Hello again! I can't believe it's been a week since I've posted! My summer is still in full swing around here and time gets away from me too fast. I hope all of you are enjoying your summer as much as I am. Today I wanted to show you the project that I took along with me on my camping trip. My project was inspired by a photo that I saw on Pinterest.... using 5" squares that are sewn together and then adding crochet. You know that I love to add crochet edgings on several of my fabric patterns so when I saw the photo...I was inspired and started immediately! I just kind of made up my blanket as I went along but I have now discovered that there is a tutorial by Corey@Little Miss Shabby and a flickr group and it's a crochet along as well! It's called the Fusion Blanket Crochet Along. Fabric/Crochet fused together = fun!!! I love the fact that I have been able to use up even more of my precut leftovers from Sew Cherry, Daisy Cottage and Millie's Closet. I chose to use "I Love This Cotton" yarn in 68 Aqua that I bought at Hobby Lobby. It's so soft and the color is yummy and goes with all of my fabrics...and is 100% cotton which is a big plus for me. I like to work with natural fibers as much as possible. I have several squares completed so far... they really work up fast. I did a single crochet into each buttonhole stitch and then a double crochet into each single crochet and that's all! Easy peasy. *Take note that on the corners...I did 3 stitches instead of one:) I love the scrappiness of my blanket... I put some of the squares up on my design wall together to see how they will look when I crochet them together. I will just use a single crochet stitch when joining them and I think I will leave the holes in the intersections...I like how it adds a lacy kind of look. Of course I will make the final decision on that when I join them all together:) I know that today is Tuesday... and week 5 of The Great Granny Along!!! I don't have anything new to show you yet...but Jodi has some new blocks...so go over and see them! All of the beautiful blocks and quilts that are showing up on the flickr group are just amazing!!! It's been so fun to see all of them over the last 5 weeks:) Next post...I will be showing you a sneak peek of my up coming fabric line. Until then...have a quilty kind of day:) xx Lori

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A fusion quilt is a fun alternative to making a patchwork quilt. This tutorial is part 1 of 2 and shows how to make the squares for the quilt.

The stairs of the Helsinki Cathedral were filled with the Guinness world record attempt for the largest crocheted patchwork quilt of the world, making a quite large blanket.

Do you want to learn how to join granny squares with a flat seam that's completely invisible? This simple guide will walk you through the process step-by-step.

Square StarThis crochet pattern is available from Etsy... Full Post: Square Star

Learn how to make stretchy beaded bracelets with elastic cord, a handful of beads, and this easy, beginner jewelry-making tutorial.

...rd, 4s rd and 2 rd squares. Note to self: When making granny squares, always turn after each rd. The benefits are that you don’t get tilting of the square, which I am prone to and both sides of the blanket look the same, so no right or wrong side. For this blanket I worked first 2 rds right side facing and then turned after each rd so that the squares ended with right...

I have two true statements for you: It's Wednesday, and that means it's time to link up those projects you've been working on this past week. I am also in fact not Lee. She has faithfully entrusted to me the keeping of WIP Wednesday this week (oh man!) and I am hoping to not make her regret it do a

Quand tout vole en éclats, il en coûte de ne pas rester à terre... Ne pas donner raison aux forces négatives. A terre, ramasser quelques morceaux et se relever. Des fragments, faire quelque chose. Vous n'aimez pas le jaune ? mais sans les jaunes que...

Below outlines how I like to make my Granny Squares. The instructions listed below describe using 2 chains in each corner space – which is how I prefer to do it. Some patterns have 3 chains in each corner and some have 1 chain. For a couple of the projects on my website I have used 1 chain, but on the whole I like to use 2 chains. This is personal preference and I decide which I will use depending on each new Granny Square project.

