I thought that I would take this opportunity to photograph the crocheted cushion I made for my mum, outside, instead of having to set up the lights inside. Much easier and it is lovely to hear the birds sing as I set about my task.
I am quite pleased with the way the cushion has turned out though it took me a while to decide on the final positioning of the squares. I really like how the white edging gives a crisp finish to the colours and ties it all together. This project was a pleasure to do, the pattern was straight forward and the changes of colour kept it interesting. I'm going to have to make a couple for my own sofa I think.
I used 100% cotton, mainly Drops Paris but the pink was King Cole Cottonsoft and the white was Rowan Handknit Cotton. Yes, I know, different brands, different weights. I'm confident enough to substitute yarns and actually quite enjoy doing so. I do always crochet/knit a test swatch to see whether it will work or not. One of the aspects of crafting I particularly enjoy is experimenting with materials, as well as the odd disaster there have been many happy surprises. I just wish that I had written them all down!!! That's one of the reasons I am keen to keep going with this blog, it is a record of my projects.
I wanted to include a little hand-made gift for my mother-in-law, for Mothering Sunday and these lavender pouches, to hang in a wardrobe or place in a drawer, are the result.
I used Liberty Tana Lawn fabric with some odds and ends of ribbon. They smell wonderful and look quite elegant (as Liberty always does) and I have now ordered a kilo of dried lavender from the internet to make some more. I have lots of fabric (my fabric stash is not as huge as my yarn stash but I'm working on it) and thought that it would be nice to pop them into birthday and Christmas gifts. My garden is predominantly wet clay, terrible for growing lavender successfully, otherwise I would dry my own. I am working on that too though.
Sorry, but I had to include this photo of muscari, isn't the purply blue just lovely?
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Cheerio for now. Have a lovely week-end wherever you are.
