Colour Block Ripple Blanket

Excuse me whilst I saturate one single blog post with several pictures of the same thing: a crochet ripple blanket! I took many photographs and enjoyed doing so. I’m spreading my joy. There also might be a “reward” at the end of this post, in the shape of different things.

This ripple stitch baby blanket will be on Etsy by the end of the week (I tell myself), along with many others. I need to stop hoarding crochet blankets!

This was such a quick and easy blanket to crochet. It was one of those where you don’t have to think, just crochet. Love those mindful crochet projects. The only fretful moment was when I ran half a row short of the shrimp. Luckily, I had a small walnut sized ball left from previous adventures, so I didn’t have to buy a new ball of yarn just for the sake of a few metres.

I’m now wondering what other colour combinations will work well. For many years, I would make all sorts of blankets, in all sorts of colour combinations but I’ve recently begun to notice a pattern emerging. I think I might be developing some sort of crochet style. It might not be a good style, but I suspect there’s one there nevertheless.

Taking repeated pictures of the same thing is confusing; I hope I’m not posting the same pictures twice.

Stash Busting Crochet Blanket

This is still me using up the significant yarn stash I have. I’ve been really good recently. I don’t think I’ve bought any yarn since May. (I’m not including the stuff I bought at the Bovey Craft Festival. Special circumstances!

Here are the details: It’s Stylecraft Special dk in Denim, Shrimp, Navy, Mustard and Sage. I used Attic 24’s Neat Ripple and I think I chained 115 to begin, just right for a baby blanket. The border is Parchment and I used it to fill in the ripples and make a sort of picot edging.

These are some other blankets that I’m planning on Etsyifying this week. I’ve bagged them up and weighed them.  Looking at Royal Mail yesterday was exhausting. The pricing schemes are baffling. In the past, I’ve made the mistake of not charging enough for p&p, and I want to avoid doing that again. It’s blinkin’ expensive no matter which way you do it, and I worry it’ll put people off. But! I shall stop looking for excuses and just give it a go.

And on a different note, I’ve put up a picture on my Facebook page to show my summer fete stall. Feel free to go and have a look. It was a very hot and sunny day, which was great (I feared rain). I had no idea what to expect, hmm, it was OK.  Having shared the fete blog post locally, I had a few visitors who came over especially to see me, which was lovely. But overall, I don’t think I had stuff that made people spontaneously decide to splurge. Eeh, I don’t know! It was a learning experience, and I’ve even had interest off the back of it, so that’s good. Exposure innit!? I hadn’t considered that that could happen.

Ottery Pixies

And in the interests of sharing all that I do (not just the stuff that makes me feel pleased with myself), here are some cheeky pixies!

Er, yep, I made these cheeky, embroidered pixies!

I have no idea what was going on in my brain. A bit cutesy, aren’t they?! At least they make me laugh, and that can only be a good thing! What you must do is go and look up Pixie Day in Ottery (try wikipedia too). It’s another tradition here, in town, alongside the more famous Tar Barrels. The local kids from scouts, guides, beavers, etc., run around the town dressed up as pixies for Midsummer. It’s a long story, but a fun one.

Anyway, I’m off to do some stitching now. The sewing machine is calling me this week. This morning I drove to Exmouth to go to a closing-down sale at a fabric shop. I spent so long choosing that I didn’t have time to go to the other fabric shop (probably a good thing; I’ve spent all my pocket money).

 

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