Informazioni sullo schema: un giorno ero in biblioteca con le mie ragazze e ho notato il libro Anne Arrives nella sezione bambini. È scritto da Kallie George e basato sul libro Anne of Green Gables, della mia autrice preferita, Lucy Maud Montgomery. All'interno del libro ho trovato una bellissima illustrazione dell'artista Abigail Halpin di Anne nascosta nel letto sotto una colorata trapunta a nove toppe. Sapevo che dovevo dare vita a questa illustrazione! Mia figlia di 9 anni è stata così gentile da posare come Anne Shirley in queste foto.  Livello di abilità: intermedio I punti utilizzati includono cat, m.bss, mb, ma, m.m.a. per il bordo Dimensioni finite: puoi realizzare questa trapunta in qualsiasi dimensione desiderata. La trapunta campione era lunga 5 quadrati x larga 4 quadrati e misurava ca. 40” x 50”, compreso il bordo. Materiali: • Filato pettinato nei colori a scelta – ca. 1650 iarde. Vedi le note sulla distanza in metri per quadrato all'interno del modello. • Misura dell'uncinetto H (5,0 mm) Il modello è scritto in termini americani standard.

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Sans titre parce que c'est la énième, parce que cela peut être lassant à la fin et surtout parce que je n'arrive pas prendre les photos : le centre paraît tout noir et le tour bien triste. Alors, commençons par les détails afin de mieux voir les tons...

One of my favourite things to do, is take a favourite pattern of mine and put a chunky spin on it. I love creating these chunky yarn blankets because they’re very quick to work up, simple and stunning! Wool Ease Thick & Quick is my favourite super chunky yarn but you can use any yarn that yo

I always have a project going. Quilting, scrapbooking, and many miscellaneous Christmas projects...quite a few have been completed, and many more are unfinished in the cupboard. I tried knitting once, but was never able to relax and find my groove. I ended up at the chiropractor to fix the consequences of stress knitting and that was the end of that. I also tried, for approximately five minutes, to learn to crochet a baby afghan. My sister makes the prettiest little blankets, and it looked like fun. I never took up my hook though. Yesterday, with the arrival of my Garnet Hill catalog, a new obsession was immediately born. I am in love with this (photo from Garnet Hill website) granny square (although I suppose it's hexagon) afghan. My love of all things granny started last year with this scarf. It was ridiculously priced at $68.00, so I simply admired it in the store. Apparently, everyone else thought it was over priced as well, and a full year later, it was on a killer clearance so I snatched it up. I have to admit, I never, ever, dreamed I would be into granny squares. Some things from the seventies should never be seen again, but with the right yarn and color combination, I feel sure granny is here to stay. Any other granny lovers out there? Will it be easy to learn? Crochet on.

In my heart, there is a soft spot for granny squares. Whenever I see an incredible granny, my heart skips a beat. It undeniably did so upon seeing Magda's amazing blanket that can be found in the Simply Crochet's issue 23. I also adore Kandi's idea of covering the crochet blanket with a quilted piece. These are Renate's pillows, but imagine these in a blanket. Gorgeous! Sharron shared a tutorial for these lovelies on her blog. Check it out! These two squares are on the top of my list. I hope to make blankets with these one day. The one above comes with a tutorial courtesy of Monica. There is also a tute for this one courtesy of Patricia. If you were wondering about me, well I've been labouring over a granny owl blanket I sincerely hope to finish soon.

Granny crochet blankets come in all shapes and sizes, and today our focus is on those made with squares. Big or small - no matter!

