Tuesday, 3 January 2012

Mastered.........................the Granny!


As I mentioned yesterday I have never managed to crack crocheting in the round. I found some really useful instructions here and decided to have a bit of a play , once I got the hang of joining each round there was no stopping me. My lovely hubby was at work last night, so I rummaged around in the wool stash and picked out my yarns and set to making the beginnings of a throw. It has a vintage 70's vibe but I love it, getting the wool out of its home wasn't easy and I must set aside some time today to tidy it up. At the moment all my wool is stored in a huge drawstring bag , unfortunately this means I can never find anything and that all the ends are loose and have become entwined! After all the pre-move decluttering we have been doing I have a few empty plastic under bed boxes with lids and one (or perhaps two......) of these will make the pefect home for my wool stash.

More pictures as it progresses!

3 comments:

silversewer said...

Well done, its going to be lovely when its finished.

I went to the US in 2000 and a friend there taught me to crochet an Afghan, I love it, but its quite heavy. Needless to say I cannot remember how I did it. I am hopeless at doing squares.....

Poppy said...

I managed to get a blanket like this from a local charity shop. It was £1 and in the pet blanket section. It is lovely and warm and I would love to be able to make one myself. I think it would also make a lovely cushion cover if lined. I was looking at craft courses yesterday and this has tempted me to do the crohet one. My Mum is a fantastic knitter but has never managed to get one with crohet so I can't get tips from her unfortunately.

mmp said...

hummmm, this is something that i need to get back to

am going to be popping back to see how you get on!