GAD 363 = A New Project

Whilst making sure my ends are sewn in and my borders are getting finished in time for the end of the year, I had a light bulb moment....

With all my leftover ends of wool / yarn that I have from my GAD project,

I decided to make a new Crochet Case

So starting with a Double Crochet Foundation Chain, which I have to admit that I went on You Tube to remind myself how to make one, as I haven't used this method for such a long time, I made several Half Treble Rows of various colours

And I edged it twice with a double crochet border

I wanted a nice DEEP case to replace my previous case which feels as it's now grown too small for my needs

As you can see - it's a lot wider and in real life it's much deeper too

And here it is!

Lined in a pretty pink gingham

with a green and yellow border in double crochet

And a lovely chunky green button bought from Hawthorn Crafts in Blandford, which is a godsend local shop

There is  more than plenty of room for all my bits and bobs

For now anyway!

 

Day #6 Granny Square Mania + I confess!

Yes it's Day 6 of Granny A Day 2012 & here's my square for today

I made it plain / one colour and you'd be thinking to yourself "well that's an easy one to do" 

Am I right?

Well let me tell you, it was a PAIN in the %$£* as I was using a scrap end of yarn & the more I got to the end the more the wool / yarn got worse and worse!

I ended up having to unravel, un knot,  tease strands back into place and 4 knot joins later it was finally finished

PHEW

So there are the 6 so far

Next to blog about is my trip to IKEA - we went (that's me and my lovely husband) a glass cabinet for our wine glasses, a project well overdue.

Whilst we were there I saw these lovely baskets and I thought that they would be just the ticket for sorting out my yarn stash!

(more later)

My Giant Granny Blanket is growing

Before you scroll down to the next picture, can you see the flaw?

Look in the bottom right hand corner

Yes I ran out of baby pink, so I swapped to the next colour that I use in the row above and continued with that.

Here's the close up

I must admit, you don't really notice it

Do you?

OK so back to the baskets and the yarn stash.

Another long over due project 

but I got my back into it

CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO ENLARGE

Top Row from left to right

1. 5 odd balls of Silver (where did they come from?)

2. More odd balls of baby green & blues

3. Purple balls are added to the basket

4. Then 2 new balls (well unused) of DK white

5. Topped with a bag of 10 balls of white cotton tape

Middle Row from left to right

1.  A bag of 20 multi colour 25g balls of DK (will be used in group class)

2. Basket off newly bought wools (see previous post) 17 x 100g balls in all

3.  Two book shelves full of various - chunky, cotton tape, merino, aran, fine cotton

4. The chair I am sitting on now - wools for my current Giant Granny Square project

5.  6 bags of Merino or Aran (JAEGER) each with 10 balls of wool

Bottom Row from left to right

1. Same as 5 above but from a different angle

2. 7 balls of 100% Cashmere wools (JAEGER) that I got for £1 from the wool sale

3.  My new IKEA basket with baby sized yarns - ideal for my Granny A Day 2012 project

4. More 25g balls of multi coloured acrylic yarns for my group classes

5.  My newly purchased wools in their old basket (so same as Middle row 2)

Oh and I also have a very large bag of wool in the wardrobe in the guest bedroom!! ARRGGHHHH

Must go and sort that one out now

I am a Yarn Addict

I am a Hook A Holic

Day #6 Granny Square Mania + I confess!

Yes it's Day 6 of Granny A Day 2012 & here's my square for today

I made it plain / one colour and you'd be thinking to yourself "well that's an easy one to do" 

Am I right?

Well let me tell you, it was a PAIN in the %$£* as I was using a scrap end of yarn & the more I got to the end the more the wool / yarn got worse and worse!

I ended up having to unravel, un knot,  tease strands back into place and 4 knot joins later it was finally finished

PHEW

So there are the 6 so far

Next to blog about is my trip to IKEA - we went (that's me and my lovely husband) a glass cabinet for our wine glasses, a project well overdue.

Whilst we were there I saw these lovely baskets and I thought that they would be just the ticket for sorting out my yarn stash!

(more later)

My Giant Granny Blanket is growing

Before you scroll down to the next picture, can you see the flaw?

Look in the bottom right hand corner

Yes I ran out of baby pink, so I swapped to the next colour that I use in the row above and continued with that.

Here's the close up

I must admit, you don't really notice it

Do you?

OK so back to the baskets and the yarn stash.

Another long over due project 

but I got my back into it

Top Row from left to right

1. 4 odd balls of Silver

2. More odd balls of baby green & blues

3. Purple balls are added to the basket

4. Then 2 new balls (well unused) of DK white

5. Topped with a bag of 10 balls of white cotton tape

Middle Row from left to right

1.  A bag of 20 multi colour 25g balls of DK (will be used in group class)

2. Basket off newly bought wools (see previous post) 17 x 100g balls in all

3.  Two book shelves full of various - chunky, cotton tape, merino, aran, fine cotton

4. The chair I am sitting on now - wools for my current Giant Granny Square project

5.  6 bags of Merino or Aran (JAEGER) each with 10 balls of wool

Bottom Row from left to right

1. Same as 5 above but from a different angle

2. 7 balls of 100% Cashmere wools (JAEGER) that I got for £1 from the wool sale

3.  My new IKEA basket with baby sized yarns - ideal for my Granny A Day 2012 project

4. More 25g balls of multi coloured acrylic yarns for my group classes

5.  My newly purchased wools in their old basket (so same as Middle row 2)

I am a Yarn Addict

I am a Hook A Holic

Granny A Day #5 and Lots More Too including my new Yarn Stash!

I am going to start with the fact that I have added a further Tutorial (free) to the collection, so go and take a look  by clicking here

FREE TUTORIAL

 Now for 

Day #5 of Granny A Day 2012

Here it is!

And here are the 5 squares that I have made in total so far

I think I mentioned yesterday, that I have a Granny Square Addiction since starting Granny A Day 2012.

It's not only creating and seeing my own squares, but everyone else's too!

See GrannyADay by clicking here

SO

Drastic action had to be taken and I have embarked on an epic crochet journey - yes - to make a giant Granny Square by whatever means - yarn and colour wise, possible.  So if I start a row and can't finish it in the colour I started with, then I will just be continuing in another colour!  That hasn't happened so far but it might do as the rows progress and as they get larger!

Here is the Giant Granny W.I.P. so far!

Created with flickr slideshow.

And if you haven't had enough excitement already there's more!

I don't know whether to blog about it now

or leave it till tomorrow?

OK 

I will blog about it now

MY NEW YARN STASH HAS ARRIVED

I was so excited when I saw the postman carrying a big squidgy parcel up the garden path, I could have kissed him!

Here they are

If you have followed my crochet blog for a while now, you'll know that I love bold colours and rainbow colours too, so with that in mind, and for a change from the bolder colours that I have recently worked in, I have toned down this selection

Although, as you can clearly see, I have sneaked in a lovely purple and a vibrant red

These are complimented by various soft blues, an olive green

some dusky pinks

and yellows inspired by herb & fruit colours

I bought 17 balls in all and these will add to the colours already used in my Granny A Day project