Morning all. I have to say it's nice to come back to blogging with a ta-dah moment. Without taking a break, it may have been a fair bit longer for this moment to have come! Thank you so much for your comments and emails with regards to my last post. Trying to find a balance between bloggy time and home life is a hard one to get right. I think I just needed a good break away and reassess how I can make a better balance for me, which means I don't feel like I am always letting someone down. Being a mum, you spread yourself thin. You try to be everything to everyone, but sometimes you just realise something has to give. I'm still here, but I will be posting less. So............. After being VERY unenthused in the creative department, I dug deep to get a couple of things done. I thought that if I actually got something finished, it might spur me onwards and upwards. I didn't want to force myself into picking the Evening Sun Blanket up to work on when I felt so crafty blah. I started another project first....and on completion.....and feeling happy with the finished article.....once again she sat on my lap to have me lovingly attend to her. So......... finally...... .......she is finished. And, boy, she has SOOOOOOOOO been worth the wait. I have completely loved working on her....and I have completely fallen head over heels in love with her. She is a she. She does seem to have a personality. Strange? A bit. I think it is because she doesn't look like she has just been made. She has come from the Narnia Wardrobe. I'll explain....... I have quite a few things in my possession that have come from the Narnia Wardrobe. In my Grandparents attic, there is a Narnia type wardrobe. If you open it, push past all the clothing items, you'll find a chest at the back on the floor. In this chest are quite a few wonderous items. I have found a bag, a necklace, a brooch, a jar, a teapot, some letters, a shawl........and when I looked deep enough into this chest.......I found this blanket. It was waiting......just for me to find it and bring it to life again. Okay....so I may sound a little off my rocker here, but that's how I view certain things that I know are going to mean a lot to me. They are sentimental, and they all come from this old chest all hidden away. Maybe, in reality, that's what i'll do for my family and later generations, as it sounds really rather lovely. I started her back in 2011. She was originally intended to be a cushion. A teeny tiny little cushion, but as soon as I started working her up, I knew she had to be more than that. I really didn't NEED another blanket, but I imagined her being there for us all on summer evenings, wherever we were, when the sun was starting to fade and the slight chill was appearing in the air. I wanted to have her to wrap around us as we sat outside, looking up at the summer sky, and making memories. I wanted to have a blanket that could see us through anything for years and years to come. A blanket that would be our faithful friend, and be there for us whenever we needed her. She was completely different to what I had made before. Maybe that was why I became so taken with her. She is a big blanket. Big enough to snuggle myself and the bears comfortably in when we are outside. She also wraps around you beautifully on a sofa for necessary sofa snuggling. I wanted a nice big border for her. It was clear quite early on that she deserved something rather big and grand. A teeny little picot or shell edge really wasn't going to cut the mustard. I searched for ages trying to find something that would suit her. All my crochet border books had small borders and I knew she wouldn't be entirely happy with that.......and neither would I. I found inspiration on pinterest. I stumbled across the prettiest border I had seen and I knew it would work perfectly with her. I was lead to this blog here What a lovely blanket! A link is provided on this blog post to show you where to find the edging pattern if you are interested. I added a little extra to the end of mine. She is big....and she is really rather heavy too. It was impossible for me to photograph her all laid out. She was actually too heavy to hang. She is definitely a drapey blanket. Incredibly warm too. She has been a dream to work under on cold nights. I put together this colour scheme originally with ivory in the mix also. I thought though, that if I was making a cushion, then I could do away with the ivory, as there would be the ivory of the cushion cover showing through the gaps......and that would be fine. At the beginning when I decided she needed to be a blanket, I did wonder if omitting the ivory would make me love her less. I think that had I used ivory, she would have looked lovely......REALLY lovely......but she would have looked 'new'. Not adding the ivory has made her look instantly 'old' and I think that is what is enchanting about her. It also might have something to do with the fact that not only did I mix and match yarn, I also mixed up my crocheting together. I used different makes of yarn. I didn't really think it would matter at first as I was only making a cushion. I liked the colour combinations greatly, so that was it for me! Most were dk (but they varied slightly in thickness), and I used a 4 ply for one colour. I know that will make some of you shudder! I actually loved that I did it. The fact that they were all slightly different in weight added something different. I think along with the colours, this helps to give her this 'vintage' quality. I randomly crocheted the squares together so they were not linked in a set pattern. I just picked her up as I found her and made a few at a time, and I loved that I did this too. So......she's probably not every one's cup of tea....... .....I used mixed yarn and, for the size and weight, most would have single crocheted her all together to make her firmer. But that's great she wont be every one's cup of tea....because she's my cup of tea. I made a row of 12 squares by 17. A simple granny circle in a square. I have no idea where the pattern originally came from. I have used it quite a few times in projects, and I have seen it used on many makes in blog land. I just like it. Six rows of treble clusters to border it before the big lacy edge was added. Sewing in the ends took a while. 204 squares with 8 ends each to sew in, plus all the edgings. Over 1,632 ends to sew in......YIKES. I was deliriously happy when I saw there was one square left! ha ha! When laid out, she measures approx 60 x 78 inches which is a nice size. Boy, are we looking forward to making good use out of her..... .....and do you know what.... ....I swear I can hear her saying the very same thing! So...... Here's to you Evening Sun..... I have loved creating you....and we will spend many a year using you. XXX

