My love of card making, which
incidentally, hasn’t fallen out of favour, is currently on the back
boiler. This is because I have made that many cards, that I simply do not
know what to do with them all! The downside of this is that I simply do not
have anything to post on my blog on a regular basis. Still the upside is that I
have been saving lots of money by not buying any craft materials so I am
financially better off!
Since my lasting posting I
have been working on a few crochet projects. It is strange that
before I get one completed I am inspired by something else and before I know it
I am beginning a new project! In fact at one point I had three blankets,
a cardigan and a jumper on the go. I even have my eye on another project I want to
make.
The unfinished cardigan is
being made from a “tried and tested” pattern I got from Craftsy which comes
with a tutorial. This will be the third cardigan I have made with this pattern, this time in blue and again, using Lion Brand Wool Eaze
yarn. Being able to re-use a pattern like this makes the Craftsy class good value for
money. I have made all the elements and it just needs joining
together. Before joining the sleeves to the body I have made pattern
pieces from the parts. I am interested in developing my own clothing and having pattern pieces will be helpful. Hence the delay in getting this one completed.
The Grey blanket I am working
on is nearing completion so I shall write about that very soon. I also
have a blanket on the go as a present for my mum but there is no hurry for this
as it doesn’t’ need to be ready until September and the third blanket which I
recently started is the Hooked and Locked CAL blanket. This is my first
dapple into filet crochet. I can't wait to share this with you too!
The news today is to
share my completed jumper. The story is that I brought the yarn some time ago
then couldn’t find the pattern that it was for. I have learned that when
I buy yarn in advance of a project to keep everything together!
Working a pattern top down
was a new experience for me. I looked at top down patterns for jumpers
and didn’t find it easy to follow the instructions so I attempted this
solo. The advantage of working this way is that you don’t end up
with seams to sew together. Loosely based on the patterns I
discovered, I developed the pattern to my own specification and made up the
design as follows:
I am really pleased with the
outcome. I know it isn’t perfect but it looks great and the yarn I used,
Drops Air, is super soft and light weight.
Well, what do you think?
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