Saturday 28 February 2015

Crochet Motifs

I have added a pretty floral cotton back which perfectly matches the light green yarn of this cushion. I used a floral piece I bought in a charity shop in a bagful of scrap material all for £1, so a bargain! Also I crocheted another motif, a Rainbow Petal pattern I found in a book The Harmony Guide to Crochet Stitches and chose from the the selection of colours I have. It may become a bag or a cushion. I popped into the wool shop in my local town Camborne, there had been a delivery of several large boxes of wool, a few were opened I chose these as a start and will pop back there again, they are all priced at £1.20 per 100g, so very good value! I and OH are going to London on Sunday 1st March to see our daughter Michelle's new house and stay for a week so excited I don't know if I will have time to do any knitting or crochet while I am away but I may get to do some. Photobucket Pictures, Images and Photos  photo 94cbe02f105eea7c8191d3d68e992b4b_zps7d2a64dd.jpg  photo cb70cc2aa52cb1cf8667c0a8d80cb0e4_zps5327f22b.jpg Photobucket Pictures, Images and Photos  photo 81412da9d5af507d51a19898d8f8db13_zpsec617447.jpg

Sunday 22 February 2015

Catherine Wheel Crochet Cushion

I have started making another crochet cushion and finished one side, the front. I may do a fabric back again or a crochet one. I began by making a Catherine wheel motif in a double knit acrylic yarn to try out a pattern in the book The Complete Guide to Crochet I bought in a charity shop for the nice selection of stitches and patterns. The Catherine wheels in the book were used to make a curtain which I think looked good and as my yarn was double knit instead of a lighter weight yarn I decided to carry on adding more rows to the motif making it up as I went in various stitches until it measured 18" x 18" square and make a cushion instead. I think it turned out okay and I may keep this one. The green is a lot brighter than this photo shows taken with my ipad camera.  photo 56de75431d006bdf36de812c387a0fa4_zpsef10ebf7.jpg  photo 22a3a5972e94b8ec3bf2a7643392596c_zps59667dba.jpg  photo image.jpg1_zps1lptvejn.jpg  photo image.jpg2_zps9svzzipa.jpg

Saturday 14 February 2015

A finished Crochet Hexagon Granny's Paperweights Cushion

This is the finished crochet hexagon cushion the pattern is known as Granny's Papperweights or African Flowers. I have added five more hexagons to make a 18" x 18" square cushion. I machine stitched the joined up hexagons to a yellow ruched cotton. To complete I added three colourful buttons, orange, green and pink that complement both the front and back of cushion. The hexagons have not be made smaller to fit size of cushion and so they look good at the back folded over and used for button holes. Photobucket Pictures, Images and Photos  photo d4ee6199a3438cec742599c40a65ef5f_zps813d6070.jpg  photo 8aeb7023243d95f77de04b71d5238df5_zps9a4f2e90.jpg  photo ed0851cd68b5e3f44a50c51136c7653e_zpsaad9223e.jpg

Sunday 8 February 2015

Cushions

I have booked another craft fair with Hellys for March and I have added another cushion to my collection this time made with scraps of colour. I liked the pattern of Granny's Paperweights on Janine's blog last week and decided to make a few for a cushion. I used acrylic yarn it's what I have mostly, with a few balls of coloured mohair and some fancy polyester mix yarns. I started joining the Granny Paperweights together with a single crochet which I usually use to join crochet then thought I'd try stitching them together using one colour throughout which worked very well. I thought I'd add a crinkly cotton material for the back which I hand dyed with a turmeric spice. I may have to crochet a few more to fit the material as they are a hexagon shape. Photobucket Pictures, Images and Photos  photo 8ac1fd2560a14af485f799f48b760b29_zps525c73d1.jpg  photo 0d25cf8046a24f9da229ac907a5ccc96_zps503fcef8.jpg  photo 8df6f517d01155c9f39633812cd973d4_zpsa77ba291.jpg