A colourful pram or bassinet blanket for a winter baby. Finished size: width 60cm, length 65cm. Worked in 8 ply acrylic, using 4mm crochet hook. Constructed of 9 x 13 cm crochet squares. SQUARE MOTIF PATTERN 1. Colour 1, ch 5, join into ring 2. Ch 4, (1 tr, 1 ch) 11 times, sl. st. to 3rd of 4 ch, fasten off colour 1. 3. Join colour 2 in 1 ch space, 3ch 1 tr in same space, (1ch 2tr in next 1 ch space) 11 times,…
Another way to use the crocheted poppies I’m addicted to making, and using up some of the fabric stash. This was a Christmas gift made for a special friend, who appreciated it very much! There are still lots of poppies to use, which I plan to add to some repurposed linen fabric.
It’s been a long time since I’ve done any dressmaking, even though I started sewing at the age of 10 and made my living out of it for quite a few years in my 20’s. But the age of throw-away fashion dawned when the kids were quite little, and I just couldn’t compete pricewise with cheap imports and a very limited budget. But recently DD (dear daughter) was so disappointed when an expensive little dress she had bought while travelling OS had shrunk to become, well, a top! I was…
I knitted this vibrant cardigan over 40 years ago. I still love it, and wear it occasionally. So I was very pleased to find this little treasure recently in the course of trawling through knitting books in an op shop. It’s the original pattern book, full of gorgeous designs by top textile designers of the day. Typical of the 80’s every garment is stylish and superbly coloured! I’m definitely going to knit another one of these beauties! My cardigan was designed by Yolanda Cholmondely-Smith, whom I actually met way back…