My Mastercard and I have been doing our bit for the British economy, keeping Royal Mail in business and contributing (quite substantially) to my yarn stash. The purchases haven’t been willy-nilly, random “ooh that’s pretty!” (although they are) purchases though. I have a plan. You see, Garnstudio has a Supersale on until the end of May, so I’m taking advantage of that. I also know exactly what I want to use the yarn for, so I know how much to buy and I know the yarn I choose will work for the pattern. Purposefully expanding my stash. See. A plan. Do you want to see what I bought and what I’ll be using it for? Of course you do!
First up is Doris Chan’s Tall Latte v-neck sweater from her book Everyday Crochet (there’s a link to it on the right of the page).
I’m not going to make the ribbing-like neck and sleeve edging – I have a better plan which I will tell you about once I start working on Tall Latte. I’m going to use
Drops Merino Extra Fine in shade 04 – a medium grey. Yes I know grey is, well, grey, but I have three patterned Boden skirts that will look excellent with a grey top, so the whole outfit won’t be drab & dreary and I’ll get a lot of use out of the grey top. Merino Extra Fine is one of the Super Sale yarns. In stead of paying £3.10 per ball, I paid £2.75 at
The Crochet Chain.
The suggested yarn is Drops Safran. After the success of
Whispers, I’m quite keen to stick to the suggested yarns for Garnstudio patterns, but Drops Safran isn’t on the Garnstudio Supersale list of marked down yarns. Luckily
Scandinavian Knitting Design shop is offering it on sale! I bought shade 51 (Petrol) for £1.87 in stead of the usual £2.49! I’m going to modify the top so that it doesn’t hang over my hips, which means I could buy one less ball than suggested by the pattern. Another saving right there!
Last, but not least is a Vintage tank top. I bought the vintage Sirdar pattern from
PastPerfect patterns this morning (and got the pdf within two hours!)
I’ll be making the one on the right with the flowery neckline. Isn’t it pretty?! I love the idea that I’m going to make something that’s proper vintage. Not a modern pattern reworked to look vintage, or vintage inspired, this baby is really truly from a vintage pattern.
All the Sirdar yarn they suggest, have been discontinued by now, so I had to find a substitute. Luckily I only need a very small amount of yarn as it’s a sleeveless pattern so I splurged and bought three balls of
Rowan Sienna for £4.75 each. It’s not on sale, but at £4.75 a ball I know I’ll never crochet a whole sweater in this yarn, so as I only need three balls I thought what the heck. I bought a lovely green called Grasshopper from
MCA Direct.
As soon as I’ve finished
Belle I’ll start with the vintage tank top. I plan on taking it with me on holiday to Corfu at the end of this month. We’ll be there for a week. I can’t think of anything nicer than enjoying the sunshine in a foreign land, crochet hook and Rowan yarn in hand. I may even be able to finish the tank top whilst I’m there! Nevermind blocking, if I manage to finish it in Corfu, I’ll be wearing it in Corfu!
Drops Merino Extra Fine: £3.10 £2.75
Drops Safran: £2.49 £1.87
Rowan Sienna: £4.75
Three new crochet projects to get my hook into: Priceless
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I’m so glad! I love the colours – they suit you to a T. I am so very, very proud of you. It is such a nice experience to see/hear/read how excited and passionate you are about your hobby, which has turned into a way of life. Love you my darling girl.
Thank you so much! When you tried to get me to find a hobby, I never thought it would be 1) crochet and 2) that it would take over my life! Be careful what you wish for hey?! 🙂 I wish and hope that your quilting will again take off the way my crochet has for me. You have so many talents! if you should start a blog about all the things you do, it’ll be amazing! Love you too xxxx
Now you have me typing with teary eyes. I promise I’ll quilt again, but first I have to finish that African Hexagon throw (the pattern which started your interest in crochet), and the the jersey which has midget sleeves. 😉 I thought the throw was completed, until I picked it up this morning and saw one row with only two hexagons?! So I’ll be crocheting tonight. Let’s pretend we are doing it together? I’ll make my tea and you make yours and we’ll flash our crochet hooks at each other. xxx
How dissapointing about the missing hexagons 😦 Love the idea of crocheting together. We just had dinner, then I’m going to take a quick shower and then I’ll be hook-in-hand. Will send you a photo 🙂
I love the patterns you have chosen – you are so organised. Hope the projects continue to go to plan. 🙂
Loved this post! I’m also doing a Doris Chan pattern at the moment. It’s my first top and it’s taken me over 2 months now (although I don’t work on it every night). Will post on my blog once I’ve finished. Thanks for telling us about your bargain yarn finds… I must check those out and see if there are any suitable for my next project! I love the blue colour, what a bargain!