Hello all!
I hope you all had a relaxing weekend? Managed to find some time to enjoy being with family and friends?
Things have been pretty busy here! Oh, and I caught the finishing bug! No, it's nothing serious! (I have a lot to show you now).
Friday I started this:
Crocheting some more potholders, consisting of 2 different layers. I made this with my favourite yarn of this summer, Scheepjeswol Stone Washed. As soon as I had seen the first post mentioning this yarn, I knew I had to try it! It is 78% Cotton with 22% Acrylic and is machine washable. I have been using a 3mm hook.
It gives a lovely textured look in my opinion.
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| Crochet Potholders |
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| Close up of the front |
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| Showing front and back before assembly |
Saturday we had a busy day, driving to Brussels Charleroi airport to collect a friend coming to visit. This meant lots of crochet time in the car, yay! :)
I continued with the potholders and finished them on Saturday evening, with the help of our cat, Jasper!
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| Jasper crochets too! |
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| The finished potholders |
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Sunday I finished a crochet Shawl, the South Bay Shawlette from Lion Brand, you will find the free pattern
here.
I love this pattern! It is easier than I first thought, and I have already made several versions this summer, more of that another time!
This one is made with a thicker Cotton yarn (Catania Grande) - about 400g. I love the Orchid colour! I used a 6mm hook.
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| The lacy pattern is very eye catching and pretty |
The weather on Sunday was terrible, we ended up having torrential rain, so not a chance of going for a walk anywhere. Luckily that meant everyone had time to follow their favourite hobbies. My daughter and her friend helped me greatly with winding some of the yarn! Then we had a nice round of card games. Later that day I returned to my crochet Baby Blanket (made with Apilou Acrylic Yarn from Veritas), crocheted the last row and then proceeded to do the border. This took way longer than anticipated. Around 1 am I had gotten as far as doing one side of the scalloped Shell edging which is the last row! Unfortunately I was too tired to stay up any longer to finish it off on Sunday night.
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| Scalloped edging |
Monday: The weather had improved, the sun was shining! After visiting Hoboken (part of Antwerp) market and making some vital yarn purchases, my partner and I went for a leisurely long walk through the parks and then around Hoboken Fort (which is surrounded by water). We managed to see 3 herons in total, I was amazed! And 2 cute cats. But unfortunately I did not take a camera along!
The rest of the afternoon I spent finishing off the baby blanket! Woohoo! I was so pleased, because I had been putting it off due to the fact that it had close to 300 ends that needed sewing up!
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| Jasper testing the blanket immediately |
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| The finished blanket lying flat on the floor |
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| Jasper did not want to leave the blanket! |
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| Soft and Squishy! |
Update: This evening we drove to see our friends to deliver the blanket, they loved it! It was definitely worth all the hard work!
In summary: I spent the last 4 days concentrating on finishing projects, because I want to move on to some of the WIP I still got to do! Not to mention start lovely new things that I keep seeing elsewhere!
What have you all been working on? Do you have a favourite project you like best? What are your experiences with different yarns?
