A Little Crochet Going On.....

Well here I am again after a huuuuge break!  That bit of crocheting that I wrote about last time I was here got put away all this time.  The squares weren't big enough to make anything substantial, and I bought some other yarn to crochet around and make it into a blanket, but after about 6 rounds or so I wasn't happy with it so it got stuffed in a bag and left. (story of my crafting lately)

This is what they looked like in the end (ignore the little ones at the front, they are new!)

 

Anyway, I got it out again a week or so ago, and undid the extra rounds I had done and am now left with what you see above.  I decided to fish out the box of tapestry wool that I have and make some more to make a bigger blanket.  I'm now thinking of it as my Tapestry Blanket.  So, all the little ones at the front are new, plus I have quite a lot more now. 

 

I wouldn't recommend crocheting with tapestry yarn really though.  It's quite stiff and strands very easily, and it probably won't be washable, (haven't been able to find out whether or not it is so I'm assuming not) but I'm not worried.  The story of the huge amount of yarn that I have (two office archive boxes full) goes back a lot of years to a time when I had a little needlecraft shop.  Unfortunately I had to close down, but I kept all the DMC tapestry wool and stranded cotton that I had left.  I've used a lot of the cotton as cross stitch was my major craft for many years, but apart from a few skeins of wool which a friend used I haven't touched it. You can see why I'm not worried about crocheting with it now can't you.  One of the boxes is now half empty due to this so I'm happy about that.....one less box of stuff to fill the spare room soon!





At last, something crafty going on...

I can't believe how long it's been since I did anyting worthy of posting here! However, I won't dwell on it...

I've been doing a bit of crochet recently...nothing much that I would want to advertise, but a couple of half done things, that might be worth a post later on.

I was have a little sort out over the weekend, and came across a long stitch tapestry kit which was absolutely never going to get done, but as I was looking at it it struck me that the all the wool colours were a gorgeous palette, and I wondered how much you could crochet from a skein of tapestry wool?  Well I can reveal it here...

You can do three rounds of a granny square!

Once I'd done one...I had to continue until I'd used up all the wool from the kit except the white and ecru....

Ha ha, I just noticed that the ones on the top row are all wrong side up! Great colours though, although the one in the middle that looks very red, is actually a more subdued rusty coral colour.

Where to go from here though...the wools are just that...100% wool...they crocheted up really nicely, and I love the stitch definition, but it's not very soft.  I'm going to see if I can get some reasonably priced pure wool to add borders to the squares and stitch them together, and see what size it comes out.  Might be too big for a cushion cover, and too small for a throw, but I will see if I can add some extra borders to extend it.

One last photo for the cat lovers out there...as you know you can't put anything down without a cat coming and sitting on it....this is Shadow coming onto the scene just as I pressed the button...