BAG: Flower decoration and a bit of recycling...

To decorate or not?...never really sure.

mini version of the giant flower in rings made from family trifle containers, a bit of recycling

TORUS SCARF PATTERN

TORUS SCARF PATTERN

Torus is an ancient geometrical spiral makes a perfect crochet motif, circle, square or hexagon.

Alize space dyed, cotton yarn takes about 6g per motif depending on the join stitch...

In a Square...

In a Hexagon...

Again as the original circle...

quite a choice for the adaptable TORUS

TORUS SQUARE PATTERN

US TERMS

Alize space dyed cotton

4mm hook

Each Square weighs approx. 6g and 14 motifs measure approx. 3'/ 184cms
 2 balls will make approx. a 6' scarf with a narrow border of hdc.

Finger wrap of 10 wraps

ROUND 1: [Ch1 counts as first sc], 12 sc into circle, sl st to complete circle, cont. [12sc]

ROUND 2: Ch7, sc into next st, ch7 sc into next st, repeat until you have 11 x ch7 loops, ch4, tr into last st, cont. [12 ch7 loops]

  NOTE: Using ch3 and a tr, for the last loop means you are at the top of the loop to continue round 3.

ROUND 3: ch6, sc, into next loop, repeat to end, for the last loop ch3, tr for last loop, cont. [12 x ch6 loops]

NOTE: To help find the first loop add a stitch mark so you don't miss it as you do the round..it's easily done!

ROUND 4, 5 & 6: repeat round 3, ch6 loops, sc into each previous round loops.
ON ROUND 6, ch6 and sl st into first ch to complete the round

ROUND 7: Will turn the circular motif into a square that can be joined together to make a scarf.

6sc in next loop, ch1, 6sc into next loop, ch1, 3sc, ch3, 3sc in corner sp. repeat for all sides

JOIN AS YOU GO

After completing the first square with round 7...

start in any corner of the next square, 3sc, ch1, sl st to join to first completed square, ch1, 3sc in corner sp, sl st, into next ch1 sp, 6sc in next loop, sl st, into next ch1 sp, 6sc, in next loop, sl st into next ch1 sp, repeat for each joining side

CENTRE JOIN AS YOU GO

FINISH
Make 28 motifs, 2 rows of 14 motifs, approx 6'/ 184cms. long width 10"/ 25cms
edge with one row of 1hdc, in each st, and sp, 2hdc, ch2, 2hdc, at corners

 If a deeper border is required then you will need a 3rd ball of the yarn 

BLOCK AND STEAM INTO SHAPE

Pin it out and either spray and leave to dry or steam with an Iron

AND THEN THERE WAS TWO

Got your name on it Kathryn

a ball of string.......

needed a new wool bag...Brupbrup thought l'd made him a new bed lol....needs a couple more balls to finish the sides though

Felt like a new look today

Surrounded by trees and l love them too...doing the altered board book all about trees...first layers gone on but lots more to do...found this poem in the shape of a christmas tree too..aesthetically pleasing to the eye dont you think?


Old book torn up and glued on as background..rub on and a freehand cut 'naked' tree for the cover


Blonde Moments page too...love their stamp


Lots of folk draw swirly trees..Klimt influence l think...drew the silver one freehand with glass paint liner

FOLK ARTY christmas trees....simple but effective we all know they represent a christmas tree

Few doodles to be developed for the tree journal

One of my favourites so far

This one will be done with a circle punch and drawn trunk l think...got hundreds of circles punched already all neat n tidy in little colour pots

ONE GORGEOUS DAY

Summer's back!....had the 1st beans for lunch to day and 1st couple of toms too...lawn is looking green and the white lilies are in bloom...star alliums had started to fall over so l've brought them in to dry.....seems like you can dry and collect the seeds and grow from seed!!!....already collected the purple allium seeds got hundreds plant in pots outside and bring in at the end of summer to a frost free area and dont water to much!!!....well lets see what happens!