The blanket................. just a few pics!

Okay, so here is the wool I've been using for my blanket... and yep, this is the second lot!! so it's gonna take 30 balls of wool!! We chose the colours together as it's going to be on our bed so I thought we could chose a colour scheme that we both like...

So...I popped on to Samuel Taylors website to get my favourite wool... Sirdar Calico which is a summer weight yarn.  The first colour is called Muslin (a regular favourite), the second is Hopsack (this is a kind of pale sage green and you know, I think it's gonna become a favourite of mine too), third is Cotton White, fourth is Amber (I had to get this asap as the colour has now been discontinued! fifth is Peachie.... and last is Banana (which is cuddled up next to Peachie!  Its the first time I've used the Hopsack, Peachie and Banana and I really like them too!

Then.... I thought ooh some of you might like to see more of the wool to get an idea of the colour scheme















And then......I thought you might like to see the colours all together!!

Isn't this is a real bag full of wonderful gorgeousness!!

And here is the first lot of wool already crocheted up and waiting to join the rest of the wool...

So, now it is the time to get my bamboo crochet hook out... I've taped it up as it has a slight crack in it... I have a spare ready but want to keep using this one as much as I can... It's kept me going and it's funny to notice that it has developed a slight curve to it too...


Anyway, I'll keep you updated and let you know how I am going... I'm hoping it will be finished by mid October now I have all the wool I need plus a bit extra to do the scallop edging too.

Bye for now

Lisa
x

Happy Birthday to you....

Dear Gemma, Hope you have a wonderful day, I always remember Gemma's birthday as its the same day as Dom's (he will be 11).

Here is the card I made for Gemma, hopefully she will get it on time...

The card below is for Dominic and I hope he likes it too.

Thanks for dropping by

Lisa
xx

Six days later and I'm making a good start...

Here is a pic of how far I have gotten with the crocheting... it measures 36 inches wide and 18 inches high... I've got enough wool left to do 2 more rows and that will be the first 6 balls used.... I have 12 more balls left and I've decided to make the blanket 6 feet square so I have calculated that I will need another 18 balls to complete it... I've already ordered 3 more balls of Amber as this has now been discontinued! I reckon that if I can get 3 balls of wool every so often over the next 3 months then I will be fine to complete it when I can. 

Any of you sharp-eyed people out there will notice something different from the original design that I laid out to take a pic of previously.... Well, I had 15 balls of wool (3 balls of each colour) then I decided to add cream to it, I think it looks better than the original design too.

Updated as of 11am 7/72013 - Just ordered 3 balls of Banana :D
Ordered 3 balls of cream (Sirdar calico - muslin) arrived 12/7/2013

This month I are mostly...

Crocheting!! 3 inch squares...I bought the yarn from clickoncrafts.co.uk. It is Sirdar Calico in the colours of Peachie (darker peach tone - 0710), Amber (lighter peach tone - 0714), Hopsack (a pale sage green - 0709), Banana (a soft natural yellow - 0733) and Cotton White (which is well...white - 0723) Hopsack and Peachie are two of the new colours and I think that Amber may have been discontinued which is a shame because its one of my favourite colours. I bought 3 balls of each colour (15 in total) and the plan is to keep it on our bed but it may end up being "borrowed" by one of my boys as they have both said they would like a blanket made... like the one their big sister has on her bed...

So far I've crocheted 38 squares & I've not even finished the first ball from each colour!!

 And this is the pattern I plan on using... sort of a steps design I guess