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- Summer update …..
  
  Posted at 5:22 pm by poglehooky
  
  Aug 24th
  Well summer has almost passed by in a blinking of an eye, what fabulous weather we have had! Lots of time for crochet outside in the sun for me including on our two week med cruise holiday, lots of inspiration too for projects from all the gorgeous places I visited with my family. A little update on my FO’s for the summer ( finished objects), we will just ignore the UFO’s (unfinished objects) for now 🙂
  
  A baby blanket in soft pastels from Love Crochet’s own Paintbox Yarn range, this is a really soft and snuggly baby dk yarn, beautiful subtle colour just right for a waves baby blanket.
  
  The other project I enjoyed over the summer and finished, was the “Skimming stones” mystery crochet along (MCAL) from the Crochet Project, this was another gorgeous design from them of a scarf/ shawlette, representing the rippling of the water when stones hit it, the recommended yarn was from Eden Cottage Yarns, I chose some gorgeous blue faced Leicester yarn from them in a project pack of 4 skeins, 2 in black tulip (my favourite colour way) and one each in catmint and and rain. The mystery pattern released each week for 5 weeks gave us a beautifully draping piece which you should be able to wear any time after the beginning of autumn when the temperature drops, and one of those designs which you can wear in lots of different ways, it was a pattern that really kept you interested and challenged you to make sure you followed the pattern correctly as the type of design was not forgiving of any errors. There was lots of furious counting in my house every time someone interrupted my concentration!
  
  I will show you the other ones I started when they are finished, hopefully the beginning of September, I will leave you with a few shots of our trip which will be proving me with some inspiration for projects in the year ahead 🙂
  
  Altea in Spain
  
  Barcelona Aquarium
  
  Cartagena in Spain
  
  Florence in Italy
  
  Sunset at sea
  
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  Posted in baby items, blanket projects, crochet, Crochet Projects, Shawls | Tagged baby, baby blanket, CAL, crochet, cruise, Eden Cottage Yarns, MCAL, Mediterranean, Paintbox DK, pastels, Projects, scarves, Shawls, waves, yarn
- Stash-busting and where did May go?
  
  Posted at 12:06 pm by poglehooky
  
  May 29th
  It arrived and brought all that lovely weather and now its almost gone and the gorgeous weather with it by the looks of it right at this moment- hopefully not for long! May is my favourite month, it promises so much with warmer weather, flowers and trees starting to grow and bloom and the summer to come, I get so busy enjoying the garden whether tending it or just sitting out enjoying it ( with some crochet in hand of course) that it does seem to pass by in a flash.
  
  I have managed to finished a few WIP’s this month though and make some progress with others, whilst using some of my ever growing yarn stash :). My plastic peg bag broke early on in the month so I decided to whip up my own replacement, a bright little number which I’m very pleased with, I improvised and used an underwear hanger which was just the right size to create the hook for it 🙂 and some beautiful Lang Yarns (lovely range of bright summer colours) dk cotton that I had in my stash:
  
  I also completed a whole shawl this month, it was such an easy and addictive by Christina Hadderingh called the Forest Valley Shawl and uses one of my all time favourite yarns Scheepjes Stonewashed cotton, again I had quite a bit of stonewashed in my stash so I used slightly different shades to the ones mentioned in the pattern but still retaining that forest rustic feel and I’m happy with the outcome and my stash is a bit smaller. The pattern is available as a Scheepjes ‘After the Party’ booklet from retailers or as a download from Ravelry here (only costs £1): Forest Valley Shawl :
  
  I managed to do a few more rows of my second beaded shawl I mentioned last time and catch up on my squares for the Simply Crochet monthly magazine ‘hook and learn’ crochet along which I told you about previously where you learn a new square every month for year to make up a blanket, again I decided to join in on this one as I have a great deal of left over Scheepjes Colour Crafter in my stash, the balls are so big there always seems to be leftovers and more than enough to make individual squares, these are mine in progress and the link to the Simply Crochet facebook group is here Simply Crochet Hook & Learn
  
