Sugar n' Cream Yarn

Last week I decided to have a look through the Wool Warehouse website and came across Sugar n' Cream yarn, this yarn comes in seven different colours and.... it's scented. I've never come across this before, I have to admit I was a tiny bit excited. The colours are lovely pastel shades, I decided to buy a couple of balls of Rose Petal the colour is a mix of different shades of pink. When it arrived they were in a sealed plastic bag and when I opened it, I could smell just as it promised a very light rose scent. I have chosen to crochet a pair of puff stitch fingerless gloves, I will post a photograph as soon as I have finished them.

Wool Warehouse are selling the 56.7g balls of yarn at £1.99 each, which I think is very reasonable. The scents available are Powder (white), Vanilla Bouquet (yellow), Rose Petal (mix of pinks), Camomile (peach), Lavender (mauve), Aloe Vera (pale green) , Fleur de Lavande (mix of pale blue pink, yellow, mauve, white).

 

 

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Spring Time Crocheting

I haven't blogged much in the last month, mainly because there has been so much to do in my allotment, getting it ready for the coming year. I've been laying paths and building victorian edging down the side of them, as well as plenty of weeding and digging the raised beds. When I get around to it I will take a few photos.

I have been crocheting quite a lot as well. I have been searching for a pattern for fingerless gloves, there are plenty out there but I wanted something that was going to fit snug against my hand. The patterns I have found seem to be quite loose and look just a bit like a long tube.

The pattern I found is called Seamless Fingerless Gloves from a site called Cult of Crochet. There is a link on the site to the persons Ravelry page and the pattern was £1.00. I know there are a lot of free patterns out there but this pattern is well written and easy to follow with photographs showing you what it should look like as you are going along, so I think for just £1.00 it really is worth it.

I used an Addi Swing Ergonomic Crochet Hook 3.5mm, the wool I choose is called Drop Merino Extra Fine in the colour mustard, I also bought a slate grey colour as one of my next crochet projects will be some boot cuffs in mustard and grey.

 

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