miss marie's miscellany

Baby blue and green

Remember the blue and green WIP I showed you a glimpse of recently? It was a blanket for my friend and her new baby boy and I finally finished it off at the weekend. 

 

I'm pleased with how it's turned out, in fact I'm delighted. I found the pattern at the Lion Brand website, and tweaked it a bit; I used 6 colours, instead of 2

 

made 12 squares instead of 9

 

and added a border of half treble rows in each of the colours used. 

 

It was delivered on Saturday afternoon and they loved it! 

 

A lovely present for a very cute little boy!

 
 
  

Hearts for Valentine's Day

There are some lovely crochet patterns for hearts out there on t'internet, something for hookers of all abilities, and very apt for today :-)

 This one

This one

This pattern, over at The Royal Sisters

and this one from Sarah London

They're all lovely, cue for a group photo!

 

* Happy Valentine's Day! *

Colourful

Primulas, to brighten up Saturday

These flowers never fail to cheer me up;  they're so pretty and such beautiful colours too and spring is definitely on its way when they start appearing.

Happy Saturday, whatever you get up to! 

Organisation

I can't say I'm as tidy as I'd like to be when it comes to my wool stash. Things were getting out of hand recently; too many random bags of mixed wool were taking up residence in the corner of the room. Apart from the fact it looked messy, it's not a good system when looking for the right colour or make of wool. I got these boxes in IKEA, they are perfect for wool storage.

 

Photographing the contents of the boxes made me realise that just shoving the balls of wool in haphazardly wasn't going to cut it.

 Not very pleasing to the eye. 

A bit of neatening and matching had to happen for aesthetic purposes! 

 

 

Now I can see exactly what I've got.

 

That's better! 
 

 

January collage

The first half of January seems to have been dominated by the snowy, icy weather which was lovely to look at........sometimes! And the results of staying in the house have been much yarny goings-on. Then there was my birthday and my trip to Liverpool. So all in all, a pretty good month to reflect on.

 

Blue and green

 

 

More about that in a couple of days.

 

 
 
 

Crochet latest

I've got a few things on the go; since I painted the living room white,  I can add more dashes of colour than I was able to when the room was deep yellow. I like to juggle several projects as I don't get bored that way! This round cushion cover is nearly finished. I got this pattern from the Erika Knight book, Essential Crochet. It crochets up quickly, these only took me a couple of evenings. I ran out of white wool, so I had to pause while I replenished stocks - a final push over the coming weekend and I hope to be able to show the completed article soon.

 

And these will make another cushion cover; I found this pattern at Sarah London's lovely blog, it's called a PinWheel motif.

 

I have to get some purple in somewhere!

I bought some sale wool in John Lewis in Liverpool; green, coral pink and cream. I think these will turn into a hexagon cushion cover, that's the idea at present..

 

I have other things in the planning stage; a friend has just had a little boy, so a blanket or maybe some baby clothes are a definite possibility, very soon after all the above are completed. I'm really enjoying making all these things, work is a bit stressful and tiring just now, and coming home and doing some gentle hooking in peace and quiet is a brilliant relaxation. 
 

 

December collage

A happy month with Christmas and the preparations beforehand, good times spent with family and friends, some crafty goings-on and lots of glitter and tinsel.........oh yes, and lots of snow!

 

2009 - Review of the year

Another year is almost over, and what have I done? 

I visited all these interesting and beautiful places

 

I've grown all these flowers and enjoyed their colour and beauty

 

I taught myself to crochet and started a new obsession! And I made all these,

 

I have read all the books in this list.

I took 3863 photographs!

And I watched the changing of the seasons

  Starting to write this blog was a big step for me, and it's been quite a journey, gaining the confidence to write and show my photos here. I wouldn't have missed it for anything! Many thanks to everyone who has visited and commented over the year. I really do appreciate you stopping by and all your encouraging words. I hope you'll be back to see what 2010 will bring. Happy New Year to you all :-)

 
 

  

24th

Stained glass at the Burrell Collection. I love the jewel colours, still vivid despite the glass being 500 years old.