tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44086539651272976782024-03-13T08:57:16.232-07:00ColourMeCrochetColourMeCrochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11151056771516032487noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408653965127297678.post-47260736578131661842014-02-21T09:28:00.001-08:002014-02-21T09:37:17.294-08:00Quite Contrary<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My last post was a bit of a down one.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But this makes up for it big time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Last year I made a couple of Wraps, one for my bestest and longest </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">known friend and one for my Niece. I was so pleased with how easy they</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">were to make and how lovely they looked, I promised I would make one for </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">myself. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I found a pattern for one I liked a few weeks back called Quite Contrary,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> at the blog <span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><a href="http://sandra-cherryheart.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Cherry Heart</a> by the </span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">wonderfully talented Sandra Paul.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I chose a beautiful yarn called Sublime, which is baby</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">cashmere merino silk in the colour Little Linen.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So, armed with my pattern, yarn and hook, I began.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sandra has made the pattern so easy to understand and follow.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Not at any time did I wonder if I was following the pattern properly.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Wrap is made up of 3 different patterns and a border.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So we have Pretty Maids.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">All in a row.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Each step is described in detail, so you can't go wrong.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My only problem I had was I didn't do a tension/gauge swatch.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I've never done one before and didn't think I needed to bother</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">this time. But....... I have discovered that whenever I crochet</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">something it always comes out smaller than the stated size.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have never made garments apart from Scarfs and Wraps, but even motifs,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">always come out quite a bit smaller than they're meant to.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So halfway through the Wrap I felt that it wasn't young to meet </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sandra's measurements and when I measured it came up a good few </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">inches shorter in length and width. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So I ripped it all apart, used a larger hook, I went for 5mm, made a longer </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">chain and put in a couple of extra rows on 2 of the patterns.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It has come out wonderfully. It drapes lovely, feels soft, and sits on your shoulders</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">beautifully.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My photos truly don't do it any justice.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And now I've just bought her latest one called the Ricicles Shawl.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So hopefully I'll be able to start that soon.</span></span></div>
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ColourMeCrochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11151056771516032487noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408653965127297678.post-24600961993130640162014-02-20T02:27:00.001-08:002014-02-20T02:32:10.338-08:00Crochet Mood Blanket<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">Hope you'reall having a good week.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">My Mood Blanket......well I think I've fallen out of love with it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">When the idea was first introduced back at the end of December, I was so </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">excited. I really wanted to take part in a years journey of a Blanket.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">I myself am not very good with colour, I tend to wear a lot of black, </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">navy blue or grey. If I wear colour it can't be patterned</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">and more often than not it has to have black in it or I'll </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">wear it with something black.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">When I made my first Blanket, it was white with multicoloured </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">flowers. Even half way through I began to have doubts, but I carried on and </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">finished it.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085; line-height: 1.3em;">I have it on the bed in the small room and don't really like it at all.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">I think I leave it there as I know all the work that went into it. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">I tend to go towards muted colours or shades of one colour.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">I look at all the beautiful multicoloured blankets out there,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">on Pinterest, Ravelry and Blogland and there are loads</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">that I love the look of and get huge Blanket envy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">So when it came to the Mood Blanket, I was very excited,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">I thought it was a fantastic idea and wanted to give </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">It a go. But even though I tried</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">I was no</span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">t </span></span><span style="color: #7f0085; line-height: 1.3em;">able to put </span><span style="color: #7f0085; line-height: 1.3em;">random colours together.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">If you can, picture me standing in front of all my yarn.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">It's all out around me, all the lovely colours that I've </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">picked and bought</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">So today I'm happy, so I think yellow or something bright. Tomorrow </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">is a tired day, so maybe blue or pale grey. Okay so what grey will go </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">with the yellow, hmmm nothing, ok change the yellow, ooooh that pale</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">pink works nicely.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">Can you see what I mean, I can't do the random.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">I've even tried shutting my eyes and picking a colour, but</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">that doesn't work either.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">So then I looked at all my yarns and decided on the pink and lilac </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">shades. Where this idea has come from I haven't a clue, I am the</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">least pink person out there. I've obviously seen something amazing</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">on Ravelry, Pinterest or Blogland and decided that's what I want.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">But the more it's growing, the more I'm thinking, "no! no! no,"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">I've tried to ignore it, but when I added last weeks blocks at the</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">weekend, I knew in my heart it was something I wouldn't enjoy</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">What am I going to do with it?