Wave cushions

 Finally finished. These were for the seats outside for summer - whoops, summer has been and gone. Not a long project but a very long one when it's only picked up now and again. Finished now though.

Some cushions have been in use longer than others and have had their fair share of washing. All are wavy patterns but differ in the number of colours in each stripe. The aim was 1 stripe, 2 stripes, 3 stripes and random stripes.

I made them envelope cushions so they could be taken off and washed so there were 78 strips for each cushion.

Here they are all together, the 2 on the right hand side have had more use.

Give them a wave.

xx

Been away since May

Back again for a while. Here's a few pics that will, hopefully, fill in the gap from May 'til today.



Holidays with family - eating, drinking and soaking up the sun and scenery.





Holidays with friends doing just the same.

Days at home working, resting and playing.

 Out and about dancing, walking  and celebrating the seasons.

2020 is now upon us and hopefully we can do it all again. Food, family, friends and fun - in any order or all together. Great combinations to be had. Hope your New Year will be all you wish it to be.

xx

If at first you don't succeed ...

Started with good intentions.

Convinced I'd got it right.

Total fail in counting rows,

What an awful sight!

Pulled out miles and miles of yarn,

Not enjoying that.

Crocheted up a second time

And now it's straight and flat!

Off to son's friend's baby,

Will match the first one there

Bright colours for a new born child,

Blanket nice and square.

xx

PS

Started with good intentions

This living blog I host.

So much to do and not much time

To regularly post.

Mojo ran away again

Trying to get it back.

Bear with me while I search for it.

Oh alas, alack!

Must ...

try, try again.

xx

Another favour

The cot blanket present is complete - a chevron stripe ...

... with a shell edging ...

... backed with a grey fleece.

A Tunisian stripe cot blanket has now been started so I can give our friend a choice of blankets for her new baby, who is not due until later on in the year. This Tunisian one is similar to the one I made for her first baby.

My other Tunisian creations are here. My stash is slowly going down.

xx

Bright ideas

... is overflowing just like basket number 1. In an effort to get rid of the very, very large balls of yarn I decided to crochet a granny zigzag blanket with random sized stripes. 

I didn't get very far, did I?

This fluffy baby cot blanket has been around for 36 years! It was for my first born but I ran out of the white, fluffy wool. Maybe it's time I finished it.

I made scrubbies out of these netting strips and I still use them. More of these are now on my list of things to finish off.

These Tunisian crochet strips are for another cot blanket. It should be a riot of colour because I'm (I was) using up all the yarn oddments.

A colleague of mine said she wanted to pass the time knitting so I suggested knitting squares that could be sewn together and I duly did a few for her. She never did put wool to needles, having bright ideas but not carrying them through so these squares will be unravelled and the yarn used for the Tunisian blanket.

Well that's that blanket sorted. I'm going to be kept very busy this year. There's still another basket to go. Oh my! I remind myself of a colleague of mine.

xx

'The best-laid schemes of mice and men often go awry.' Robert Burns

Basket Number 1 was full, choc-a-bloce, brimming over, bursting at the seams, over-flowing, packed and stuffed with work started, abandoned or dismissed until another time. The 'time has come' (the Walrus said) to sort it out.

Knitted blanket started but abandoned probably because I could see that it would become unwieldy. I probably thought I'd make blocks instead of going round and round but boredom must have set in. I will unravel and the yarn will see another project instead of this one.

These were a disaster from the start. I only wanted to get rid of the very thick yarn. I'll think about incorporating these into another blanket (maybe).

Little bits of Christmas left over plus Father Christmas with one eye. What on earth shall I do with these?

Little bits of Valentine's Day left over. Must do something with them this year.

Experiments or leftovers of granny squares. I'll make this a start of an odd bod collection.

More squares started. These are Granny Rose squares.

This block was left over from one of my blankets.

I haven't the faintest idea about these 2. I shall unravel them and put the yarn back into stash.

Leftovers from making phone and iPod cases.

This is the start of a bobble hat which was crocheted sideways. It obviously was not working and so got abandoned. Unravel.

More leftovers from crocheting up thin cone yarn. Unfortuneately I only have bright orange left. I'll keep a look out at carboot sales for thinner yarn cones. 

So- the basket is empty and projects unravelled or left out while I tackle the other baskets. The best-laid plans of mum often go awry.

xx

PS Happy Burns Night for tomorrow.