This blanket is a monster. I had no idea how big it was going to turn out. This is it on a king sized bed. Not the best photo but I was so excited to finish it I just had to share. Tomorrow, assuming the weather is good for it, I'll get some better photos in the sun.
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Five for June
Download a granny square pattern below.
Manorbier Squares .pdfDownload
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Five for July
The National Garden of Wales is stunning and under-publicised! Inspiration abounds.
A recent visit inspired these colours. There’s a pattern too.
July 5.pdfDownload
Notice – I was so relaxed after my visit to the aforementioned garden that I misnamed the file!
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Vanilla Sock Stashdown 2023: Stylecraft Head Over Heels Boho, colorway 3116 Amazon; contrast Cascade Yarns Heritage Sock, colorway 5742 Silver Grey
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5 vintage wooden handled kitchen utensils inlcuding an apple corer, nutcrackers, melon baller, butter curler and zester.
🛒 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175520624900
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My Favourite Yarns to Knit with
My Favourite Yarns to Knit with
Over the past few years, I have really fallen head over heels with knitting. It was not long ago that I was working up some pumpkins for my mom and couldn’t get any further with the project (lack of yarn) so got up from the sofa and grabbed another WIP from my room. My sister just looked over and said ‘what are you knitting now?!’ -which can probably give you the tale-tell sign that I am, quite…
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Made it to the end of part 6 (and wove in all the annoying ends). I can see light at the end of the tunnel!
Blanket's getting so big now it getting more difficult to get a decent photo.
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Five for July
The National Garden of Wales is stunning and under-publicised! Inspiration abounds.
A recent visit inspired these colours. There’s a pattern too.
July 5.pdfDownload
Notice – I was so relaxed after my visit to the aforementioned garden that I misnamed the file!
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Five for June
Download a granny square pattern below.
Manorbier Squares .pdfDownload
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I’ve really been getting into sock knitting and I love having these warm socks so much 🧦
Patterns and yarns:
Petal Drop Socks by Florence Miller in Wol met Verve Basic Sock 4-ply
I’m so Basic Socks by Summer Lee in Stylecraft Head over Heels Walking in Nature
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Sky Blanket 2024 - Q1
Hi crafty friends! I am incredibly overdue on sharing an update on my sky blanket for 2024. If you are new to this project, some things to know:
This is my version of the temperature blanket this year - one row a day. Except instead of temperature, I am using "what is the sky doing today?" as my scale. The palette is all blues and greys based on how sunny or cloudy it is, going all the way from turquoise blue for the sunniest of sunnies to a dark grey for thunderstorms.
It's based on the year between two dates, not the start of the year. So my Q1 actually begins mid-October '23 and ends mid-January '24. So I am only a month behind sharing. I blame it on the weaving in of ends.
I am actually staying decently caught up! I don't always do the rows right away, but they are fairly quick to work up so I'm finding I can bring myself to current just within a single Sunday if I need to. The harder part has been making sure I record the weather, and there have been more days than I'd like to admit where I barely had a chance to go outside at all. I've been using timeanddate.com if I need to check dates I might have missed to make my best guess for cloud cover.
In Q1 - 92 days total:
Sunny - 30%, 28 days
Partly Cloudy - 27%, 25 days
Mostly Cloudy - 15%, 14 days
Overcast - 12%, 11 days
Rain - 13%, 12 days
Snow/Ice- 2%, 2 days
I have not yet had a chance to use my granite colorway for thunderstorms. Meanwhile, the cream border will always be around every square. Admittedly in different number so I can get the month to the same consistent 33 rows.
Pattern: Toni Lipsey's/TLYarnCraft's linen square stitch pattern
The Yarn: Stylecraft Special DK
The pattern
The yarn
(yes I still love the colors of the sky... even though it forces me to weave in too many ends to count)
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