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I’ve just finished crocheting this ombre basket after finding the pattern online.
I made a few tweaks to the pattern as I was using dk wool instead of aran. To crochet four strands of dk wool I used a 6mm hook, I then added an extra row to the base and crocheted three rows of dc, instead of the suggested two, for the remaining eight colours.
I’ve undone and redone this project about three times (due to user-error) but I’m really pleased with the finished result.
Following on from my earlier blog I have now completed my crochet flower project. In the end I opted to make a cushion (16 squares were enough to make lol).
Using a combination of four colours, plus the cream base colour, I crocheted 16 squares each with their own unique colour combination. I then crocheted the squares together after reading these guidelines on the Attic24 blog, which gives a really neat finish.
I wanted to keep the back of the cushion quite plain. I made a chain that was a multiple of two and did a simple tr in the first stitch, dc in the second stitch, and repeated this along each row. I therefore ended each row with a dc and started the next row with a tr and repeated the pattern. This creates a really strong structure and I love the pattern. To make it easy to remove the cushion cover I simply crocheted two pieces and buttoned them together.
I chose to make mine into a cushion but they are so versatile that you could easily make them into a blanket, bedspread or a bag (to name but a few ideas).
Having recently re-discovered a love for crocheting I’m always looking around for inspiration for my next project. One such idea that caught my attention is the crocheted flower-square. After a few failed attempts at trying to make up my own pattern (converting a circle to a square didn’t quite work. My mum found this really good tutorial on nittybits blog.
I’ve used four different colours for the flowers and have so far made 16 that are all unique colour combinations.
This is still very much a work in progress and I can’t decide whether to stop at 16 squares, and make a cushion, or whether to carry on and make a throw. They are very quick and easy to make…decisions, decisions lol.
This plain and boring used jar has been transformed into a useful container for those bits ‘n’ bobs that were lying around. The cover has been crocheted using everyday string and trimmed with wool.
I remember wearing a poncho when I was a child, that my mum knitted for me, and I haven’t thought about them since. Until last year when I borrowed one to wear, as I was a bit chilly, and loved it and thought I’d knit one of my own. I started it in early 2012 and didn’t finish it until that Christmas (I was distracted by other projects) but finally, here is the finished piece.
I was planning to just knit it, but having completed it I thought the edges could do with a little finishing touch. Over the Christmas holiday my mum worked out a pattern to give it a curly edge. I played around with this and opted for three different stitch patterns, mostly to conserve wool as I was nearing the end of my ball of wool! It is so warm and fits perfectly.