a short post about my current wip: the cushion cover made of ‘another squares’. one side is done, i sewed the the squares together and crocheted one row around it.
the second side is waiting for me.
you can find the pattern for the squareshere. the yarn i use is scheepjes ‘softfun’ and crochet hook size 4.00 mm.
it isn’t much don’t you think? but this is all i can share with you today, sorry 😉
spring still isn’t here alas but storm, rain and sometimes beautiful sunshine that clears up my mood.
very small blanket
last week i suddenly had much time to crochet and i found some variegated yarn of red, orange and pink. i bought 2 balls, not many, because the yarn felt unpleasantly, but i really liked and like the color mix. it doesn’t show well on the pictures but it is a mix of red, yellow/orange and pink.
i made a very small blanket, it measures about 60 x 60 cm, with a row of yellow teeth all around it.
small blanket of red variegated yarn with yellow edge
small blanket of variegated yarn folded
yellow edge around small blanket
the blanket is a large version of this square (free pattern) and the row is made of yarn from my stash and you can make it as follows:
row 1. attach a second color yarn to any 1-ch space (except a corner space), then make 1 sc in same space, 3 ch, ** 1 sc in next 1-ch space, 3 ch **, repeat this all around the square, but in the corner spaces you make 1 sc, 3 ch, 1 sc all in the same space, join in first sc (remove the attachment stitch when you weave in the yarn ends).
row 2. the ‘teeth’: slip stitch to first 3-ch space and make 1 sc in space, * 3 ch, draw up a loop in 2nd and draw up a loop in 3rd ch from hook, yarn over and draw through all loops on hook, 1 sc in same space, 1 sc in next space, repeat from * until end of row.
weave in yarn ends. done!
after the blanket is washed, it turned out very soft. more info about the yarn here.
soft green and white square project
my intention is to make a cover for an oblong cushion with these off-white with soft green squares. at this moment i have 21 squares done and 21 centers, not quite finished but already well on the way.
orange spider
a new project with orange stylecraft yarn that i had in my stash. i have nine balls, so a small blanket should be possible. i love spider stitch patterns and this is one i really like in particular.
opaline blanket
last but not least my opaline blanket is finished and i must admit i gave up my plans to decorate it. i tried and tried but plain and simple is what i like most. so, no decoration and here are a few pictures for you to see how the finished blanket looks like.
opaline blanket by elisabeth andrée
opaline blanket edge with round corner
crochet stitches opaline blanket by elisabeth andrée
last week i didn’t have to show you much, so i skipped the work in progress post.
the opaline blanket is finished, regarding the crochet work and now it is time for sewing on small crochet motifs, beads and buttons and making embroidery stitches. on the picture you see small pieces of white paper that i’ve pinned onto the blanket so i can remember where i like to have the items. i think i need to work on my bed, because the blanket is too large for sitting at the table with it and the floor is hard to sit on for a longer time 😉
opaline crochet blanket in the works
3 crochet flowers and opaline blanket
wip opaline crochet blanket decoration
photos below
if you like you can find more into about the stitch pattern that i use for the blanket here (pattern baby blanket) and here (info about the variation on the stitch pattern that i use for my current blanket).
the pattern for the square on the left you can find here and the squares on the right here.
used materials:
the opaline yarn is phildar impact 6 and i worked with hook size 6.5 mm.
the small squares are made with katia jaipur and hook size 1.75 mm.
crochet small square and opaline blanket
4 mini lacy with dot crochet squares
over the past weeks, i have also made a few bags, but i’ll tell you about that another time.
we are halfway the week already, time to show some crochet work. still working on my opaline blanket, it is 8 blocks wide and almost 7 block high, that means 1 row of blocks to go. next i will start with the border and thereafter it is finally time for the embellishments.
small bag in sweet colors
last week i made a small bag of a leftover square and i think/hope the youngest daughter of friends is interested in it.
here are some photos, hope you like to take a look at them?