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;"> I haven't a clue.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">I saw this motif on Pinterest and thought this would be brilliant.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085; line-height: 1.3em;">Most of it is uniformed colour, with just a small amount of</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">Yesssss, this is it, this is what I want.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">I've made just over a 100. I sat and sewed the ends so they are</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085; line-height: 1.3em;">Then I looked at them all in a pile, I looked</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">and looked some more and guess what? That green does not go </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">anything in the pile. So I'm back to square one.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">Although when my youngest daughter Amie came for</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">dinner last night, she said it was a brilliant idea and</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">As far as the pink and lilac Blanket goes, I was going to</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">continue till it was 5 or 6 rows wide and perhaps just use it at the</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;"> bottom of the </span><span style="color: #7f0085; line-height: 1.3em;">bed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085; line-height: 1.3em;"> But I won't, I've fallen out of love with it and</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085; line-height: 1.3em;">I'm really not sure what to do with it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">If any of you of you ladies have any suggestions, it would be</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">Sally xxx</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I started this back in July/August time, when we were</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I was so lucky that for the time the workers were</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> I probably would have got it finished sooner but I always seem to</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I found the pattern for this Blanket by Nicki Trench in issue 7 of </span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I used Stylecraft Life DK. A 100g ball of each colour.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I think I went into a second ball of cream, but I'm not</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It measures 39" x 51", I just kept going till I ran out of yarn.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It was always going to be a lap Blanket, one to snuggle</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">My only problem I had with this and it's now a lessoned learned,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">But I put the blanket to one side for awhile, while I did</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The pattern says to use a 5mm hook, which was what I started with,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">then when I picked it back up, I just went for a 4mm hook. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Because at this point I was over half way I decided to stay with the</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">4mm. So my Blanket looks like it has a bit of a ruffle at one end.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">But it's ok and from this mistake I now tie a label on every project and</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">got the pattern from. This way I hope not to make the same</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Now onto NEW projects. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I swore I wasn't going to buy any more yarn, but I have seen not 1</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">but 2 wraps that I NEED in my life. So I succumbed and late</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Wednesday night ordered my yarn for these delicious </span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I'm joining in this week with <a href="http://chrissiecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Chrissie's </a>and <a href="http://ladybirddiaries.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Marianne's</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Have a lovely weekend everyone.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Sally xxx</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Hope your all having a good week.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">This is week 4 of my Mood Blanket.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I'm still enjoying making it and I love the motif.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It seems to be one of those motifs that looks difficult, but is</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">so simple.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I know the idea of the mood blanket was to have a different </span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">colour each day depending on your mood, but I'm just loving the</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Pink and Purple/Lilac together.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I'm linking up with Hazel again this week at<a href="http://www.hazelscrochet.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Hazels Crochet,</a> so pop over</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Be back hopefully tomorrow with a "Ta Dah!" And I'm quite excited with it.</span></div>
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ColourMeCrochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11151056771516032487noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408653965127297678.post-5841366810147725792014-01-23T06:08:00.001-08:002014-01-23T06:13:19.831-08:00Bloomin CAL<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is my first CAL for this year and I'm pleased to be back</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and joining in with <a href="http://chrissiecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Chrissie</a> and<a href="http://ladybirddiaries.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Marianne.</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">First, these little fellas have gone to the back of the queue</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I was doing so well with them, then I realised if I wanted to JAYG, I had to undo </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">some of the cream, which I did on a few then got a bit fed up.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But because I had a fair few WIP''s I decided to try and get at least </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><divre style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> This is my Blanket and I'm trying to get at least 4 rows day done on it.</span></divre></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><divre style="text-align: center;"><divre style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> By doing this I hope for it to be finished come the end of February.</span><divre style="text-align: center;"><br />
<divre style="text-align: center;"> Then I have my Mood Blanket. I'm crocheting a block a day on this one.</divre></divre></divre></divre></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Then I seemed to suffer with a bit of Granny Square envy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I kept seeing so many lovely Blankets being made with just the simple</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Granny Square, that I decided I needed to make one.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So digging around in my stash I found a pastel coloured random yarn</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and a cream yarn, both in 4 ply.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's only small squares, but I'm doing the JAYG with it so it seems </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So these are my CAL projects for this week.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hopefully by next week all will have grown nicely.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Take care everyone and have a good week.</span></span><br />