  See you soon and happy crafting!
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  Posted in blanket projects, crochet, Crochet baskets & bags, Crochet pattern, Crochet Projects, Pattern, Shawls, Uncategorized | Tagged CAL, crochet, forest valley shawl, hook & learn CAL, Lang yarns cotton, peg bag, Projects, scheepjes, scheepjes colour crafter, scheepjes stonewashed, Shawls, simply crochet magazine, stash, yarn
- Crocheting with beads
  
  Posted at 12:44 pm by poglehooky
  
  Apr 26th
  Just finished a beautiful but simple crochet project, crochet wise a very simple repetitive pattern but incorporating beads which gives it that extra special twist. The pattern is by Kirsten Hoogerwerf- Ballering from the Haakmaarraak blog and has been run as a make a long recently in the Scheepjes Facebook international crochet group, the pattern is available via Kirsten’s blog or via her Etsy shop of the same name as her blog. The yarn from Scheepjes is not one I have used before, like most Scheepjes yarns the Alpaca rhythm laceweight yarn is gorgeously soft and comes in an excellent range of shades, the yarn has to be used double so 2 balls at a time using 8 x 25g balls in total so it is not a cheap project. However the design produces an heirloom type shawl for bridal or evening wear with the addition of seed beads so is a reasonable investment if you want to make that type of garment. I’m experimenting with a cheaper Scheepjes yarn for a second shawl, Stardust which also has mohair content and tiny amounts of sparkly fibre throughout which makes it ideal for this project, when I have completed the alternative project I will let you know how the cheaper non alpaca yarn works out.
  
  The pattern although simple does require patience in the preparation however as the seed beads need to be strung onto the yarn every 10 rows or so, stringing about 200 beads allows you to complete 10 rows without any tarn bead tangles before needing to cut the yarn and re-string the next lot of beads. The beads required are 6/0 seed beads to fit the yarn size, any make is suitable in the correct size, (a big eye beading needle is recommended for stringing the beads) Toho beads are suggested due to the pretty variety available, this is the type I used, again there are a number of websites that sell beads, I can the recommend the one I use for price and speed of delivery, I also sometimes use these type of beads for embroidery I- Beads.
  
  For my evening shawl I used the deep bluey purple shade of vogue in the Alpaca rhythm yarn and I combined it with 3 different colour Toho beads: transparent rainbow sugar-plum, gold lined rainbow light sapphire, and aqua/ purple lined.
  
  The second version in progress is Scheepjes Stardust Pegasus 652 with Toho beads 6/0 silver lined crystal and gold lined rainbow crystal, see the photo below, I will update you about whether it works out as well as the first shawl when I finish it.
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  Posted in crochet, Crochet pattern, Crochet Projects, Pattern, Shawls, Uncategorized | Tagged beads, CAL, crochet, crystal, Projects, Scheeepjes, Scheepjes Alapaca Ry, Scheepjes Alpaca Rhythm, Scheepjes Stardust, Shawls, Toho beads, yarn
- Optical Illusions
  
  Posted at 4:28 pm by poglehooky
  
  Apr 9th
  My latest crochet project is a very clever patten ‘Crochet between the lines’ from Canadutch using Scheepjes Whirl, and not just one gorgeous whirl but two! Through a very simple double crochet stich it creates a lovely soft fluid fabric with a clever striped optical illusion. It is a long project for a shawl but the final result makes up for the amount of work it requires using both complete whirls, each whirl provides a 1000 metres of gorgeously soft magical colour changing smooth 4 ply cotton yarn, it is a delicious yarn to work with due to both the smooth texture and the simply huge range of mouth watering colour choices available to choose from. This shawl/ wrap project gives you the opportunity to choose two of the available colour streams or you can combine two of the same starting at opposite ends and create a personal colour fusion from your favourites, there are literally upteen possibilities. On the Scheepjes make a long page on Facebook there are many photos of all sorts of tantilising variations that crocheters have embarked on, also for those who prefer two needles to one there is knitting pattern version called ‘Read between the lines’.
  
