Blog — stitches
finding inspiration :: blankets ::
Posted by vicki brown on
I was up crazy early this morning and I found myself snuggled up on the sofa, browsing flickr and dreaming of hooking up some lovely blankets.
Click on the photo's to find yourself at the flickr page of the creators of these beauties.
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heart granny square ::
Posted by vicki brown on
With valentines on my mind the last few weeks, I have been working on lots of hearts. After searching about a bit, I couldn't see any granny squares which incorporated a heart that I liked. After a few failed attempts and a bit of patience, I came up with my own.
I have been working lots of these lovey squares in order to make a cushion, which I hope to share with you soon, but whilst I...
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heart granny square :: a pattern ::
Posted by vicki brown on
Please note this pattern is written here in english crochet terms, which differ from american crochet terms, there is a fabulous table here which gives translations of all the stitches I've use here.
ingredients ::
3 x contrasting balls of double knit weight yarn.
I used stylecraft special double knit 100% acrylic in cream (A) pale rose (B) and raspberry (C)
4 mm crochet hook
Abbreviations ::
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new necklaces ::
Posted by vicki brown on
well maybe not so new, I've been making a squirreling these away for months now! I finally got round to photograhphing them all today.
Hopefully they will be in my shop sometime over the next few days.
loveheart pixie ::
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I have been admiring Meg's lovely version of the stella pixie hat on her boy for a while now. But somehow it didn't seem right for Milo, plus I think that boy has quite enough hand knits for his head for the time being! But when my step sister went in to labour a little earlier than expected with her baby girl, I knew that this would be the perfect little hat for her.
In retrospect I should have...
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