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ColourMeCrochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11151056771516032487noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408653965127297678.post-6689445779361871222014-01-22T08:23:00.001-08:002014-01-22T08:40:22.721-08:00Week 3<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Still doing my mood blanket.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">I'm on 21 blocks as of yesterday.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">I did try and get ahead and made a few </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Pink and Purple circles. Then all I had to do </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">was join 1 a day, but this week has been all,over </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">the place, so I'm a day late in posting as I</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Had a bit if catch up to do.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Linking with Hazel at <a href="http://www.hazelscrochet.co.uk/2014/01/crochet-mood-blanket-2014-week-3.html" target="_blank">Hazels Crochet, </a>who is also doing</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">The Mood Blanket challenge.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">So if you have time go take a look at hers </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">and others that are joining in.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Oooo only 344 to go</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Sally xxx</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">Sunday I celebrated my 50 Birthday.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">What an amazing day I had.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">Years ago I used to think 50 was old and even my kids are </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;"> "Wow mum your 50, you can reap the benefits of Saga now."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">Not sure how I'm supposed to feel, but I don't feel any older or</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">Someone told me 50 is the new 40 and I thought that sounded</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">I feel I was terribly spoilt Sunday.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;"> I was taken out for Breakfast.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">I went to a beautiful yarn shop, that my Helpful Hubby spotted on</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">his way to work one morning and thought it would be a surprise </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">trip out.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;"> I went to Hobby Craft as I had some vouchers to spend</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">and bought a couple of books.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">My son Aaron and his wife Abby bought me a beautiful</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">necklace with Flynns thumbprint on it. Aaron took the impression</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">when little'un was a week old and had the necklace made.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">My oldest daughter Jess and her partner are taking me and Helpful</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">Hubby to a show of my choice in London.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">That'll be a hard decision as there are so many good shows</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">out at the moment.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">Was what my youngest daughter Amie and her partner gave me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">is rubbish, but it's a Witches hat that she knitted and wrapped.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">This was the clue to my present.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">A trip to Harry Potters World.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">I've wanted to go for ages, but I just haven't got round to it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">Which was good really as it's a brilliant present.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">Also this was the first year I received a Nanny card.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">I found that quite teary, not sure why. But when I opened it</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">I have to say I think it was the best Birthday I have ever had.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #65659d;">the meal out <span style="line-height: 1.3em;">with everyone was amazing.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">This is week 2 of my 2014 Mood Banket.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Still doing a block a day, sometimes I do two or three at</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a time to get ahead for the week. But the way it works</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I'm still excited and motivated, I just hope it's not just a </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I know the idea of a mood blanket was to have a different colour</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a day, but I liked these two colours together so much and try as I could</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">every time I went a sat at my yarn boxes I couldn't bring myself to</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">These two colours do have a very personal meaning and I think it </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Also the more I look at the colours the more they remind me of these.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Parma violets were a huge favourite of mine when I was a child and I only </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I'm linking again this week with Hazel at <a href="http://www.hazelscrochet.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Hazel's Crochet</a>, for the 2014</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I'm finding that the New Year has at the moment made me want to be a </span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">How long this will last for, I haven't a clue. Come the end of</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">January I might think "Oh Sod it" and carry on in my usual</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and tells me it's called Organised Chaos.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So at this moment I would like to try and finish some projects before</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">This blanket I started back in June/July time. I pick it up now and again,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">but the odd row here and there isn't helping to make it grow.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So I decided that along with doing my square a day challenge, for the Mood </span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">another 15". Not really sure how long I would like it to be, but if I stick to </span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">These little fellows are coming along nicely, still haven't worked out</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a 100 so far, 20 of each colour, I did also have a peach flower, but it didn't</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;">This project I started between Christmas and the New Year.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;">I know I started it the wrong side of Christmas, but I found the idea</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;"> As soon as I saw it, I wanted to make it. It's designed by a very talented</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;">crocheter Sarah Zimmerman, and her blog is <a href="http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/" target="_blank">"Repeat Crafter Me"</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;">I have made all the pieces, except the bunting. Then I put it in a Baggie</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Here is my first Post for the Mood Blanket 2014 challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The idea is to make a square a day giving you 365 or a square </span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a week giving you 52 for a year.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It was started by a lady called Stacey who is on Instagram by the</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">name stacey_mummy. It has become huge and she even says that </span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Hazel, from the blog <a href="http://www.hazelscrochet.co.uk/" target="_blank">hazels_crochet, </a>is doing a weekly link up</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So week 1 and I have done my first 7 squares. Yep, I'm going for the</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">But now I won't have to sew them all together at the end.