The house has been desperately needing proper curtains. All our windows are single glazed and after the rain and snow of recent weeks, we have been feeling the cold. I wanted to line the curtains and with the way the pattern was laid out, was going to have to join the fabric to make the right width for the window. I was finalising my measurements to work out the hems and realised that the width of the fabric was the exact drop I needed for the windows. I remarked to Mr H that it was a shame the pattern went the wrong way as it would make it much easier to sew. The fabric had a leafy design and after a quick squint at the fabric we decided we liked it just fine going sideways! So the curtains needed no joins and were much easier to make - yay!
After all that work I felt I deserved a wee treat craftwise and decided to do something frivilous. I had long fancied making a crochet blanket for my bed and decided to try out some granny squares. I had a few odds and ends of wool that I rescued when a friend was clearing out, so got to work on a wee blanket for baby Lollipop.
I have no idea what kind of wool it was but the colours went quite nicely. After making a few squares I realised I didn't have enough wool to make a blanket, so I made a wee mat for the windowsill. It looks nice with a spring vase of flowers.
I was really pleased as the granny squares were so quick to do and decided to look for a pattern for something bigger. A quick scout on pinterest brought a new blog for me. According to Matt has a similar colourbase to Attic 24 and as all my walls are white, bright colours fit in quite well.
I fell in love with Matt's granny square blanket and after a few days of telling myself I had lots of other things to do.....
A parcel arrived! |
Full of lovely colours! |
20 of them! |
Work is progressing steadily and I've borrowed a friends yarn winder which makes the balls a little more manageable and they take up less space.
So hopefully I'll have more pics soon, have fun, xx