NEW CROCHET SUBSCRIBER SITE UPDATE

NEW SUBSCRIBER CROCHET PATTERN SITE LINK
click the above  link and mail me please if you are interested

CROSSING EVERYTHING for JUNE 1ST 2013.

 

There will be a year of crochet for subscribers.

 Ideas are coming thick and fast at the moment. Struggling to get it all written down...playing hooky is too much of a temptation. lol

 

I've got motif patterns with lots of variations, yarn and colour posts, over the year there will be competed projects.....cushions, chair covers, bunting, bags, hats, tea cosies, coats and jackets, cand rochet storage ideas.

 Lots of spots, circles, squares and hexagons and all the variations I can think of...

hoping to inspire and assist in all your crochet ideas.

 

Do hope you will find this new venture of interest.

 

One of the first designs I did last year, thinking Noo Noo camper blanket and was included in my book

GRANNY SQUARES....

 

A HUGE, HUGE THANK YOU.....

To everyone who has bought my book

A mail from GMC Publisher a couple of days ago telling me it was already going for a reprinted.

 

Thank you, thank you, thank you,

I can't tell you all how pleased I am that you all love it so much.

xx

6 AND 12 PETAL VERSION OF YESTERDAYS FLOWER

12 AND 6 PETAL FLOWER can start with the same two rounds

FINGER SIZE MAGIC CIRCLE

Round 1: 24dc into circle

Round 2: 1sc in each st

 

R3 is where it changes...

 

12 PETALS

2dc in each stitch with 4ch between each set of 4dc will make 12 petals,

 

 

 

6 PETALS

ROUND 3: 1dc in each stitch with 4 ch between sets of 4 sts will make 6 petals

 

 

 

8 PETAL FROM YESTERDAY

 

 

8 PETAL PATTERN HERE

 

Happy Hooking x

SHOCKING PINK FLOWER THROW

Might do a 6 petal version, easier to join together or this will need a fill in.

 

 

MOTIF PATTERN HERE

 

 

 

HAPPY HOOKING

 

RE POST OF WEEK 8 FREE FLOWER PATTERN 2013

WEEK 8 FLOWER PATTERN

USA Terms, DK and a 4mm hook

Ch 3, sl st, into a circle...col 1

R1: 12 dc into circle, sl st to complete round....col 2 (12sts)

R2: 2sc in each st, sl st to complete round....col 3 (24sts)

 

R3: 1sc in each stitch (24sts) this the extra round at the centre

 

R4: Start in any stitch, 2dc in first and second st, ch4, miss a st, repeat until you have 8 sides sl st to complete round....picture above is the original octagon, the chain loops are just one ch st longer to take the petals

 

R5: attach yarn between the 2sets of 2dc with a sc,

 

4dc into chain loop, chain 4 sl st into the base of the 4ch, to make the point of the petal, 4dc into same chain loop sc in the middle of the 4 dc of previous round, repeat until 8 pointy petals have been made, sl st to complete round.

hey presto!..... an Octagon becomes a Flower

 

 

A WEEK 8:FLOWER VARIATION

Chain 8 sl st to complete the circle OR do a large magic circle

R1: 24 dc into the circle, sl st to complete round.

 

R2: 1sc in each stitch, sl st to complete round

R3: Start in any stitch, 2dc in first and second st, ch4, miss a st, repeat until you have 8 sides sl st to complete round....picture above is the original octagon, the chain loops are just one ch st longer to take the petals

R4: attach yarn between the 2sets of 2dc with a sc,

4dc into chain loop, chain 4 sl st into the base of the 4ch, to make the point of the petal, 4dc into same chain loop sc in the middle of the 4 dc of previous round, repeat until 8 pointy petals have been made, sl st to complete round.

Happy Hooking x

TWO CIRCLE BLANKETS MAKING PROGRESS...

May Daisy along side the spot throw...both making progress

 

 

 

 

Really Love the spaces too....Like a paper cut out

 

 

Happy Hooking x

 

 

FABULOUS SHARPIE PENS......great for all sorts.

A favourite red white spot Butter Dish had a couple of small chips in it and didn't look great. So I tried a matching SHARPIE PEN and it covered brilliantly and doesn't wash off either.

 

Tried the same red pen on Phil's coffee mug and it's been through the dish washer too....great pens for all sorts of jobs

 

Found this site...100 WAYS with a Sharpie Pen

some fun projects to try.

 

Have Fun

 

PATCHWORK MOTIF CUSHION FRONT

Possible Cushion Front.....

or may be a throw...

 

Inspiration from a small section of a Patchwork.

 

Happy Hooking x

 

CONWAY AND BLACK TULIPS

Hope yopu all had a good Bank Holiday...we had lovely weather for a change.

