Finishing touches & 2 crochet classes later & a bear !!

Not in the order of the title......

Class 1 and CA presented me with this lovely cushion that she made from the pattern that we worked on together in last weeks class

Isn't it FANTASTIC?

Well done CA and good luck with the "Dahlia" pattern that we worked on today (see below) I am sure you will do fantastically well as you have done since starting the classes and thanks for your email which said "you are a good teacher" that's fantastic feedback to have.

Class 2 and CD conquered her fear of changing colours - she is making a blanket for her Mum who lives in Spain and this Cream and Dusky Pink combination looks great!

This is a Beanie that I made, well actually I made 2 of these, in "Seriously" chunky wool using a 15mm - yes a 15mm hook

It's come up really well and has a really soft feel to it

(sorry about the pictures being a bit wonky)

I also added some red buttons to the red fingerless gloves

And wooden buttons to the Cream fingerless gloves

Now this is the Dahlia that I worked on in class 1 with CA today - as she made hers (sorry no photo) in her blue/brown combo, I followed the pattern with her in a chunky orange and green - its' HUGE

The great thing about this Dahlia is that it uses "popcorn" stitches which CA has not used before & after the 1st one she soon had the hang of it.

Last but not least is Choc & Nut

I started Choccy yesterday and completed him today

Choccy because of the chocolate coloured body & nut because of the pistachio green bow!

Cute or what??

Weekend Crochet efforts

I did spend alot of time at the allotment this weekend, so my crochet suffered a little!

This is the Queen Anne Square that I made in one colour as you can see (sorry to point out the bleedin' obvious)

And this one is called Dahlia

I had to teach myself (from the book - there's all the stitches in the back) how to work clusters!

Here is a close up of the work, however it doesn't give you the full effect of the texture created on the square.  It does look very Dahlia like though!

A cluster is 3 or 4 or even 5 treble crochets together - you have to leave one of the loops on the hook, so you could end up with 3, 4 or 5, then you yarn over hook and pull through!

I think that's right anyway!