavender and Wild rose blog I instantly new it was perfect for some cushions 

I've been wanting to make to go on our bed.

I love the one colour theme it gives it a classy, understated look,

perfect for a bedroom.

I have gone for a pale pink I chose drops Lima DK it's  a mixture of

wool and Alpaca. Everyone seems to rate drops so I wanted to give it a

whirl and I'm impressed. It's great to crochet with comes in lots of great 

colours and the price is quiet reasonable.

 I got mine from the wool warehouse

using a discount code from a crochet magazine

 so I got 10% off as well

 win,win.

Talking of crochet mags

 I've just picked up this months simply crochet.

What could be better a milky coffee,

 feet up and a browse through my favourite mag.

Thanks for stopping by 

Xxx

Nordic shawl no. 1

Looking round blog land I kept seeing some beautiful

shawls, Nordic shawls in a variety of colours and I knew that was

right up my street.

I purchased the pattern from Annette at my rose valley etsy shop

and off I went.

I had some Debbie Bliss Andes sat there waiting for that special

project, I also had some Rico alpaca in grey just enough for the main colour.

I took my new crochet hooks out for a test, the knit pro ones I mentioned a

few posts ago. They get a big thumbs up from me, comfy to hold and glide through the wool.

Ta-dah

It's turned out well I love the colour combination, I've already started on no. 2  this time 

I plan on adding more rows to make it longer.

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My Boshi at Winter Olympics

Have you been gripped by the Winter Olympics I have, those snowboarders

are so fab. One thing I have noticed is that a lot of people in the crowd seem to be wearing 

crochet bobble hats in some fab colours.  Me want one.

I bought some My Boshi wool in my fave colours and set to work last night.

The good thing about chunky wool is that it makes up in no time.

I'd finished before bedtime. Now I can sit and watch the games in my hat 

Whoowho!! Come on team GB.

Xxxxxxxx

Crochet cushion Ta-dah

                                                       Ta-dah!

Finished my cushion it looks really well I am so pleased with the colours, the best bit is it used

up leftover DK yarn from other projects, the cream was all I had to buy so I went for

Debbie Bliss cashmerino DK it's so soft and fab to use. I bought 3 balls but only needed 2.

The cushion came out at 14x14  and I decided to button up one end instead of completely 

closing it.

ooh it's fab the buttons finish it off nicely.

My local yarn shop has a fab range of buttons, they have a fab range of everything, it's 

leathal when I'm in there all you can here from me is 

ooh! and ahh!

I also spotted these

Knit pro hooks with soft grip handles but it's the colours that attracted me first

Aren't they delish?

and the case is pink   yeah!!   that was that I had to have them, 

I haven't road tested them yet

I didn't want to change hooks half way through a project

but I'll let you know what I think when I have.

The sampler blanket took a back seat this week so I best get back to that.

Xxxxxxxx

Crochet cushion

I'm beginning to think I have a serious crochet problem and wandering around

Blog land doesn't help. 

I keep seeing lots of beautiful projects I want to make and

i have to tell you that I've started yet another project, this time it's a cushion.

This picture is my inspiration I love the colours they just grabbed me hook, line and sinker.

The cushion is made by Gillian at Tales from a happy house, she has made some wonderful things  well worth a visit.

I couldn't wait to get stuck in so I raided my stash for similar colours and made up a similar 

pattern.

Thank goodness it's a quick project these squares make up in no time at all.  

I've also spotted another throw to add to the long list of things to do but I'll tell you about

that another time.

Look at these pretty roses I couldn't resist when I saw them

they are such a delicate colour.

Well we have to treat ourselves now and again it's the law. He! He!

And look at the tissue box it's got balls of wool and buttons on it so I couldn't say

no.

Xxxxxx

Crochet sampler blanket

Thought I would pop in and show my sampler blanket progress. 

The colour pallet I wanted was to give that vintage feel, nothing to bright and in your face.

A basket full of lovelyness, it never fails to make me smile when I 

see lots of gorgeous yummy yarn altogether.

Nearly half way  I'm doing 10 rows of 10 blocks

The different squares come from Jan Eaton's 200 crochet blocks book (fab book) and I've used

23 different patterns so it doesn't get boring. The inspiration came from Sandra over at cherry heart and I have used her pattern for joining the squares together she is so clever a trip to her blog is highly recommended.

I'm really enjoying this project.

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Bargain basket

Car booting last summer I kept an eye out for a wicker basket, I wanted one to put a project in, big enough for lots of wool so moving form room to room would be easy.

Ta-dah.   I found this for a few £'s. So I set about crocheting a liner for it.

I didn't have a set pattern, I winged it really, made it up as I went along constantly checking it was fitting ok which worked out well in the end phew!!

It's fab I love it it worked out well, it made life easy when during the lovely hot weather we had last summer I could grab and go crocheting outside making the most of the sun while it was here.

Fingers crossed for this summer

Xxxxx