wild weather

We are being battered by some pretty fierce wind . So I camped out on my sofa  with my.hook and the walking dead.

My magazine finally came in and it's fair to say was little disappointed  so I carried on with my blanket . I know my enthusiasm will dwindle so might as well make as much progress as I charge result is another large square and twenty four little ones

 The picture changes the colours

 however I am loving how bright and cheerful it is which is needed during this weather . 

It going to be huge !!!  I set out the small squares as part of formation and it will be big without the large squares surrounding them . Wish I could see next two parts so exciting !!

the year of the square

 After yesterday's rant I treated myself to a new magazine. So today I bought inside crochet. I have to say it's very nice. I have fallen in love with a mystery blanket pattern.

I have always been jealous of people blankets . I can't even fave the changing involved to start. This year I decided I wanted a motif one. I signed up for a cal and when first pattern.came it was well beyond me . It doesn't I spire me to try rest. So was really happy to see this little beauty

However this is part two !

Part was the little motif in middle . I searched all over and couldn't find pattern. Then I had brain.wave remember my bag project ??

 the squares are perfect  size. 

So although I have a long way to go I have a start of a blanket

My news resolution is to finish it lol

It's in.four parts so will be two more no.the just to get whole pattern. I have decided to make it a long project and will.update the blog on my progress as I confess am also still making the waist coat lol

meant to be

For those of you who read my sick bed post you will know about my love of crochet blankets. Since that post I have felt better. So decided on quick crochet project . Picked a pattern went to blog and my eyes would served to sacrilegious granny square blanket. Best of all it was crochet a long. Every week for eight month you make three squares. Sounds easy enough so deciding it was fate I set to work.


The squares are meant to be eight inches my tension is off so slightly bigger. You use a 5mm hook with any double knit so great stash buster

Here are my first few squares

I love the  they are joined with a granny stripe  No unsightly sewing . The seem is almost invisible.

I willingness here and now I will not be making every square as the finished one way to big for my humble double bed.  And I may five up before then lol but at very least I will gave my very own crochet blanket  for next time I am.sick.

sick bed

I have been quiet this week as I have a tooth infection . My mouth is throbbing and even thought of picking up hook is to much effort.


What it has done it make me think of when I as a child. Mum would  make a bed up on sofa with a bottle of lucozade and her knitted patch work blanket. It bought me such comfort . I finding myself wishing I had crocheted on to snuggle under.

These are kind of images I have in mind bright and simple . Something so soothing about the granny square maybe it's the name granny

 Mind does not look  like this

This was my start of blanket it never grew past this . I had only just learnt to crochet the tension is all working and frankly it looked messy.  I couldn't face finishing it knowing I wasn't happy and couldn't frog it so now it lays in box abandoned. Think I need a blanket before sick season starts  so next time I take to sick bed I can do so under grannies care.