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> I hope it's full of fun, joy and crafting.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I know it may sound crazy but although 2013 was a very up and down year,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I found </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">that crocheting helped me overcome and get through many difficult days</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;"> ( and nights </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">as I don't sleep well at all) .</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">This year has really started with a bang. At first I had my head so full of </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">ideas and </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">Inspirations, I didn't know where to start. Then I read on a blog by </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">lovely Hazel,called<a href="http://www.hazelscrochet.co.uk/" target="_blank"> </a></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; line-height: 1.3em;"><a href="http://www.hazelscrochet.co.uk/" target="_blank">Hazels Crochet</a> that</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">there was going to be a blanket </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">to crochet or knit a square </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; line-height: 1.3em;">a day,</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; line-height: 1.3em;"> giving </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">you 365 squares OR </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">a square a week,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">It's called a </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">Mood blanket, because the </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">idea is to pick a colour each day </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">on how you feel. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; line-height: 1.3em;">Whether it be, Tired, Angry, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">Calm, Happy, Excited etc.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">This was what I wanted to do as my project for 2014.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Then I read another blog by very talented Linda of<a href="http://lindacraftycorner.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Linda's Crafty Corner,</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">that she was going to do a Stash-Buster for 2014. She had already done one </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">for 2013 and as It seemed quite successful was going to do another for</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Stash-Buster</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">together. This way I could start to use up my yarn that </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">seems to be taking over my house.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">So now my decision is what square do I want to do?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">But then I'm still making these little fellows that I started with<a href="http://chrissiecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Chrissie</a> and <a href="http://ladybirddiaries.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Marianne's</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">I may even go for doing a 365 Mood Blanket AND a 52 one.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Ours was full of family get togethers, food and drink.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I ate too much and drank FAR to much, but it's only once a year</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> that we </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">indulge as such and now I'm all Christmased out. So </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I started crocheting again roughly about February/ March 2013</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">time. The reason being was my son and his wife were going to</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">have their first baby, our first Grandchild and I wanted to make a </span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">blanket for him. It was a very exciting time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;"> The last time I had bought </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">any yarn was when my 3 kids were babies</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;"> and now I was going </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">to be making something for my sons baby and that was </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">a good 20+ </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">years ago.I remember going to pick the yarn and just standing</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;"> there </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">looking at it all on display in there little cubby holes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">like. The lady in the shop must of been used to having people like me,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">cooing and aahing over the different yarns. In actual fact I think she</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">wondering</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;"> if </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">I'd remember</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;"> HOW </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">t</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">o crochet. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">Well that was the start of what I now call my hooking addiction.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">I didn't start blogging till I'd finished my second piece, which was about</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">June time and I made a </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">Wrap for a friend of mine, so please excuse </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;"> There are 3 baby cardigans in my photos that I knitted as well</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;">I am really looking forward to seeing what 2014 brings.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;">I have so many projects wizzing around in my head and <span style="line-height: 1.3em;">see </span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">so many </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">ideas out there in magazines and blogland. I think I've also </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;">learnt loads this year, all the different patterns and motifs</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;"> Crochet has come such a long way. 20+ years ago.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;">It was mainly Doileys and Granny Squares and although I love</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;"> both, especially the<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> Granny Square I'm enjoying trying different and new</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;">Thank you to all of you that sent me get well wishes, I was truly overwhelmed</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">I haven't posted for over a week and I even missed my CAL with Chrissie,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">But I have been poorly. It was a stuck in bed, don't want to see,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">do or talk to anyone. Then when I had the energy to move from my bed,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It was just to the sofa. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I did try a couple of times to write my blog, but my head didn't want to</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">behave and concentrate.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">My poor crocheting, I look at it, pick it up then after about 5 or 10 mins</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I have to put it down. I really miss not doing any. It always gives me a</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">feeling of peace and relaxation. Maybe I should just try some in the morning</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and some later in the evening.