Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Flower garden

I love to crochet - it's faster than knitting, you get to play with lots of pretty colours, and you end up with something useful and beautiful. Here's a glimpse of my latest work-in-progress, a flowery afghan. It's based on a Granny Square variation by Lucy of Attic24, but I've tweaked it a bit.

 First you make some little circles.
 They become bigger circles.
 Then you turn them into squares.
 After you've darned in all the ends (my least favourite part of the exercise) you block the squares, so the finished rug will lie nice and flat. 
Blocking means you pin them out flat, spray with water, and leave them to dry
 Then you sew them all together...

I calculate I'll need 165 squares altogether; I've made 120 so far.
Don't know what I'll do with it yet, I hope to finish it by Christmas.

I can write up the pattern, if anyone's interested...
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  1. Barb CuffleyNovember 9, 2011 at 5:26 PM

    Me Marcie, I would like to know how to do this? They are gorgeous. And not too big. Can you write out the pattern... ? I have wool everywhere but wouldn't be able to start till after Christmas so there's no hurry.

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  2. catsmumNovember 9, 2011 at 6:56 PM

    It looked pretty spiffy on Saturday Ms MC ... perhaps I should finish the African Flowers before I get sucked in to another obsessive project LOL

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  3. MarcieNovember 9, 2011 at 9:24 PM

    @Catsmum - I showed you mine, when are you going to show us YOURS?

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  4. MarcieNovember 9, 2011 at 9:26 PM

    @Barb - the squares finish at about 3", so you need lots! I'll write a pattern for you :-)

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