My Tub of Black Tulips had got blacker and blacker as the grew

Bought them at the Vintage Craft Fair in Bishops Castle

about a month ago...as soon as the sun came out they shot up.

 

 

DAY OUT AT THE SEA SIDE

 

We took a Trip to the Great Orme, Llandudno and Conway castle for our Bank Holiday day out.

The sun shone and the skies were blue but the wind a litttle nippy on top lol

great view out to sea

a new statue since I was last there.

A victorian fair on in Landudno, and we drove round and round eventually giving up, no where to park.

A couple of miles away is Conway, com[plete with a castle and is a walled town. battlements that run around the town

some interesting plaster work on one of the buildings

All in all a great weekend and a lovely day out with friends

 

a Knight or two hanging around too.

 

great view from the pub where we had a pint

Some fond memories of Conway and holidays.I still have a blue and white plate on my wall I bought in a Conway Craft shop about 28 years ago.

 

we'll be back I'm sure.

Only about an hour and three quarters from home, why don't we go more often?

 

Happy Hooking x

 

 

Have a great bank holiday everyone

1. Morning all hope you have a great Bank Holiday..off out with our best friends to do touristy stuff this weekend, they are stopping for the weekend so no hooky for me.

Have a great time what ever you are doing

THANKS AND FUTURE CROCHET PATTERN INFO....

THANK YOU NANA GO GO for the wonderful BOOK write up AND SOME PATTERN INFO

Another fabulous write up from a fellow blogger NANA GO GO about my first crochet book....

Thank you so much, I really am overwhelmed with the positive response I am getting from those that have seen a copy of my first book

Granny Squares

It's ll that I hoped for the book big cheesy grin from me, thank you.

Big Hugs x

 

 

LINK TO NEW PATTERN SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
please leave a message or mail me if your are interested in my patterns for the next year
or SINGLE PDF File PATTERNS.

WITH HELP FROM A FRIEND IN switzerland I can now do SINGLE PATTERN PDF FILES too!!!
whey hey, no stopping me now lol
Thanks Sandra your a gem! x

 

 

 

 

FUTURE PATERN SALES......

I've been trying very hard to make some decisions on how to sell my future patterns and some old favourites....so difficult!

Been playing with a header logo for a pattern site

still a WIP but something on the lines of the new header for The 8th Gem

I really would like to keep sharing patterns in a similar way as I do now, on line.

Thinking out loud.....

30 to 40 patterns in a year plus all the colour and crochet tips etc, for about £20 with exclusive online access to a pattern site for those subscribling.

For a yearly subscription.....

there would be instant access to about 10 NEW and a few of the old favourite patterns to start off and an additional couple of patterns every month over a year?

What do the people interested in my ideas and patterns all feel about that idea?

These pictures are a WIP but something on these lines for the new pattern site.

HAPPY HOOKING EVERYONE X

A TOTALLY INDULGENT POST

This morning I thought I needed a new camera!

 

Then I read Bunny Mummy's tips for taking better blog pictures, mine had seemed to be getting very fuzzy, shown up because of the I-pad and the pictures it can take...

the tip about....NO FLASH...BRILLIANT

I can't believe what a difference it has made to my pictures

So I apologise now for a totally indulgent post of the colour in my life....I went mad for a few minutes and a bit snap happy lol.

 

FROM BOWLS OF PAPER FLOWERS

 

TO POTS OF REAL FLOWERS 

 

 

 TO A MESSY CRAFTROOM....too busy to tidy up and I'd never find anything for days lol 

 

AND SLEEPY CATS...they have all taken to sleepy days in my craftroom now it has warmed up in there

click to see the collages bigger.

 

All taken with good light and NO FLASH, so much clearer than with flash,

Thanks Jacquie for the tip.

 

 

Nursing a very sore elbow and numb little finger, a trapped nerve that is giving me a bit of a problem with so much to do...hope it untraps itself soon!

 

Happy Hooking X

 

 

 

ONE DOWN 3 MORE TO GO....

Decided to re-model the Daisy cushions into the first chair cover,

I finished it last night.

Not sure if I should add a skirt or not, the 4 cuhions plus one additional daisy square made thIS first finished dining chair cover, If I add a skirt I will need to make another 12 Daisy Squares?

...just need to finish the other 3 now lol
 

 

please with the first one just hope I love the other three as much?

I did have 8 of these chairs, but I have lent 4 of the white painted ones to someone,

now I know why I keep stuff, never know when you might want it hey? lol

 

Looks like I might have a bit more painting to do, if I want a matched set.

 

 MY PATTERNS....that will be for sale.

FOR ALL THAT HAVE ASKED.

I will have the chosen patterns for sale by the end of May and will post a list.

Thanks for asking.

 

Happy Hooking