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Sorry if I haven't replied to your comments, but I will try and do a catch up </span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">sometime over Christmas and Thank you for leaving one if you have.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So with Christmas looming, I did begin to worry, would I be fit enough for everyone </span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">to be here Christmas day. The thought of a full house (12), with all the prep and</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">cooking was quite daunting. But Helpful Hubby decided to take on the chief </span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Christmas Elf role and with chit chats and lists he decided Christmas would</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">continue as planned :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Together, we prepared and made the 3 Christmas cakes that I'd started </span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">( 1 for <span style="line-height: 1.3em;">us, 2 as gifts). </span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">I was supervisor, he was gofer. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">He measured, mixed and baked. When it came to the marzipan, he</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Normally I would make my own icing for the cakes, but this year</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> I started my Blog in June this year and I have met such a </span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">wonderful group of people, that are willing to help and advise when you are</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and even share personnel tips or tricks that help life or crafting easier. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">joys or sagas with you all, especially the birth of our first Granchild Flynn.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I have learnt tons of new stuff to do with crocheting (and other things</span></span></div>
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ColourMeCrochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11151056771516032487noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408653965127297678.post-44886463808537881212013-12-13T03:04:00.001-08:002013-12-13T03:04:28.963-08:00Bloomin CAL<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#7f0085"> Hello Ladies,</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#7f0085">I went away on Holiday with projects to hand and in mind.</font></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#7f0085">I'd finished my Mums blanket and had really enjoyed making it.</font></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#7f0085">When I came back I wasn't happy with the projects I'd taken, I kept </font></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#7f0085">laying them out, trying to get motivated. But they ended up being </font></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#7f0085">undone or shoved in a basket to deal with later.</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#7f0085">Then I decided to do some Christmas motifs.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></font></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#7f0085">I sat and did them on</font></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#7f0085">and off for a few days, but even them I couldn't settle too.</font></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#7f0085">Even though I'd made enough for some bunting I just put them away </font></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#7f0085">In a Baggie.</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#7f0085">I wondered if it was because I had too many projects wizzing around</font></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#7f0085">in my head and I had crochet overload. I even went and got all</font></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#7f0085">my yarn out and sat in front of it. Pondering.</font></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#7f0085">I looked at all my yarn, I have so much, all different colours and</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#7f0085">be no buying involved ( well maybe a little if I have to add to it).</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#7f0085">Then I remembered that when I joined Crissie and Marianne's CAL</font></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#7f0085">they originally started Bloomin CAL with a hexagon flower motif from </font></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#7f0085">Nicki Trench's <span style="line-height: 1.3em;">book "Crochet with a Flowers".</span></font></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#7f0085">So I went and dug out my copy, found the flower motif and made one.</font></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is why I love Christmas and the lead up to it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">First it was my Mums birthday on Saturday and as some of you may </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I made her a Lap Blanket for her and backed it with fleece,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">fact she wanted to throw her other one out, but we managed to convince</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Christmas Carol. This was always the kids favourite Christmas film</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And every year it went on while decorating tree and house with mugs</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">of hot chocolate. Now they're grow and have places of their own, but both my girls </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Quite a few years ago, my friend gave me a recipe for a Christmas cake that </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The fruit is soaked in Cointreau for a couple of days and the cake mix is a light</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Then late Sunday morning my Dad came to visit. We don't get to see my</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The days are rushing past and it's as if I lost some, one moment it's Monday</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I wanted to make a scarf for my son as part of his Christmas </span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">presents, but couldn't really see anything I liked out there that</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It was lovely to work on, not a lot of concentration needed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So with this probably being the busiest month of the year, it</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">It's December, I love December. This has to be my most favourite month.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">I love the lead up to Christmas. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">Getting my cards and wrapping paper and any present decorations</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">that are needed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">Getting all my tree decorations and all my house decorations.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">Inside lights and outside lights.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">Getting them all together and seeing if they still work or are still</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">in one piece. I try every year to be careful with my wrapping and putting away </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">of the decorations, but there always seems to be one casualty.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">There are also a couple of birthdays to celebrate.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">It was my eldest daughter Jess's birthday at the weekend</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">and she lives just over an hour away, so it was really nice to go</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">visit and have dinner with her and her partner.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">I even made her a birthday cake, which to be honest I was a bit disappointed in.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">It's a recipe that Sue from <a href="http://sweetpeafamilyblog.