Crochet is a great way to join together knitted strips or squares, as in this rainbow bedspread . It's less stretchy than knitting, which me...

Hello again! I can't believe it's been a week since I've posted! My summer is still in full swing around here and time gets away from me too fast. I hope all of you are enjoying your summer as much as I am. Today I wanted to show you the project that I took along with me on my camping trip. My project was inspired by a photo that I saw on Pinterest.... using 5" squares that are sewn together and then adding crochet. You know that I love to add crochet edgings on several of my fabric patterns so when I saw the photo...I was inspired and started immediately! I just kind of made up my blanket as I went along but I have now discovered that there is a tutorial by Corey@Little Miss Shabby and a flickr group and it's a crochet along as well! It's called the Fusion Blanket Crochet Along. Fabric/Crochet fused together = fun!!! I love the fact that I have been able to use up even more of my precut leftovers from Sew Cherry, Daisy Cottage and Millie's Closet. I chose to use "I Love This Cotton" yarn in 68 Aqua that I bought at Hobby Lobby. It's so soft and the color is yummy and goes with all of my fabrics...and is 100% cotton which is a big plus for me. I like to work with natural fibers as much as possible. I have several squares completed so far... they really work up fast. I did a single crochet into each buttonhole stitch and then a double crochet into each single crochet and that's all! Easy peasy. *Take note that on the corners...I did 3 stitches instead of one:) I love the scrappiness of my blanket... I put some of the squares up on my design wall together to see how they will look when I crochet them together. I will just use a single crochet stitch when joining them and I think I will leave the holes in the intersections...I like how it adds a lacy kind of look. Of course I will make the final decision on that when I join them all together:) I know that today is Tuesday... and week 5 of The Great Granny Along!!! I don't have anything new to show you yet...but Jodi has some new blocks...so go over and see them! All of the beautiful blocks and quilts that are showing up on the flickr group are just amazing!!! It's been so fun to see all of them over the last 5 weeks:) Next post...I will be showing you a sneak peek of my up coming fabric line. Until then...have a quilty kind of day:) xx Lori

This free crochet granny square pattern provides detailed step-by-step instructions so you can learn how to make a classic motif.

Estaba mirando algunos blogs que tengo guardados y mirad que chulada de mantas... y algunas son de las que no hay que coser cuadritos!!!! con unas lanas bonitas

This lovely crochet granny square pattern is perfect for joining with other crochet square patterns to create a beautiful afghan.

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Choose your favorite granny square joining method to join your granny square projects. 12 ways to join granny squares, 8 basic joints and 4 fancy joints.

ESTRELLA DE LA ABUELITA (Crochet) The graphic pattern of this GRANNY STAR is a gift for you… El patrón gráfico de esta ESTRELLA DE LA ABUELITA es un regalo para todos ustedes… It is not my original pattern, but it is my way of paying forward a gift that Kara from Petalsto Picots gave us last week. I encourage you to go and check her post: “Granny Star Pattern”, because she has a wonderful story on how she came up with the gift of this cute crochet star. There you can find the written pattern as well. No es mi patrón personal. Lo comparto con permiso de Kara, del blog Petals to Picots, quien lo compartió en su blog la semana pasada. Les animo a que vayan a su blog y lean la historia que rodea esta estrella a ganchillo (en inglés). Allí también encontrarán el patrón escrito. Maybe you can make it as a gift, to pay it forward… Tal vez puedan hacerla y regalarla, para seguir promoviendo la generosidad…

