Crochet Simple Shrug

I know I haven't updated my blog for a while, I apologise for this, life got in the way.

I have still been crocheting, in particularly I have a couple of Christmas Fayres coming up and have been busy making items to sell. I will post a few photographs of items I have been making in my next post.

I have also been catching up on a couple of blogs I follow, one particular post on www.allaboutami.com interested me. Ami had crocheted a gorgeous shrug and I decided I wanted to make one of these. Unfortunately I couldn't get hold of the same wool that Ami used but I did find an alternative on www.woolwarehouse.co.uk, it's by an American company called Lion Brand, the wool itself is extremely soft it's also very thick hence the name Thick and Quick, the colour is called Sandstone. I can't wait to make a start on it this weekend.

The pattern Ami used is actually one from Lion Brand itself and is a free pattern, I will include links to both Ami's site, Wool Warehouse and Lion Brand below.

The hook I will be using is an Addi Swing Crochet Hook in size 8mm, I love Addi hooks, I can crochet for hours and hours without a break and I don't end up with sore hands either, they are definitely worth investing in, this one cost £7.79 from Wool Warehouse.

All About Ami - link for the shrug

http://www.allaboutami.com/post/97114173811/easychunkycrochetsweater

Wool Warehouse - link for the wool

http://www.woolwarehouse.co.uk/lion-brand-wool-ease-thick-n-quick-print-sandstone-504-140

Lion Brand - (please note you will have to sign up to their website to receive the free patterns, once signed in search for Simple Crochet Shrug)

http://www.lionbrand.com

 

Before I forget UK Wool Week started on the 5th until the 11th October in the UK, if you would like to know a little bit more about this, take a look at www.campaignforwool.org.

 

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Mustard and Grey Wrap

I decided I needed to finish a project I've had to one side for the last six months, it's silly really as all I had to do to finish it was crochet three button holes and make one last dorset button.

The pattern for this wrap can be purchased via Etsy, the shop is called redbootyarnworks and the PDF pattern costs £3.36, I did make one change to the pattern and that was adding a picot edge around the wrap. Instead of buying a couple of large buttons I decided to make my own dorset buttons, you can read the tutorial on how to make these in my July 2014 post. The yarn I chose was purchased from www.woolwarehouse.co.uk and is by Lion Brand Vanna's Choice in the colours Charcoal Grey and Mustard.

I'm quite pleased with the result.

 

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Crocheted Flower Pots

I love the start of Spring, all my favourite flowers start to bloom, daffodils, crocus, snowdrops. I noticed my local greengrocers have started to sell daffodils in pots, I decided to buy two. However, my pet hate is the small plastic pots they are in. To combat this I decided to crochet a couple of pot covers.

I had a look in my stash bag and noticed I had a ball of Sugar and Cream in Rose Petal, it's available at the Wool Warehouse site. I have noticed that even though the yarn is infused with the fragrance of rose petals the smell does not last long, a couple of days and then it seems to disappear, I do like the yarn though it is easy to crochet with and I like the change of pinks as I crochet along.

I didn't have a particular pattern in mind for this I just crocheted a foundation chain checked it would go around the pot and then joined it into a circle with a slip stitch. I used a double crochet stitch and worked in the round until I got to the height of the pot. I couldn't decide how to finish the top so I crocheted four chains and joined with a double stitch into the top circle, crocheted another four chains, skipped two stitches along the top circle and double crocheted in the next stitch, I carried on with this all the way around the top.

Hope you like them

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