Retro blanket

I started this project in October 2011 *blush*

I had completed quite a lot of it, but was finding difficult to get motivated to complete it as knitting in the cottons I was using was just proving painful. Never have I had so much crafter's tourettes as I did when it came to making this, primarily due to the yarn not the pattern; but it is finally FINISHED. Hooray!!

My youngest daughter is thrilled as it was made for her and she has been gently nagging me over the past couple of months that she would like it finished.

Part of my mission for 2014 was to complete some of the incomplete projects I have on the go, and this is the first one ticked off the list.

The blanket uses the blocks from the 'Retro' design in Debbie Abrahams 'more blankets and throws' - C&B crafts.

Week 4 hexagon project

It's been a tough week this week. I've been suffering horrible migraines and it has been challenging to do anything. They do however finally seem to be going which I am very thankful for.

This project has not suffered. Even though each hex has taken longer to do on the days I've not been feeling great, they have got done and it has been a real sense of achievement.

I'm surprised how quickly the month has gone. January usually drags for me, but maybe the mildness of the month has helped it to pass more quickly and I'm in no hurry to find myself in the depths of winter.

I've been joining as I'm going for this week, but I'm finding myself being less random with colour choices and so for the next week or so I'm going to join in rounds as I was the first couple of weeks. I've also let my youngest daughter choose the colours for tomorrows hex and that makes things a lot more random as she just picks colours she likes and places no emphasis on whether they 'go' or not!


Here's the week's progress.

Day 22

Day 23

Day 24

Day 25

Day 26

Day 27

Day 28

Weeks 1-4

Week 3 of the hexagon a day project

I am still really pleased with how this project is coming along. I look forward to creating the hexagon first thing every morning. As hoped it is helping to motivate me into a productive day and the timing couldnt be better as I have 10 ongoing commissions, eek!

There was a comment on twitter this morning after I posted the photo of all 3 completed weeks that said ' your hexagon's look like spring flowers very cheerful just what we all need on a grim foggy January morning '

Day 15

Day 16

Day 17

Day 18

Day 19

Day 20

Day 21

Week 3/52

Granny blanket is finished

I started working on this in about October. I had some squares left from another project and wanted to learn how to join them in a different way than I'd done before.

It was supposed to turn into a cushion cover, but I got a bit carried away going round and round, and then decided to keep going. After a while I got bored of going round and round, so made enough granny squares to make a large border and then have finished it with a couple of rounds of cream.

I looking forward to snuggling under it watching the telly of an evening and am thrilled how it looks in situ in the living room.

Week 2 of the hexagon a day project

Can't believe we're just about half way through January already!

I'm really enjoying this challenge and it certainly has been excellent at motivating me and so far is being what I wanted this daily project to be.

Some members of the craft group I belong to are also doing the same project and it was lovely seeing what everyone else is up to last night.

So here's week 2 in pictures...

Days 8, 9 and 10

Day 11

Day 12 (these are the colours I'm using in the sampler block blanket)

Day 13

Day 14 (you cant really see on this but it's a white glittery yarn)

Weeks 1 and 2

Sampler blanket project

I've had the book '200 crochet blocks for blankets, throws and afghans' by Jan Eaton for AGES!!

Last autumn I decided that I needed to expland my crochet repertoire of stitches and thought a sampler blanket using this book would be a great way to do this. I started in earnest and quickly made about 10 squares.

Work, real life and a multitude of other projects got in the way, until a couple of days ago when I decided that it was time to get going on this again.

I've chosen a palette of 4 colours from the Stylecraft range of yarn. I'm using Magenta, Clematis, Lavender and Violet.

To date I have completed 28 blocks. I've estimated to cover my kingsize bed I am going to require about 120 ish so I have a fair way left to go.

Some of the pics are not too good as my camera is not behaving properly, but here's some images to let you see where the work has got to.

      

     

     
    

     

    

Apologies if the photos are misaligned, but blogger is not behaving with them

End of week 1 hexagon a day challenge

I can't believe that 7 days have past since I started this challenge. I am thrilled with how it is going and that I am allowing random(ish) to happen. Certainly some of the colours that are in each hexagon I would not normally have paired up.

Anyway, as pictures tend to speak a 1000 words I shall let the images (albeit slightly iffy in places as my phone is due for upgrade and the camera is starting to misbehave somewhat) tell the story....

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 4

Day 6 (detail)
The bright pink and the yellow were small pieces of yarn I had left over from cardigans I'd made when my first daughter was a baby. She's now nearly 13!
The bluey green yarn was originally used in my major project for my Art Foundation course back in 1996!!

Day 6

Day 7 (detail)

Day 7

I've been pondering about how to go about the project from here. I'm thinking that I might complete next week's in the same manner and then attach just on one edge and then fill in the gaps at a later stage. Not totally sure yet. Winging it will probably be the best methodology.