Day #30 - Lampshade Crochet Makeover & Crochet Hearts!

Do you remember this

"BORING" lamp shade in my Hobbies Room?

Well now it looks like this....

And this....

And this.....

And this...

And this....

And this...

And this!

I love it!

I found this blog today and I love that too!

http://lilleystitches.blogspot.com/

I realised that some of her designs have been featured in Inside Crochet Magazine, so I dug out my copy

& I am going to make some multi colour Bunting.

Well I think that's what it will turn out to be - I might change my mind before it finishes - you know me.

The only alteration I made to the pattern (Issue 24 page 42 if you have your copy to hand) was to DC all the way around the edge once it said to fasten off.

Here are my little hearts being blocked

I am not sure that I have ever mentioned blocking before.  Have I?

It's very important to block and can make such a huge difference to the finished project.  The only thing I haven't blocked is my Granny A Day squares - why?  I don't know actually but I'm not.

Anyway here's what I do - I pin my crochet to a cheap cork pin board, spray with a water mister that I use on my house plants then in the winter I pop the board on my radiator and in the summer I leave my board sunbathing in the sunlight that streams through the windows to help "bake" them!

Everyone has a different method.

This one works for me.

Week 5 - No. 30 for Granny A Day 

Day 29 - Granny A Day & Lamp Shade Make Over

Yes, I have a boring shade in my Hobbies Room

So I borrowed my husbands I Pad and got some colours out

This is what I came up with....

And this is how they started

I used the yellows as centre's and added a new colour to each one

And edged each colour with an "Olive" green

And joined them as I went along

Some more coloured centres waiting to be joined

I will post a picture of the finished thing tomorrow.

This is Granny A Day 29 - My First Granny Square of Week 5

I spent the morning uploading all the Granny Square Weeks Squares to make a You Tube video of them all so if you want to take a look then just click on the Granny A Day page above!

Happy Hooking