  My own attempt combined two whirls I had in my ever growing yarn stash – ‘Sherbet Rainbow’ whose bright effervescent colours conjure up exactly that premise and the slightly more sombre but deeply rich colours of ‘Dark Grape Squish’ which appeal to my own very bad crush or squish on the colour purple. I now have a gorgeous big wrap that I can use during the summer to jazz up my summer dresses and T-shirts during those enevitable cooler moments in this country, it will also accompany on my much awaited summer hoilday cruise this year as well as cover up from that sometimes too intense sun of the mediterrean on my shoulders ( being of slightly fair skin ). A cruise is of course the perfect excuse for many types of shawls and my current new project is a beaded evening shawl to accompany me as well, but more of that on my next post!
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  Posted in Crochet pattern, Shawls | Tagged CAL, cotton yarn, crochet, cruise, optical illusion, Projects, Retirement, scheepjes whirl, Shawls, stash, stripes, yarn
- And onto the Autumn
  
  Posted at 11:30 am by poglehooky
  
  Sep 15th
  Well unfortunately another long gap before writing again due to so much going on, wondering what I would have done if I had not retired 🙂 so many things happening, including moving house and unfortunately my husband lost his mother at the beginning of July after caring for her duing her illness. However we are now more settled in our new home now after moving 10 miles down the road to the outskirts of Wareham in Dorset and hopefully I shall be able to get down to some serious crafting again includling reopening my Etsy shop.
  
  I have managed to complete some projects in between though despite all the upheaval – however I hope to get back to creating some designs of my own now life is more settled.
  
  I managed to try out a few of the many new scheepjes yarns that have come out- though still a few more to try ! I already showed you my Scheepjes secret garden shawl last time, this time I tried the new wanderlust line ( which I have to confess to buying more than one shade of)- but so far I have only tried one of the three the gorgeous Rio de janerio shade to make a virus shawl, such vibrant colours and lovely smooth silky yarn to work with:
  
  I also sucumbed to the purchase of one of the new Scheepjes whirls, I will just have to try the other colour combinations – they are all so gorgeous, I made the the lovely textured stormy day shawl pattern by Scheejes blogger haakmaarraak.nl Kirsten Ballering.
  
  I did manage to turn out a couple of amigurumi animals as presents too, another little elephant cutie made with Scheepjes cotton catona and Lisa the mouse from another Scheepjes blogger pattern by lillabjorncrochet.com and made with Scheepjes soft fun denim yarn which is so lovely to work with.
  
  Well hopefully this time I will be back sooner- I will just leave you with a little taster of my next project on the go whilst trying to create some ideas of my own, a nice relaxing granny square style blanket from the Midnight Garden edition of the Scheepjes Yarn bookazine using yet another new yarn from them – Scheepjes spirit which has elements of scheepjes stonewashed and scheepjes colour crafter I would say, the Lapghan as it is described has a very rustic feel but includes some gorgeous colours. These are the red squares:
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- Springtime update
  
  Posted at 11:53 am by poglehooky
  
  May 13th
  Has been so busy for me and no time to post, partially because I have been busy crafting to sell, but also because I am busy making items for my daughters wedding this summer as well, the wedding invitations have taken a lot of time and now I’m onto the soap making for the individual wedding favours. However I have managed to finish my melting snowflakes shawl kit from Scheepjes which was one of my Christmas presents, I am really pleased with it, especially as this item is for me to keep for myself 🙂 , it’s gorgeous to wear- beautifully soft with the Scheepjes merino soft yarn and it feels very luxurious, I just love the beading decoration, I would recommend this kit as a present for any crochet lover!
  
  Scheepjes melting snowflakes shawl kit in “Crystal”
  
  I did fit in time for a weeks holiday in Scotland, Loch Long in Argyll, Bute, next door to Loch Lomond over the Easter holidays, which was beautiful (and lots of time for crochet) and the scenery was really inspiring, we were lucky to have warm and mainly dry weather for the week- which must be quite an achievement for a Scottish holiday at this time of the year. Our cabin was right on the shores of Loch Long and this was the view:
  
  We travelled to a few places including the stunning Glencoe which was not far away and to this lovely place called Eilean Donan Castle which was a few hours drive away:
  
  Nearby to us at Loch Long was the very pretty village of Luss, which definitely boasted some great places to go and eat as well, including the local pub/ hotel and The Village Rest bistro.
  
