Monday, February 22, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
finally ... some of those squares ...
Monday, January 4, 2010
cal 2009: september squares
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cal 2009: november squares
Coming to the end, for the sake of consistency(!), I present to you, November's squares (from the top going clock-wise):
Sunday, January 3, 2010
cal 2009: december squares, some wips and crafty goals
And here are some projects that I'd hoped would be finished before 2010, but anyway...
- more Irish crochet (I have done some but not much)
- to learn Tunisian crochet
- to learn continental knitting
- to get my hands on a sewing machine!
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
cal 2009: april squares
Monday, December 14, 2009
cal 2009: march squares
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Sunday, November 8, 2009
cal 2009: october squares
Well, here we are in November and I've just finished by October squares. Different colours: yes. What do I expect from the finished blanket? I have no idea!
The patterns:
Top right: Carousel
Right: Pumpkin Patch
Top left: Op-Art Afghan
Bottom left: Birthday Flower
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
cal 2009: february squares
Yep, you know, some time at the beginning of the year we had a month called February? And way back then, I crocheted two of the CAL squares for the month. But I wasn't best pleased with them. I changed hook size by about April and for the sake of consistency decided that I would do previous squares again. I did. But then I also decided to crochet the other two squares for February that I hadn't already done. So here they all are:
In case you want the patterns, on the left we have Caring Hearts. The top right is the Two Tone square. Below that we have the One Heart and at the bottom, Center Heart.
Most of my squares are bright, solid colours, but I do have some creams, pinks and light purples. If they don't all go together, there are going to have to be two separate blankets!
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
cal 2009: august squares
I'm behind on my CAL squares, but did a little while on hols. These are the August squares:
Popin' Square (top right)
August Aran Square (top left)
Jupiter
Now that there aren't that many months left, I'm wondering what my crazy blanket or blankets are going to look like. I have so many colours going on that I think I have group them together according to colour and play around with the layout a bit. I'm wondering if the small squares should go together to form a small blanket or whether it might be nicer to just incorporate them in to a bigger blanket with the big squares.
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Monday, August 10, 2009
cal 2009: january squares
Just before I go, here are January's squares. I did actually crochet them in January but killed the yarn by ironing it! So I've re-done them with the very same yarn and actually like that crimped effect. Sorry about the terrible lighting in the last two and no blocking, not even any weaving in!
Esther's Square
Mandala
Diane's Flower
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Sunday, August 9, 2009
cal 2009: july squares
Just when you thought I'd forgotten/given up on (delete as appropriate) the Crochet-A-Long ... Here are last months squares:
Kingfield Square (6")
Bright and Cheery (top left) Perhaps not as "bright and cheery" as my usual stashbuster squares.
Lovely in Green ... and pink and purple too, eh?
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
cal 2009: june squares
No, I hadn't forgotten about the CAL. I just wanted to post all of the squares for the month together.
This is the 6" square for the month:
Eliot Square
And then we have the two 12" squares. Remember, I'm stash-busting (i.e. I'm using up all those odd yarn balls of various colours that were bought at a car boot sale on our summer holidays!)
Bold Square
Frilly Flower
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
cal 2009: hint of spring
And here's another May square. This one is made of lots of shells.
Hint of Spring:
cal 2009: victorian dream
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Did you notice something green in that jar jacket post? You did? Well, here it is, another square for the CAL.
This is the Victorian Dream square, a 12" square for May. It's a bit lacey but I think I like it.
Monday, May 25, 2009
cal 2009: april square
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
To start off my CAL posts, I'll show you my most recent square.
It's actually the April 6" square which I managed to get done in May! The thing about this square is that it's made up of triple crochets (US) or double trebles (UK). Whatever you call them, they're longer stitches. I actually thought that I wouldn't like crocheting this square. But I did! It works up really quickly and I wouldn't mind doing some more for a future project.
Here's the pattern.
crochet-a-long 2009
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
I've made a few attempts so far at crocheting large items like throws and blankets but I get bored easily. So I saw this crochet-a-long (CAL) on Ravelry, I thought it would be a great way for me to:
- Try out different square patterns
- Use up a lot of the yarn Hubby had picked up at a car boot sale on our summer holidays (some serious stash-busting)!
- AND end up with a lovely blanket in the end
In addition to the above, I've also looked in to and learnt about different joining methods and different stitches and techniques too. There are usually two 12" squares and one 6" square picked out for everyone to crochet each month. It's up to you which ones you do (if any). The great thing is you get to pick other people's brains if something's not working for you or if you're just not sure what a pattern means. I'm not up-to-date on my squares but I will post what I've done in no particular order. My thoughts are that most of my squares will be bright and I'll join them all up with black. I'm not sure if I'll end up with one big and one small blanket or just one BIG blanket! I'll decide once they're all done in sha Allah.
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