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Sweetpea Family</a> posted about one time, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">called Lime and Coconut cake. It comes from the <a href="http://www.carnation.co.uk/" target="_blank">Carnations</a> condensed </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">milk website. Now I've made it before and it is beautiful, so moist, sticky </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">and yummy. But...... this time round I didn't take into consideration</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">that I have a lovely new oven. I have always had gas hob, gas oven,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">but when we had our new kitchen put in, back in the summer, I went</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">for gas hob, electric oven fan assisted. And this lovely new oven cooks</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">a bit quicker than my old one. So my cake came out slightly darker than </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">I wanted. But my Helpful Hubby, assured me that once I'd drizzled it</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">and put some decorations on it, it would be fine.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">And to be honest it tasted no different to the ones I made before.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">Jess loved it and was cutting into it, 10 minutes after us turning up and</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">there wasn't much left when we left her, later that evening :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">One of the presents she got was some Yankee Candle goodies.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">When we walked in, her house smelt beautiful. I do love the smell of scented</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">candles and Yankee Candle do have such a lovely range of bits.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">I already have some of their oils and a couple of their jar candles, but Jess had these.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">Now I have always thought that these were just little candles, similar to the tea lights.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">But not so. Many of you probably already know this, but this is new to me and I was impressed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">They are called Tarts and you put them in the top of your oil burner, light a tea light </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">underneath and the wax Tart melts, giving off whatever beautiful smell you have </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">chosen. It's a brilliant idea, so much less messier than the water and oil</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">and on Monday went shopping and treated myself to some Tarts.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">Now my house smells all Christmasy and tonight my Helpful Hubby will go up </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">In the loft and get all my decorations and lights down.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">And tomorrow I can spend the day decorating the house.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">Take care everyone</span></span></div>
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ColourMeCrochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11151056771516032487noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408653965127297678.post-49331047900583854042013-11-28T03:29:00.001-08:002013-11-28T07:16:58.180-08:00Bloomin catchup<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I've got a couple of weeks catchup to do for my Bloomin CAL,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">So For my week 5 I managed to get my Pink and Green scarf finished.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">It is supposed to be what is called an infinity scarf and I have joined it, but</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">It's quite chunky and I don't think it sits very well, so I'm thinking of undoing the join,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and maybe adding a bit of fringing or some small pom-poms.</span></div>
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<pre><span style="font-size: small;"><divre style="text-align: center;"><divre style="text-align: center;"><divre><divre><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">This was meant to be a wrap, but I discovered that my tension was quite noticeably</span></divre></divre></divre></divre></span></pre>
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<divre><span style="color: #7f0085;"><divre style="text-align: center;"><divre style="text-align: center;"><divre><divre><divre><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> different from when I crocheted on the plane to crocheting at </span></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre><divre><divre style="text-align: center;"><divre style="text-align: center;"><divre><divre><divre><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> the</span><divre><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> apartment on holiday. I don't know if this is because of the heat and </span></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre><divre><divre style="text-align: center;"><divre style="text-align: center;"><divre><divre><divre><divre><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> the</span><divre><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> humidity makes holding the yarn tighter, but I didn't think I would get away with just leaving it. Also it</span></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre><divre><divre style="text-align: center;"><divre style="text-align: center;"><divre><divre><divre><divre><divre><divre><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> would be different again, when flying home or crocheting back at home,</span></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre><divre><divre style="text-align: center;"><divre style="text-align: center;"><divre><divre><divre><divre><divre><divre><divre><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> so it then became the bottom photo :(</span></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre></span></divre></div>
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<divre> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I bought this yarn, back at the beginning of summer. It's a beautiful lace yarn</span><divre><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> </span></divre></divre></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;"><divre><divre><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And it reminds me of cobwebs. What I originally bought it for I decided</span></divre></divre></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;"><divre><divre><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> </span><divre><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I didn't really like, so it's been sitting in a box waiting to be used</span></divre></divre></divre></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;"><divre><divre><divre><divre><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Then I found a pattern for a scarf that looked lovely and I thought </span></divre></divre></divre></divre></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;"><divre><divre><divre><divre><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">would suit the yarn.</span><divre><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">But the pattern is just made up of Chain st and</span></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;"><divre><divre><divre><divre><divre><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> DC st and after awhile I got bored.</span></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;"><divre><divre><divre><divre><divre><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> </span><divre><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And because it's such a fine yarn it was taking an age to grow.</span></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;"><divre><divre><divre><divre><divre><divre><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> So that project went </span><divre><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">out the </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 1.3em;">window.</span></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre></divre></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Anyway, it's good to be back and looking forward to see what you are all doing.</span></div>