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Pinterest è una fonte inesauribile di ispirazioni ... la mia bimba voleva una coperta per la sua bambola del cuore e riordinando la cesta dei filati erano giusto saltati fuori mezzi gomitoli nei diversi toni del rosa e panna. Navigando e cercando ispirazione mi sono imbattuta prima in questa foto ... Amore a prima vista ... (Fonte: Pinterest) poi nelle piastrelline sunburst ... sembrano girasoli ed il motivo a noccioline è davvero piacevole da realizzare (Fonte: Pinterest) Alla fine a forza di navigare mi sono imbattuta in questi 2 tutorial il primo senza noccioline, il secondo con ! (Fonte: Pinterest) (Fonte: Pinterest) mi dispiace solo non aver segnato il blog di provenienza, lo avrei condiviso con piacere (Fonte: Pinterest) La fantasia può correre sul filo del colore e creare bellissimi accostamenti. Nei prossimi giorni vi mostrerò la copertina ultimata ... peccato che ora anche il piccolo ne voglia una per il suo Minion ! Buon pomeriggio a tutte

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I was really interested to read a recent blog post by the crochet and knitting designer Joanne Scrace, Not so Granny. She listed all the signs of when you know you have made it as a designer. I am not sure I have made it as a designer – but there are a few things …

Update 19-05-2018 Thanks to my wonderful tester Noelene Sampey I was able to make a revised version of the Bergenia square. Be sure to get the latest version, which is number 3! ~~~~~~~~~~ Maybe you have come across Arietis? Well, Bergenia is her big sister! Although this pattern looks complex, it’s really easy to make and repetitive enough to make it a calming pattern to make. Each round is quite simple, but together and in combination with the ombre colours they form a lovely, hypnotic pattern. Both Arietis and Bergenia find their inspiration in the wonderful Nomad by Fate patterns of Martin Up North. This square measures 25 x 25 cm (10 x 10 inches) when it’s made in Scheepjes Colour Crafter, but it can easily be extended. You will need only small amounts of this yarn for one square. The stitches that are used are normal stitches like sc, hdc, dc, fpdc, fptr. You will also be making stitches in the back loops only. Nothing too hard! This pattern is available as an On Screen and a Printerfriendly version. You will recieve them both. The price of this pattern is equal to one skein of my favorite yarn (Scheepjes Catona) at my favorite yarn shop (CR Couture in Rhoon). So by donating this you will make both me and my yarn shop really happy! Have fun with Bergenia! Cindy ~~~~~~~~~~ Heb je Arietis gezien? Maak dan nu kennis met Bergenia, haar grote zus! Dit patroon mag er dan complex uitzien, dat is het niet om te maken. Het doet me aan een Zentangle denken: iedere lijn die je daarbij maakt, is niet bijzonder of moeilijk, maar als je na verloop van tijd wat afstand neemt, ben je telkens weer verbaasd over het resultaat. De combinatie van de steken en het ombre kleurverloop zorgen voor dit hypnotiserende effect. Zowel Arietis als Bergenia zijn geïnpireerd op de prachtige Nomad by Fate patronen van Martin Up North. Het vierkant is 25 x 25 cm als je het maakt in Scheepjes Colour Crafter, maar het kan heel makkelijk groter gemaakt worden. Het patroon gaat je vanzelf de weg wijzen. Je hebt maar kleine hoeveelheden van de verschillende kleuren nodig voor één Bergenia. De steken die gebruikt worden in het patroon zijn gewone steken zoals vaste, (halve) stokjes en reliëfsteken voorlangs en je werkt voor het grootste gedeelte alleen in de achterste lussen van de steken. Niets ingewikkelds! Je ontvangt het patroon als een Printvriendelijke en een Scherm versie. De prijs van dit patroon is gelijk aan één bolletje van mijn favoriete garen (Scheepjes Catona) bij mijn favoriete wolwinkel (CR Couture in Rhoon). Als je dit patroon aanschaft maak je ons allebei dus heel erg blij ;-) Veel plezier met Bergenia! Cindy