Stuff
This is where I post about things I have tried and enjoyed or not enjoyed.
September
ow, this month is a little more interesting, partly because the first half of it describes a week in the temperate climate of the UK, and the weather there is anything but monotonous. Temperate, as in the Shakespeare sonnet about comparing his...
Havana blanket – the start
I have four WiP knitting and crochet projects; three lots of learning for choirs including one major work; three blog posts to write. And yet I have started this new project. Why? It's @tinnahekl's Havana blanket, my first major work of mosaic crochet. I'm using Manos...
January
A basic granny square following a tutorial from Bella Coco. You don't even want to know how many times I started and unravelled this square but that's the beauty of crochet: it's so easy to start again and next time is always quicker and more confident. I had done...
February
February blockI'm known far and wide for being a romantic fool, of course, so this St Valentine's month's block incorporated an appliqué heart from HookedbyRobin whose helpful YouTube tutorials I viewed again and again to understand how to do it. I confess that the...
March
April
By the time I attempted this block, I'd noticed that my dexterity and knowledge had improved through the weeks. The block, Tulip from Betty Barnden's 75 Crocheted Floral Blocks book, is a tribute to the fine work of DJ Hefty and Saied at Dulwich Ecogardens who had...
May
May blockI am inordinately proud of this, my first attempt at the mosaic crochet technique. I say first attempt but I did have to redo it a few times. That's the great thing about crochet though, unravelling and redoing is nowhere near as stressful as it is with...
June
By the end of June, I felt in need of more of a challenge for my "ordinary" granny squares. This floral number came from from Design by Phanessa. Although I enjoyed the challenge of May's mosaic crochet square and was busy launching myself down into the rabbit hole...
July
I tried a new crochet technique for my July square: Tunisian crochet, which is also known as Afghan crochet. You pick up the loops on the shaft of the crochet hook and make both a forward and backward pass for each row in this technique which produces a fabric...
August
am not really sure whether I am completely happy with the break in the three month Peach/Rosso hegemony that this long-awaited trip home has brought. Will you look at all of these cool, cooooooool, colours! The first part of August was marked by...