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!