I seem to have developed a bit of an obsession with crochet rugs. It all started when I decided to make one for my bed, it took two winters to finish, and when it was all done, I didn't like it. So, I undid it, added more cream into the mix, sewed it all together and, still didn't like it. Fortunately, my daughter loved it and it now helps to keep her warm during our cold (to us) winters.
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| Nosegay squares by Priscilla Hewitt, the pattern can be found here. |
After getting over the disappointment of doing all that work and still not having a rug for my own bed, I decided to try again. Knowing how time consuming crocheting all those squares and then putting them all together was I decided this time to try something a little different, a ripple afghan.
By the end of spring I had finished 3/4 of it when I ran out of yarn, so it was put it away until the following winter. As soon as the weather started to cool down again, I bought more yarn only to discover that it was completely different in colour and texture to the previous year's yarn. Lesson learnt, always make sure you buy enough yarn for your project (maybe even a little extra) and make sure that it's all the same dye lot.
So, putting yet another disappointment behind me, I decided if I couldn't have a rug for my bed, I would make one for my youngest son who had recently moved to Victoria. I am happy to say that there were no problems with this one, and he loved it.
Last winter I started an afghan for our lounge room and didn't think that I would get it completed in time for this winter, but with the unusually cool summer we had, it was finished by summer's end.
The pattern is "Greenway" by Donna Yacino, and can be found
here.
The pattern for the border can be found
here, it's a bit wonky, but I can live with that.
At the moment I am working on a second afghan for the lounge room, a ribbed ripple reversible afghan, this is also a free pattern and can be found
here.
I was about a third of the way through when I spotted a mistake.
Honestly, I don't know how I didn't see it sooner it was so obvious. I had started line seven with cream yarn (the correct colour) but when I had to add in more yarn for some reason I changed to white, so of course I had to rip it apart and start again. It's coming along slowly at the moment as I am still trying to shake off the flu, hopefully I will get it finished in the next few weeks, as I would really liked to get started on rug for myself.
I have looked at dozens of different patterns over the last few weeks trying to decide which one to make but none of them ever looked "right" until I spotted this sampler blanket on
Pinterest and was instantly smitten.
Source
It reminds me of a quilt. There is just one problem with it though, all those squares. Clearly I am a glutton for punishment. I already have all the wool, similar in colour to the ones used here, bought when Spotlight was having a 40% off sale, I can't wait to get started.
The squares are joined using Celtic lace join which looks difficult, but is quite easy to do once you get the hang of it. You can find the pattern here.
The border was made using the Vibrant Vintage CAL border found here at Cypress Textiles.