  Back refreshed and full of ideas now ….. always though i would have enough time to do all these things once retired but there still aren’t quite enough hours in the day !
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- Finishing last year and onto 2017
  
  Posted at 12:20 pm by poglehooky
  
  Jan 25th
  I haven’t been on my blog for a while- December was very busy craft wise as this year I made all my own cards and Christmas presents as I had a lot more time than previous years now I’m retired from midwifery, and then its been the usual post Christmas rush catching up with all sorts of projects, however hopefully now things are back to a more steady pace and I can share my projects during the year which will include a few for my eldest daughters wedding . She got engaged at the end of the summer and will be getting married on August 18th this year in Christchurch Dorset. Currently i am making some hopefully very nice “rustic” themed wedding invitation cards which hopefully I can share with you soon including the details of how I made them. A couple of photos below of some of the crochet Christmas presents made for my daughter and son in law to be and my youngest son.
  
  I made a a lovely chunky mermaid tail for my daughter at her request – using 12 balls of Sirdar “Chunky” yarn
  
  mermaid tail in Sirdar chunky
  
  I made some warm bobble hats for my sons and son in law to be, scarves and mittens, the basket weave stitch hat and scarf were made with Scheepjes stonewashed yarn in the lovely shades of blue apatite and smokey quartz which go very well together, another hat in some left over schweppes merino soft from my last dance under the stars blanket, and some bright blue creations for my youngest son in the Pokemon team mystic colours using the new love crochet Paintbox aran yarn, which I must say is a nice budget acrylic yarn to work with with- practically no splittings and a nice soft finish
  
  Blue, white and grey team mystic set with Paintbox yarn aran and Scheepjes stonewashed basketweave hat and scarf.
  
  New projects for this year include one of my favourite things to crochets – shawls, the first I have started is the Scheepjes melting snowflakes shawl which I have chosen to make in the “crystal” colour way, this uses Scheepjes gorgeous merino soft yarn again with crystal bead decoration in the flowers and for the tassels at each end- this is my work so far and when I finish it I will share some photos and review the kit provided by scheepjes.
  
  Scheepjes melting snowflake shawl in merino soft
  
  Just finished on the shawl front is Joanne Scrace’s Northmoor lock shawl, I would class this as a shawl type scarf, from the The Crochet Project– The Shawl project Book 1, I previously made her Acer shawl (Love Crochet CAL Acer Shawl) which you can see below also, Joanne is definitely the Queen of shawls as far as I can see and I will be treating my self to the Shawl project book 2 in the future. For the Northmoor lock I used the new Scheepjes secret garden cotton and silk mix yarn, I chose the shade lily pond as the shawl/ scarf was for myself and the pattern used 3 50gram balls, the pattern is suitable for any silk mix yarn, the scheepjes secret garden works up beautifully and makes a lovely draped fabric. I used a 3.5mm clover hook with the yarn, I blocked the the shawl afterwards as Joanne suggests and washed it in my favourite jasmine Eucalan for blocking 🙂 This an ideal project for a crochet beginner I would say.
  
  Northmoor Lock pattern by Joanne Scrace The Shawl project book 1
  
  Acer Shawl pattern by Joanne Scrace – Love Crochet CAL
  
  I plan on completing some more of Joannes shawl patterns this year which i will share and also i am going to to do the new Scheepjes CAL the “Hygge” wrap, I will review the kit provided by Scheepjes when I receive it and share my Cal journey – this CAL is slightly unique in that it includes decorating the crochet with cross stitch and lining the wrap, the project has been designed by Kirsten Ballering. So hopefully see you during the year for ongoing projects- what do you have planned for 2017?
  
  Happy hooking and crafting 🙂
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Category: Shawls

Summer update …..

Posted at 5:22 pm by poglehooky

Stash-busting and where did May go?

Posted at 12:06 pm by poglehooky

Crocheting with beads

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Optical Illusions

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And onto the Autumn

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Springtime update

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Finishing last year and onto 2017

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