SEEING STARS....

ONLY HALF OF THEM SEWN TOGETHER

Years of many unfinished samples 

RULE OF 12 SCRAP YARN MINI CAL: Yarn and colour options

Just a few pictures and yarn notes today to show you.
Rule of 12 Mini Cal....the perfect flat circle 12, 24, 36dc.

PART 3 below and PARTS 4 AND 5 NEXT WEEK. 

PART 1 HERE

PART 2 HERE

As a wrap with a black and grey joining yarn......4 blocks of 9 motifs made.

 Two blocks more, to make it over 6' long its going to be a colourful snuggly wrap for the Winter.

UPDATE: Actually, I found  5 blocks of 9 motifs was perfect for a wrap and just over 6' long so I  saved myself a little bit of crochet time

And the first pictures of the blanket option I have made...these pictures are of the half way mark 

YARN NOTES:
The Tweed yarn I am using I think is the Hayfields Aran, it was 400g ball, I had from 
Black Sheep Wools, unfortunately i cant find it on the web site and i've lost the label so not sure, its a scrap yarn project so be inventive.

Black/grey Tweed yarns: Hayfields Aran Tweed, Woodcraft Aran [this is quite a dark one], James C Brett, Marble too in the black and grey would work and Scheepjes Secret Garden in col. 710 Stepping Stones.
So lots of black and white black and grey yarns for the back ground to pick from.

or mix your own with 2strands of a thinner dk.
Just work the two strands together to make one tweed yarn
Black and grey [softer] or black and white [slightly more dramatic], both work well.
3 options to try

 this picture is of the yarn i am actually using you can see its 6 fine strands, black and pale grey twisted together in pairs and then plied into one Aran weight yarn

OR
Use your favourite shade of grey, charcoal or black as a single colour and as you can see the pattern works well with the lighter natural shades too of beige, parchment or oatmeal.

Have fun and use your favourite back ground colour and as its a scrap blanket, what ever you have enough of in your stash 

Try a strand of each acrylic/merino, 2 strands of wool/acrylic, 2 strand of merino, or cotton, alpaca or mohair, mix it up for interest. 
What ever your decide to try, be experimental and enjoy the pattern 

A Wrap Option x 6 blocks over 6' long, all the reds and oranges first then came the purples...

Next will be the greens..and then the blues and orange/oatmeal and the yellows the other side of the reds for my wrap .

A Blanket option with a light background joining colour and coloured banded circles, just for a change!

 Splodge getting in on the act...

I have two of each colour this is half of them.......quick to join together 

SUZ TUBE SOX

Made in less than a day, easy TUBE METHOD, heel shaping included in the 

30 spiral stitch tube

Made in Stylecraft Wondesoft DK

Merry Go Round 

in the jolly Rainbow colour

and a 4mm hook.

 I still have approx. 43g of the 100g ball left

the next pair i make will be in sock yarns and a 3.5 hook but as i'm cat sitting for a friend in York i don't have all my yarns to hand.

PATTERN TO COME

So for now no pattern but it really is a simple spiral

and in DK for my foot only 30sts

In sock wool it will have just a few more stitches.

This week will be a mix of York outings and small daily crochet treats

IT'S CHRISTMAS WITH A RAINBOW OF COLOUR......

Always the 1st decoration l add to the house at Christmas

Rainbow Colors by Sharon MacDonald

A rainbow of colors,
In the light, after rain.
There are seven of them,
And, each one has a name.

Red is the first
Rainbow color in the sky.
Orange is next
Like jack-o-lantern pie.

Yellow is the third,
Lemons come to mind.
Color four is green,
Think of grassy hills to climb

Blue is color five,
Like the water in a lake
The sixth is indigo
Blue-gray blends that you can make.

Violet is the color
Of the last rainbow band.
Violet is flowery;
Like the pedals in your hand.

So, wave your arms above you
Cast your colors high
And, try to make a rainbow
Across a cloudy sky

Well l've tried my hardest almost worn my snowflake punch out!!....all the colours of the rainbow....Phil was complaining they didn't twinkle like the bedroom snowflakes!!

I'm sure l can get coloured holographic card from Dagfields....oooh another little trip to a favourite card/paper suppliers...then l can make a rainbow of big snowflakes might even look for another new design punch or die.....did l say l love all this Christmas playtime? lol

and more rainbow snowflakes...a riot of colour lol

Splodge sitting on top of the radiator

**CHRISTMAS BALLS**

Balls in every size...l can think of so many uses for these wonderful little crochet

Christmas balls

1st Christmas dinner with friends tonight...Chinese buffet....yummy

New haircut today appointment at 12.30

James will be home again for the weekend fingers crossed he has a party to go too and it looks almost certain he will be home for almost 3 weeks at Christmas....yippppppppeeeeeee

No probs with making the Partridge in a pear tree bigger K

SMALLER PROJECT BAG..same pattern as the wool sack

Made another smaller version of the wool sack yesterday only 8 increase rounds and 23 side rounds and a thicker drawstring...4 strands with a 6mm hook..otherwise its made the same as the WOOL SACK just less of it!!

Looking at them side by side the one looks thicker yarn but its still only DK Double strand

It's just big enough to hold a single project 8-12 balls of yarn hook etc....or it could be a shoulder bag but l would add a shoulder strap if l was using it for that

the DK x 2 strands really is fast to crochet made this bag in about 7 hours one sitting started out as a bath mat though but l forgot l was making a bath mat and it turned into a bag hehe