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ColourMeCrochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11151056771516032487noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408653965127297678.post-13311480170103444062013-11-24T22:44:00.001-08:002013-11-24T23:48:45.620-08:00Mexico and back again<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'm back from my holidays and what a fantastic time we had.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I don't want to bore you with loads of photos, but I do want to share with you the beatifullnes</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">of where we stayed in Mexico.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">First we have the start of our holidays and that's going to Gatwick.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I love the airport, I don't know why and my kids think I'm a loon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But I love the atmosphere and the excitement of getting sorted to get</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you on the plane, that's going to whisk you away.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The flight was 11 hours, which I was a little unsure about. How do you keep</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">good films on the TV and before I knew it we was getting ready to land.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">These are piccy's of our hotel, the view from our room and the beach.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">Everyday the sky and the water seemed to be a different colour. I'm not a very good </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">I took loads, but choosing what ones to share </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We went on a trip to a place called Xcaret, which is a Mayan Eco </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I know we missed so much and I think you need a good</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">couple of days to be able to see everything they have there.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We stayed for the 2 shows in the evening</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which helps explain a bit of the Mayan history.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Our time there went so quickly, but I was ready to come home and looking forward </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I was prepared for it to be cold and us to feel the cold more so, as we had been in </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Once back indoors, the heating and the fire went on and I think it will be like that for</span></span></div>
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ColourMeCrochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11151056771516032487noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408653965127297678.post-34627073627206882102013-11-08T03:29:00.001-08:002013-11-08T03:29:44.293-08:00Bloomin week 4
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<div style="text-align: center;">This is my 4th week of Bloomin CAL and to be honest I haven't really done much this week.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> I did go to my local wool shop to get some size 8mm knitting needles to have a go at making the kit of a Throw that I bought at the knitting and stitching show and ended up buying some lovely yarn in colours I seem to be going for at the moment, Pink and Green. </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">I have never been a Pink girl, whether it be decor, clothes, nail polish or lippy. But suddenly I seem to like Pink and Green together and this yarn just shouted at me from across the shop. So I bought some and have been making this scarf.</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">I won't be around for the next 2 CAL's either as I'm off on my Holibobs to Mexico. But I won't be idle as our flight is 11 hours, so I've sorted out 3 crochet projects to take with me. I thought 3 would be good as I could alternate between them. With it taking 11 hours there and 11 back, I'd like to think I would have something completed for all my sitting time.</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">Now Mr.S can sleep on a plane and he'll probably have a good few hours sleepage, while I, can't sleep on a plane at all, no matter how tired I am. So while he's sleeping I need entertaining. So I have plenty of books, plus I bought seasons 1 to 4 of "The Vampire Diaries" ( my guilty pleasure), music and of course my crocheting. That should be enough to keep me occupied I hope.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Take care everyone and I'll catch up with you all in a couple of weeks.</div>
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<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Arial;">I hope everyone that celebrated Halloween had fun.</span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Arial;"> Even though my kids are all grown up, they still like to carve a pumpkin</span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Arial;"> as I found out when they all wanted to come for dinner on Thursday. </span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Arial;">So if you can picture 5 adults, all in the kitchen while dinner is </span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Arial;">being cooked. There was pumpkin </span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Arial;">innards everywhere, they were all bickering over who had the </span></pre>
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<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Arial;">I really wish now that I had them all on camera, so you could see </span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Arial;">that these adults have not truly </span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Arial;">grown up yet. But they all had fun and the pumpkins looked great.</span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Arial;">These are everyone's, including mine and Flynns.</span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zOVrDe5L5II/UnWZP3Joh_I/AAAAAAAAAts/oLPmkVirtUs/s1000/Photo%2525202%252520Nov%2525202013%25252008%25253A33.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #7f0085;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="500" id="blogsy-1383438678662.2385" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zOVrDe5L5II/UnWZP3Joh_I/AAAAAAAAAts/oLPmkVirtUs/s500/Photo%2525202%252520Nov%2525202013%25252008%25253A33.jpg" width="500" /></span></a><span style="color: #7f0085;"></span><span style="color: #7f0085;"> They didn't take long to make and they fit really nice. Now I think I have some requests for a couple more pairs. Best get that hook working overtime.</span></span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Arial;"> And they're all here again on Sunday, for more food and fireworks.</span></pre>
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<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Arial;">I've bought myself a wool winder. I had bought quite a few skeins </span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Arial;">of yarn when I went to the <span style="line-height: 1.3em;">knitting and </span></span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Arial;">stitching show and my friend suggested I get one. It was brilliant,</span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Arial;"> I had the skein over the back of the chair and just sat and </span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Arial;">wound the winder, easy peasy. At the end of it I had loads of lovely, </span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Arial;">neat <span style="line-height: 1.3em;">looking little balls of yarn.</span></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Arial;"> That's also a pic of Flynn in his Halloween outfit, dressed as <span style="line-height: 1.3em;">a </span></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Arial;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">pumpkin </span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">elf, I think watching Daddy and Aunty with their </span></span></pre>
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<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Arial;">And lastly I had a go at crocheting some fingerless gloves, it took me a </span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">few attempts and a lot </span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3em;">of huffing and puffing and ripping out and </span></span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3em;">starting again. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3em;">I first found a pattern for some gloves in a magazine </span></span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3em;">that I really </span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3em;">liked the look of </span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3em;">and thought I </span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3em;">would give them ago.</span></span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;"> I don't know if it was because I wasn't reading the pattern right or if it </span></span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3em;">was my </span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3em;">crocheting tension, but they were way to small and </span></span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">even the measurements that they were</span></span></pre>
<pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f0085; font-family: Arial;">giving didn't seem right. So in the end I found another pattern with </span></pre>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">Have a lovely weekend everyone. I'm going to try and take some pics of our fireworks on </span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">Sunday and if you have any, I hope you enjoy yours.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">I wanted to make my Mum a lap blanket for her birthday. She's quite a hard person to buy for and I thought this would be the ideal gift. I had already seen this block made up into blanket on Annette's blog <a href="http://myrosevalley.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">"My Rose Valley" </a>and it looked beautiful. I used King Coles DK for the colours and they were just the sort of colours my Mum would like. They were already in my yarn stash, though for the life of me I can't remember why I bought them as they are not a colour I would of chose for myself. But they were among the first yarns I bought when I first started crocheting again back in March.The cream is by Sirdar/Hayfield called "DK with wool", this I did buy for the blanket and it's really nice to work with.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">Now my Mum has Alzheimers and she does come out with some pretty weird and wonderful ideas. She already has a blanket that she uses but it's quite old and when I went up to see her one day she was stuffing it into a black sack, I thought it was because she wanted it washed, but no it was going out for rubbish. When I asked why, she told me it was because it wasn't a fleece. I haven't the foggiest where she has got this idea from, but if something isn't a fleece it's not warm enough.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;"> For nearly two weeks her carer had to monitor the bins as she kept throwing out cardigans, because they weren't a fleece. I have since bought her a few fleece cardigans as she was having none of it when we tried to tell her, her cardi's would be warm enough.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">So I could see this blanket being stuffed into a black sack as it wasn't a fleece, lol. I then decided to back it like a quilt with fleece. I bought some cream fleece and buttons as I thought I could use the buttons to tie the fleece to the blanket as you would a patchwork quilt.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">When I started to put the buttons on I realised that it spoilt the look of the motif and I wasn't happy with it at all. So then I decided to still use the tie method but to tie it where the 4 corners joined.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">I don't know if you can see it properly but it actually worked out quite well and certainly looks better without the buttons and hopefully it won't be going into a black sack :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">For the border I just used a simple shell edging as I thought it matched the flowers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">And finally the complete blanket being shown to you with the help of supervisor Tallulah.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">I've enjoyed making this blanket but I'm now excited about starting another project.</span></span></span></div>
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ColourMeCrochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11151056771516032487noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408653965127297678.post-18658309339990035692013-10-24T07:38:00.001-07:002013-10-24T07:48:22.151-07:00Week 3......<pre style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f0085;">Hello Ladies, </span></span></span></i></pre>
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<span style="color: #7f0085;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is a scarf that I started back in April, that was made from left over yarn </span></span></address>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><font color="#7f0085" face="Verdana">It was an amazing day out. The only problem I had was that it was that busy, you were unable to stand still Long enough to take pictures. But the displays and exhibitions we saw were truly wonderful. It really gives you inspiration.</font></span></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><font color="#7f0085" face="Verdana">Inside we were met by the other so many other hundreds of ladies, that had come to view and buy. It was a very slow progress in getting about as it was soooo busy and you always seemed to going in the opposite direction to every one else. But it didn't stop us from viewing or buying and we were in no hurry. The only problem I think was that it was so big, I don't believe we actually got to see everything. But what we did see was stunning.</font></span></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font color="#7f0085" face="Verdana">This rather large hook is used to make rugs with and the rugs I saw were made using yarn. Any and all sorts and they looked fantastic. </font></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font color="#7f0085" face="Verdana">Now I used to be a quilter and I have stacks and stacks of fabric. I have 2 filing cabinets full of yardage and fat quarters. Not too long ago I gathered together some of it and tried to sell it on EBay. I had1 buyer for a stack of 10 fat quarters and that was it, I kept re advertising but nothing, so now I have a ton of fabric and wasn't sure what I should do with it.</font></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><font color="#7f0085" face="Verdana">I next bought this sweetie looking package that is a kit for a throw. Now I wouldn't normally buy kits like this, but it is made up of various yarns and fibres. The ones they had on display were knitted in a ripple affect, very much like the crochet ripple blankets you see about blog land . So I thought I would have a go at doing a ripple blanket in a large hook instead of large needles. I'm looking forward to see how it turns out with all the different textures.</font></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><font color="#7f0085" face="Verdana">Now for my yarns.</font></span></div>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><font color="#7f0085" face="Verdana"> These are Indian Silk yarns, they are so soft and silky to touch, I saw a beautiful scarf made with them and I could see Christmas gifts flashing through my head, whilst looking at them.</font></p>
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<p><font color="#7f0085" face="Verdana"> I fell in love with this when I saw it, the photo does it no justice. Perhaps when it's made up you might be able to see it better. But this one is for me. Purple is my favourite colour and this is a really rich, deep, very, very soft to the touch, rub your face in it purple. Don't know what I'll make with it, but I wanted it as soon as I saw it.</font></p>
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<p> <font color="#7f0085" face="Verdana">Apart from some buttons that I bought, this was my last buy. I have seen some lovely patterns about for crochet socks and I wanted to have a go at making some and thought this would be ideal. It looked lovely crocheted up. They had a blanket on display with all the different colours of this yarn.</font></p>
<p><font color="#7f0085" face="Verdana">I had a fantastic day, even though it was heaving and you had trouble getting to view some stalls. I just wished I'd been able to take some pics to show you, but it was an impossibility. The work we saw there was stunning, the imagination some people have is fantastic.</font></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><font color="#7f0085" face="Verdana">I've got some lovely yarns to play with, that should keep me going for awhile. Will I need to buy more later? I hope not but who knows.</font></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><font color="#7f0085" face="Verdana"> I hope you all had a lovely weekend.</font></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><font color="#7f0085" face="Verdana">Take care</font></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><font color="#7f0085" face="Verdana">Sally xxx</font></p>
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