Boos Mummy

 Can you believe we're at the end of the crochet along? This colours were all the beautiful muted pastels that I have totally fell in love with for the last few weeks. I'm making a note of the colours of my favourites so that I can buy them again for something else...although the scraps from this blanket will go towards my Stashbuster .  The end of Part 6 and my blanket has all the stripes done. Next was Part 7 - the borde r, this usually takes me ages to do but as I was on a deadline I made a concerted effort to not pick up anything else until it was done. I wanted to get the blanket all finished, washed and posted down to my wonderful Mother-in-law as a surprise for her birthday which was very near Mothers day.  I've really enjoyed crocheting this blanket, the pattern looks great and is deceptively easy once you get into the rhythm. I posted it down to my Mother-in-law and she loved it..phew! If you fancy making your own Meadow Blanket Lucy at Attic24 keeps the pattern...

After my last 2 blankets I have quite a bit of leftover wool. Normally I'd give it to our daughter who either uses it for French Knitting or makes bracelets out of it. As there's quite a bit left I've decided to make a stash-buster blanket. After a bit of pc spring cleaning I found a pattern that I'd downloaded a while ago. The Spice of Life blanket from Black Sheep Wools by Sandra Paul from Cherry Heart . Sandra originally did this as a CAL (crochet along) so there are lots of photos of the completed blanket around.   Here's my start using the remnants... As you can see there are plenty of different stitches for you to use. Each section is separated by a few rows of trebles. The pattern is well written and there are photographs in case you come across a row of stitches you've not tried before. It's a great learning tool for crocheters.  

The kids finished school and the country is in lockdown so I thought it's a good time to crochet another blanket ready for winter. I've used the Dune colour pack from Wool Warehouse  (it's Stylecraft Special DK) and the Moorland Stripe blanket pattern from Lucy at Attic 24 . One blanket all completed, when you're stuck in the house for weeks it's great to see something good come out of it. Once you get into the rhythm of the waves it's a very relaxing pattern to sit and work. The colours together in this blanket look amazing all finished. Must admit it's one of my favourite colour packs so far as I'm a fan of pastel shades. If you've never tried one of Lucy's patterns from Attic 24 I highly recommend them. They're well written and have photo illustrations for the beginner or nervous crocheter.