Wool Eater - Sorf of ...

Sarah London has published the Wool Eater blanket pattern on her website and has started a Crochet Along at the beginning of this year, she has a Flickr account where all the people taking part have uploaded images of their blankets. I'd downloaded the pdf and had a go at the pattern a while ago but didn't really know what to do with it until now. Whilst in Aldi I came across 400g giant balls of 8-10ply wool for only £2.50 - bargain - so I have decided to start making a blanket using the Wool Eater pattern as a block of two rows of colour for a third to be added later and join all of the blocks together...

Granny Square Cushion

 Currently working on a cushion for someone's birthday...I've seen alot of Granny Square cushions but realised I've never made one...Sadly I am running out of wool and accidentally just bought the wrong grey grrr...

Plethora Continued...

I subscribe to Inside Crochet - its full of patterns, not always amazing, but the last issue held a patten by Doris Chan, really easy to work up and quite adaptable. So I've made one for me using cheap acrylic DK in black, and have two works in progress, one for my aunty in black smoothie dk, and one for my sister in orange "kool" cotton...

Plethora of Crochet Jumpers . . .

I have been through a phase of trying to make my own jumpers without using a pattern, but I realised I don't think I've ever made a jumper from a pattern. That all ends now...I found this quite unusual pattern on Red Heart Yarns the pattern is downloadable but be warned its in American terminology. I used two balls (200g) of J.C.Bretts Marble chunky yarn in this quite unusual green and purpley brown.

Learning New Crochet Stitches . . .

I am currently working on a Doris Chan designed lace cardigan but ran out of wool on Sunday grr...so in the mean time whilst I wait for the shops to open I had a little go at following some video tutorials for some interesting crochet stitches I've always wanted to try...

Entrelac Crochet - a form of tunisian crochet, in the first image I followed the tutorial and changed colour each row. In the second image I made much smaller squares 3stitches by 3 rows and only changed colour every two rows, this made an almost chevron pattern. Looking around this stitch would work really well with colour changing yarn.Catherine Wheel Stitch - creates repeated circles linked by lines when you change colour, looking online there are so many good colour combinations for this pattern.Crocodile Stitch - Layering up of what look like petals or scales, very textured and three dimensional, but all very simple crochet stitches and great video tutorials.

Flowery Tea Pot Cosy . . .

Recently it was my Gma's birthday and for Christmas she had brought my sister and I and how to Knit tea cosy book, I can't knit to save my life so my sister and I worked together to create this floral design, she knit the base structure and I crocheted on the flowers.

Finger Knit Crochet Rug . . .

I have been wanting to use up some of the wool I have, loads of purple and pinks that although I love the colours these days I tend to crochet things I can wear and I don't honestly wear that much purple so I have decided to start a massive ball of finger knitting and crochet it in the round with my new, quite massive, crochet hook...

Machine Knit & Crochet Baby Blanket . . .

This has been one of the first projects I have done using my knitting machine - other than samples and tests to see what i can do. It was a basic knit stitch with intervals of tuck / missed stitches to create a pattern and texture. I then used crochet to add on a granny square edging and a frill.

Crochet Jumper . . .

This jumper is of my own creation, I made two square-ish shapes with neck holes and then added on two sleeve-ish shapes and seamed up the sides and under the arms all in one. I copied one of the jumpers I already own and Im quite pleased with outcome, i added a scalloped edge to make it slightly longer so it draped better, but im really pleased with my first attempt.

Slip Stitch Crochet Scarf . . .

Now I have a short gap between finishing a project and starting a new one so I have been making for mee...This is a scarf I have made, Ive got a thing for subtle change in colour at the moment or should i say tone as greys are one of my favourites...

Tutorial:
Three colours A B and C, Lightest to Dark,
Chain 75 - 80 (enough to go around your neck comfortably)
Slip Stitch into each chain across, continue for 16 rows, Fasten off.
Change to colour B and join to colour a 3 rows down in order to create the ridge between colours.
Continue for another 16 rows, fasten off.
Again change to the next colour and repeat.
Then seam up to create a cowl scarf.

This scarf could be made a lot longer to go around your next twice, i also might make a purple version with loads of different colours so i will make the bands a lot shorter.

3DSP On The Wall . . .

This is the 3DSP work I have been doing, experimenting with different types of crochet and also different materials to crochet with consolidating into a focus on Loopy crochet using a DK acrylic wool and some paper yarn or the black equivalent i found plastic wire. . . The final board of samples were achieved most recently in which i think i took quite a big step into my experimentation...

Taking Down Berrington . . .

Before I took down all of my Berrington Hall Project I realised I hadn't taken a final image of the finished piece so here it is, slightly edited to get rid of that damn blue bar I have running across my workspace which hides all if the electric, a handy little shelf but i wish it wasn't blue... When I was taking my work down I also took photos of a mini installation I had created, but when I was taking it down I thought it looked quite interesting with all of the threads hanging loose... Then to put up all of my 3DSP work for assessment....

Crochet Duck Hat . . . .

Over Christmas I made loads of scarfs for people as presents but like a plonker I forgot to photograph them, this is a hat i made by request from a friend, Ive never made this type of hat before, the duck has real teddy bear eyes and loopy crochet as a fluffy lining for the inside. I must say it was very warm and may have to make myself one perhaps a little less yellow.

End of Berrington . . .

With the projects im working on all coming to an end i have had to create a 'final piece' as it were, in these images it is not yet finished i need to add some more finishing touches before it is assessed Monday morning. I think my desk looks a little boring but i needed all my work down to show off the piece soo... but i have moved my desk along and got more space hopefully will get a table to fit in the gap for a desk extension...

Images of my desk in December . . .

My project at college is coming to an end on Monday the 30th so in the last few months i've been busy busy, thus the lack of posts. These images are how i left my desk space before we broke up for Christmas.

3DSP - Loopy Crochet . . .

After experimenting with some different stitches I found the loopy stitch which simply elongates one of the second yarn over in single(usa) double(uk) crochet. I have experimented with the stitch some more using two yarns at the same time, however i use only one of the yarns to create the loop. Also i found some rubber rings at the scrap store, inspired by Lucy Faulke's use of other objects within her crochet i have been trying out crocheting over them and with them like you would a bead.

3DSP - Crochet . . .

3DSP is a module I am currently taking on my CAA Course, it stands for 3D Specialist Process. For mine I have chosen to focus on crochet, these images display my experiments with different materials all single (usa) double (uk) crochet, and a variety of different stitches some self made in 4ply yarn.

Berrington Hall . . .

Back in 2nd year now and one of our modules is based on the National Trust property in Leominster - Berrington Hall, these are just some images of the work i have done since i went back. I am mainly looking at the marble in the opening hall and satellite images and maps of the property.

Loopy Crochet Bangle . . .

For Uni I am exploring crochet and traditional yarn crafts and i came upon the loopy stitch, once understood and practiced my boyfriend suggested I should make it into a bangle so here it is...

My boyfriend has been unwell, and this has brought out his creative side, he made me this bangle from a swan filters box and asked if i would blog it so here it is handmade by Dan....

100g DK Yarn Infinity Rope Scarf . . .

I accidentally bought a ball of the wrong dye lot for the jumper I have started to make so instead of let it sit i decided I would finger knit the whole ball to see what it turned out like, after i'd started I realised it was quite thin, so I halved the ball of wool and used two strands to produce a thicker knit.

After i had knit the whole ball of wool i began to crochet a chain with my hands and sewed the two ends together to create a loop.