Carry on Crochetiing

 I’m still working on the Yorkshire Sampler Blanket by @meemamakes (Emyleah Newbery). I’ve made 8 squares (out of 12) so far so here is a round up.  I haven’t made them in order as I started this last month and the Crochet Along started in July and I only found out about this when I followed a month long Instagram hashtag Yarn Friend Rock. 

Here’s the first square

Fields of Gold (even though it’s in a purple pink, which I thought was Fuchsia Purple or it could be Boysenberry.  I couldn’t find the label to confirm.  Anyway I mistakenly thought it would use up larger odds and ends of previous blanket makings. How wrong I was, I went and bought a few more balls while on holiday in Amble (Amble Pin Cushion, really lovely wool shop, they have fabric too). Later I bought a couple more balls of yarn in my local wool shop Why Knot Wool shop. 

Another of the squares in progress called Foxgloves. This was in Cypress

A third square called Brontë, a nod to the Victorian author sisters who lived at the parsonage in Howarth.

So I carried on with a fourth. This was crocheted in Gold and is called Mill Wheel. Both the second and third were done while away on holiday.

My next square, started when we stayed in Yorkshire is the Yorkshire Rose.  The flag is a white rose on a blue background so I chose blue, this colour is Cornish Blue, was just right.

The sixth in green is Wildflowers and I really liked the petals and leaves in this block

Next is lambing season in Duck Egg which I finished this week

And another soon followed. This one is called Rolling Hills made in Kelly Green.

I’m really enjoying this journey and am currently working on a ninth.  There have been 2 squares that have defeated me so far but I’m sure they will work out better when I go back to trying them again.

There will have to be another set of 12 plus there are instructions for joining the square together with a neutral ‘sashing’ yarn.  I haven’t thought about what colour to use for that yet.

This post is number 1000.  I’ve written 1000 posts since 2007.  I will reflect on that in post 1001! 

Blimey, it’s October

 

I’m a bit late in posting my September makes.  Due to IOS 18 making things difficult with posting photos on my blog, now sorted, I seem to be late with posting.  Looking through my photos September consisted of getting a new carpet, making 2 quilt tops, starting a new crochet project and having lost a stone in weight.

I am using some blocks that I have in my stash that have been made into quilt tops and I’ve even sorted out some backing fabric ready to crack on with quilting this month. This is all from stash and the only extra I had to make was a cross block.

I also used a collection of fabric which I’ve had for some years and made a rail fence quilt.  I have a backing for that too.

So these will make 2 small quilts for Project Linus.

For the knitting I finished a jumper. My granddaughter received it yesterday and she loves the colours. This is Aurora by James C Brett and I used a plain raglan jumper pattern.

I liked the Aurora yarn so much I bought a different colourway to make a cardigan for my youngest granddaughter.  This has been useful car knitting on our holiday at the end of the month.

The colours I would call Unicorn, although the yarn company use a code rather than names for their colours. But so far I’ve done the back and one front and started on a second front.

Just before going on holiday I came across a Crochet Along that I had to have a go at, which was the Yorkshire Sampler CAL, by Meema Makes.  You can see my previous posthere. I’m quite enjoying making these squares and I’ve now finished a fifth (of the 12) square. This is the Yorkshire Rose, which I made in blue as the background of the Yorkshire flag is blue but a different shade.

At the end of last month I sent this ATC in the theme of Under the Sea

And had this in return from Judith 

And I also made a card.  Not sure what occasion I’m going to use it. 

All this as well as being on holiday for over a week but more of that in another post.