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Four more blankets for Crochet For Kidneys

13 Sunday Sep 2015

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I received these four blankets from a mother and daughter team, Emma and Sandra Ashman.  Thank you so much ladies, the blankets are beautiful!

Sandra Ashman

Emma Ashman

Sandra Ashman

Emma Ashman

How many hours of work went into these four blankets?! There are so many different square motifs in these four blankets! Ladies, am I right in saying that you have been using the  200 Crochet Blocks book by Jan Eaton…?  😉

Thanks to this mother and daughter team, the CFK4 blanket count is now up to nine. Thank you ladies, you are stars!

CAL blocks 10 to 16

10 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Here are my blocks ten to 15 of Rachell’s 200 Blocks Crochet Along. You will see I only have five blocks instead of six. That’s because I didn’t make block no. 11: Baby Blocks. For the life of me I just couldn’t figure out how to carry the yarn and I got confused with which SC counted as the first stitch of the new colour. I really tried, but then I thought &%$*% it. I can always repeat one of the other block designs and seen in the big scheme of things, who cares whether I can make Baby Blocks or not (I certainly don’t).

So here are blocks 10, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16.

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My least favourite block is Fine Lines. Hubby said it reminds him of a banana peel. I kinda see where he gets that.

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Circle in a Square is definitely my favourite. I used it when I made cushions for my brother, and also for my first yarnbomb.  For the yarnbomb I only did rounds 1 to 5 and it still looked great. It also works up really quick.

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And a group photo. It’s very colourful isn’t it…?!

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Crochet Along blocks one to nine

24 Monday Sep 2012

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Ooo, this post has been a long time coming! Since 1 September in fact. Bad Natasja! But in my defence, I was entertaining my dear Dad on his visit to my neck of the woods, and enjoying it so much that I didn’t even have any time to blog. I’m sure you’ll understand.  (It’s a good sign when real life takes precedence over blog life don’t you think?)

Anyway, here’s what I want to show you. Blocks 1 to 9 of the 200 Crochet Blocks with Rachell Crochet Along. We’re making two to three blocks per week, starting on 1 September, so seeing as we’re in week four I should have at least eight blocks. I’ve got nine to show you and two more at home that I haven’t photographed yet. I’m back on track baby!

So here are my nine blocks. They are all done in Stylecraft Special DK with a 4 mm crochet hook.

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These blocks have already been wet blocked, but not very successfully… That’s the thing with acrylic yarn – it doesn’t block as easily as natural fibres. At least the blocks are all 15cm x 15cm, just a bit wobbly around the edges. Hopefully they will straighten up nicely when sewed together. I hope…. if not, I’ll just wet block them again en masse.

My favourites are Popcorn Flower and the Corner Granny. I don’t like Twin Stripes and Triangle Stripes very much, but I’m glad I made them. This CAL is forcing me to make things that I wouldn’t normally be drawn to, which is a good thing.

If you’re taking part in the CAL, how far along are you? Do you have a favourite square?

Terrific Tuesday

14 Tuesday Feb 2012

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On a Monday I can still remember the fun I had over the weekend, Wednesday is the middle of the work week, on Thursday I start getting hopeful and on a Friday I can taste the weekend. But what about a Tuesday? It’s so…. just there. Weekend memories are too far away and the upcoming weekend might as well be a year away.

What we need is a bit of colourful inspiration to get us going on a Tuesday, don’t you think? A pretty picture, beautiful scenery or colourful imagery. Yup, that’ll liven up Tuesdays and turn it into a terrific day!

From now on I will go through my photos every Tuesday and find us a pretty picture to add colour and joy to the day.

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This is the back of one of the Roses and Daisies cushions. Isn’t it totally cheery?! The pattern is called Chocolate Box  from trusty ole Jan Eaton’s 200 Crochet Blocks (you can find a link to the book on the right of this page). I was about three rounds in on this one, when I knew I was going to HAVE to make a whole blanket out of Chocolate Box blocks some time very soon. It’s just too good not to – much like a box of chocolates…

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Seeing as its Valentines Day, here’s a another chocolates box for all you hookers to get your teeth hooks into – crochet style!

I hope you all have a terrific Tuesday and a surprising Valentines Day!

Natasja

Crochet cushions and a handy Flickr feature

27 Thursday Oct 2011

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Two cushions by Natasja & John
Two cushions, a photo by Natasja & John on Flickr.

Apologies people, but I’m just testing out Flickr’s cool feature where you can post a photo from your Flickr account directly to WordPress.

If this works, you would probably want to know a bit more about these cushions. Well, I made them for my brother way back in March. I used Stylecraft Special DK and the eight blocks are from Jan Eaton’s (brilliant, fanastic, addictive) 200 Crochet Blocks book (you can find a link to the book on the right of this page). The squares are: Big Round, Lacy Cross, Begonia, Mesh Fantasy, Edwardian Fantasy, Catherine Wheel and Circle In Square.

Okay here goes, I’m going to hit the Post button and see what happens…

Update: It worked! Yeah!

Larger than Life handbag

18 Tuesday Oct 2011

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My husband and I visited Hampton Court palace on Sunday and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. My handbag of choice for the day was my Larger Than Life crochet handbag. Looking back at the photos of the day I realised, once again, what a thing of beauty it is. Seriously. I’m not even afraid of sounding vain because I’m just totally in love with my crochet handbag.

In this photo I’m wearing a Green Velvet Travelling Cloak, courtesy of Hampton Court Palace. Its soooo much fun and it really gets you into the spirit of (Tudor) things, but what stands out in this photo, is the handbag.

Now that I’ve whet your appetite, you probably want to know a bit more about this bag. It’s official name is the Larger Than Life Bag by Cecily Keim. Mine is done in Rowan Handknit cotton, the blocks are “Willow” from Jan Eaton’s book 200 Crochet Blocks, and instructions for the construction of the bag, as well as the Willow pattern, is published in the Interweave Crochet magazine – Spring 2007. You can see more of these Larger Than Life bags in the Flickr group.

I loved, loved, loved crocheting the blocks and playing with the colour combinations. I was very scared of the sewing involved in turning the crochet blocks into a proper handbag. Luckily I have an amazing husband who helped me every step of the way. We finished the bag on 7 March 2010 and I couldn’t be prouder.

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If you want to make a crochet statement and scarfs are not doing it for you anymore, have a go at this bag. You can’t go wrong!