A New Little Project

I have a few projects on the go at the moment. Most of them need sewing up to finish, and I'm not in a sewing frame of mind.

So to keep me crocheting, a new little project.

Starting with 20 little circles.

All will be revealed soon.

100 Flowers to Knit and Crochet

 I'm looking for another couple of nice flowers to make crochet brooches for my coats. I like this one below called "pelargonium" and I like the "ruffled rose", and I like the "tea rose".....

 ...and I love these little rosebuds...and the centifolia rose.

Ooh! I'm going to be busy, and need more coats :)

Crochet Cushion Update

I gave the flowers to my mum - and she loved them, but as predicted, didn't care much for the yellow flowers. She has sewn up all the flowers and is a few short for the layout she is doing, so asked me to do some more.

Now that I have made quite a few of them, they only take about 10 minutes each to make.

Flower Blanket

I'm thinking of creating a one colour blanket. Most of the decor in my house is very pale, and whilst I love the multi-colour blankets, I'm wondering what a pale one would look like.

Here for inspiration, with added flowers, is a pale blanket from Cute and Easy Crochet:

Cheering up a Winter Coat

These little flowers are quite easy to make. Once you have got the hang of it, they are quite addictive.

The way I have sewn this one up is reminiscent of those big huge overblown summer roses. Strange colour for a rose though :) I just wanted something to match this green tweedy coat.

Choosing a Lining for a Crochet Bag

It is always necessary to line a crochet bag to be used for shopping or books. If you put something heavier than a lettuce in a bag like this then the handles will stretch. Before you know it, the straps will be on your shoulder and the bag will be knocking the backs of your knees.
So, to prevent this, and to make it look nicer inside, then line it.

Sounds easy, and it is, but the difficult part for me is choosing an appropriate lining. This was the first one I thought of: a delicious ice cream parlour pink polka dot. Almost tempted to use it, but there is barely enough fabric, and I want to use it for something else.

So here's my second choice. Although this matches one of the blues in the bag, and the fabric is a great colour, it is just too blue for the white background of the bag.

Here is the bonkers option. I love this tartan fabric, and bizarrely it goes quite well in a competing clashing way. However, the fabric is 100% wool and a bit stretchy so alas it will not solve my bag knocking knees problem.

So rather boringly, here is what I have decided upon. A piece of blackout blind cotton. It is soft, completely opaque and quite strong without being heavy. Exactly what I need.

Inspirational Interiors with Crochet

I've been interested in interiors for ever it seems, and regardless of what is in fashion, the same favorite themes keep popping up over the years. I love pale blue, the colour of sky, like the colour in the photograph above.

I also like pale rooms, pale walls, pale painted furniture, white, grey, cream. The details change a little with fashion, but the basics are the same.

And roses. Now I'm well aware that rose perfume can be a little bit too granny and not enough chic, but I don't care. For me, nothing can beat a big rose perfumed bubble bath - it's a shame I don't have room for a bath in my current tiny bathroom - showers only for me at the moment.

Finally, I love old brass and iron bedsteads, especially in this design, and especially when they are painted.
But most of all I love a crochet blanket. Who could resist sleeping in the bed shown above?

All photographs in this post are from the book shown in the first photograph. Now, I bought this book specifically because it had a crochet blanket on the front cover, and was terribly disappointed to find that the same photo inside the book had been cropped and had lost the blanket. However, this was more than made up for by the other photos in the book.