Making it up as I go along, a cheerful crochet cushion. I learned the sunburst pattern as demonstrated by NittyBits and am crocheting them together by adding a chain round and a round of trebles as demonstrated by Bunny Mummy. I haven't figured out how to do the back and closure yet but learning is half the fun.
I entered my throw into Mikeys Ocean Waves Afghan Challenge. This ripple type of pattern was new to me and my practise swatch was hard work but once I watched Mikeys's video tutorial a light bulb went on in my head and it made so much sense. I could even watch TV and crochet on it as the pattern was easy to follow, once I understood it.
Nearing completion. I still need to attach a few flowers, to cover colour combintaions that I don't like, and to decide on a border.
I started my version of Flowers In The Snow, based on the pattern at Solgrim Blogspot. I am calling it Gather Ye Rosebuds, as it is for my Daughter who specified she wanted pinks, and glitter if possible. I thought I might try adding some blending filament to some of the centres.
There are a lot of people making this on Ravelry and I love checking out all the different versions of it.
During the great attic clear out I came across this blast from the past.
A little before Christmas I broke off from stitching on Purple Perfection and took up Mirabilia's Christmas Flourishes, which had been abandoned years ago as too difficult to see. I set up my magnifying lamp and made some progress over the holiday.
This was how much I had done before I abandoned it.
And this is with the aid of the lamp and the Christmas break.
The first photograph is a better representation of the colours. I must experiment with the camera, I hadn't noticed how much the colours were distorted.
If ever I finish it, it should look like this.
Recently my friend on Goodreads sent me a surprise pair of socks. I'm wearing them now and they are really cosy.
Eager to thank her and surprise her in turn I made her a bookmark. I was worried that it might not get there, what with the postal strike and me forgetting to put a return address in case it got lost on its way to Sweden from the UK but I needn't have worried, I was astonished at how quickly she received it and posted a photo on her Goodreads page.
It's such a long time since I "allowed" myself a bit of stitching time and I had forgotten how much I enjoyed it. I hauled Sleeping Beauty out and put some more beads on. This picture was taken a while ago and all the stitching has been finished since then. Just the beads to finish and then, instead of the obligatory wait for umpteen years until I get around to having her framed, I will find a framer and hang her in the orangery.
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