Sunday 23 February 2014

Another crochet project

So hubby is attempting to make his own ginger beer from scratch...it's smelling really good so far but part of the process was that the ginger had to sit in a jar for up to 7 days...so all instructions said to put a doily on top of the jar...so in my whole crochet obsession right now I decided to attempt to make one for him to use...
Using this gorgeous book I got from mum and dad for christmas I used a pattern for this doily from it...this shows about half way done...my first time at using very thin cotton and small hook so it took a bit of getting used to...but I eventually got the hang of it...

The end result was better then I expected...I blocked it out for the rest of the afternoon and it turned out excellent...very happy with the results
This is what it's being used for my husbands attempt at ginger beer the first stage...
Now that that is done I'm off to try and catch up with my mood blanket I'm a bit behind due to family things that have happened in the past few weeks....
 Happy crafting everyone
Xoxo

Sunday 9 February 2014

What I have been up to...

Been busy these last few weeks with work and home life...school is back for another year with kaitlyn starting year 8 this year...she is much happier now that she has moved classes...so I'm hoping it will stay that way for her...

Apart from the usual busy work schedule I've fitted in some crocheting time of course...
My mood blanket is coming along well and I'm up to date... This block is the whole of January...

I'm loving how it's turning out so far something different for me... Hubby and I went shopping for some more yarn to add in more colours so being the wonderful hubby he is he sat that night winding them all for me...
Told you I have a great husband....

I've also started to finish off another blanket for someone special....(I have lots of projects on the go lol) this is going to be completed using the CAL from www.spincushions.com lots of fun things to learn....

So I've been reading lots of crochet blogs lately and many talk about blocking your crochet items etc so I did some research and decided it was way to expensive here in Australia to buy one so I made my own and it works so well..definately will be blocking lots of my squares now...
         
They look so nice and neat now...

Ok off to relax and watch willy wonkas chocolate factory with my hubby and gorgeous girl....
Xoxo

Sunday 2 February 2014

More crocheting

Well it seems this crocheting bug has hit me hard...I'm loving sitting creating these fun things with yarn and really learning lots now that I can read patterns properly...

I'm really enjoying my mood blanket and happy to say that I'm nearly up to date (well I will be tonight that's for sure). Here is my efforts so far

I got to go yesterday and get some more colours which is good now I have plenty for each day of the month...
In between this project I've been catching up on blog reading and more crocheting and came across this fun project of making dish cloths so I thought I would give it a go and see how good they work...just used a simple pattern for this one 
Now I'll go and catch up on my mood blanket and find some fun colours to use
Xoxo