Blanket Making

I'm joining in with Jennifer's Winter Project Link Party. My winter
project is a blanket that I started making last month. I wasn't really
planning to make one. I bought some discounted cotton yarn at the
beginning of summer hoping to make another shawl for myself
but I sort of fell out of love with the idea over the school holidays.

I thought a blanket or throw for the living room is more essential
and will get more use so that's what I decided to make instead.
 I'm usually wary of starting big projects like this because of the size
and the amount of time it takes to finish them. I've tried making a
blanket before. My first attempt had the granny chevron stitch which
was nice but I couldn't decided what colour yarns to use and gave up
on the project after just a few rows.

 I've done better with my second try. My granny square throw is now
 a good size but it's been months since I've taken it out of the basket
 and worked on it so it still remains just a WIP.

But I'm feeling more hopeful and positive about this new blanket.
With Lulu now at nursery twice a week, I have more time for making
and crafting so it should get finished, and I'd be very pleased if this
can happen before Christmas. I'm sure it will. As they say, third time lucky!

Having said all that, I'm actually going to take a break from it
next week while I make a costume for Markie and I'll be starting
making Christmas presents too. But I'll always be picking it up
and adding stitches whenever I can. I like it so much I really
can't leave it for long, so fingers crossed for more progress to
report here next time.

Thanks to Jennifer for organising this link party. Do visit her
wonderful blog if you haven't already and you can also have a look
at what everyone else is busy making this autumn and winter.

Crocheted Baby Poncho

This is a tasselled baby poncho I finished making last weekend.
It's a Christmas present for my sister-in-law's four month old baby girl.

The pattern is from the book Crocheted Baby Clothes
by Nikki Trench. I chose to make the size to fit the age 12-18 months
which is too big for little Sienna at the moment but
hopefully she can wear it and it will help keep her warm when she
starts toddling about next autumn.

According to the book this is a quick project and
can be finished in one evening. Well with my crochet skills
it took me a good few evenings and afternoons to get it done.
I was quite relieved when the last tassel was tied and trimmed!
But I had fun and learned a few crochet lessons from
making this.

Now I'm off to make more Christmas presents and decorations.
Hope to be back soon with more finished  projects.


Thanks for reading!


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