Showing posts with label Craft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Craft. Show all posts
Thursday, 25 August 2011
Crochet Chairs
I’ve been pondering the idea of making a crochet chair recently and so thought I would do a bit of research. Here is a collection of amazing crochet chairs for inspiration.
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Tiffany’s Afghan – Free Crochet Pattern from Caron
This afghan looks really distinctive and I imagine it completed in different colours and it would look almost like stained glass.
Skill Level
Easy
#9727 Black (A): 3 skeins
#9742 Grey Heather (B): 3 skeins
#9758 Forest Floor (D): 1 skein
#9717 Orchid (E): 1 skein
#9761 Plum Perfect (F): 1 skein
#9754 Persimmon (J): 1 skein
Caron International's Simply Soft Collection (100% Acrylic; 6oz/170g, 315yds/288m):
#0003 Pistachio (C): 1 skein
#0016 Melon (G): 1 skein
#0017 Lemon (H): 1 skein
#0008 Autumn Maize (I): 1 skein
Source: http://buy.caron.com/
Click here for the free pattern & project details.
Skill Level
Easy
Created By
Lisa GentryTechnique Used
CrochetFinished Measurements
Afghan measures approximately 60 x 81"/152.5 x 205.5cmYarn
Caron International's Simply Soft (100% Acrylic; 6oz/170g, 315yds/288m):#9727 Black (A): 3 skeins
#9742 Grey Heather (B): 3 skeins
#9758 Forest Floor (D): 1 skein
#9717 Orchid (E): 1 skein
#9761 Plum Perfect (F): 1 skein
#9754 Persimmon (J): 1 skein
Caron International's Simply Soft Collection (100% Acrylic; 6oz/170g, 315yds/288m):
#0003 Pistachio (C): 1 skein
#0016 Melon (G): 1 skein
#0017 Lemon (H): 1 skein
#0008 Autumn Maize (I): 1 skein
Crochet Hook
One size US I-9 (5.5 mm), or size to obtain gauge.Source: http://buy.caron.com/
Saturday, 20 August 2011
Kelly Swallow Patchwork Designs
Wednesday, 22 June 2011
A Basket Full of Biscuits
They do look so cute don’t they? I love it when they are at this stage all neat and tidy with their ends sewn in and ready to be transformed into a blanket or a cushion or some other item. My technology problems persisted yesterday with a power cut so I was unable to down or upload photos, unable to blog etc. However this focussed me on getting one of my new blankets finshed.
Sneak preview below. All will be revealed tomorrow – technology allowing I’m just doing the final border.
A pile of granny squares all needing their ends sewn in.
A sneaky sepia preview.
A black & white view.
Friday, 10 June 2011
How to Crochet Granny Squares Together
How to crochet granny squares together.
I have recently been asked how to crochet granny squares together and
so an impromptu tutorial. The concept seems much more difficult than the
actual process is. The important things to remember are.
Lay your squares out exactly as the pattern states or as you wish them to
be crocheted together.
Always keep your squares right side facing.
I always work from right to left.
I always crochet together all horizontal rows first and then vertical rows
second.
I always work from the bottom right hand corner and row progressing up
the way, 1 row at a time.
Abbreviations used:
ch – chain
sp – space
sc – single crochet USA, dc –UK
1. Lay out all your granny squares in the exact order that you
want to crochet them together.
2. Make sure that all squares are right side up.
3. Take the first 2 squares from the right hand side of your
arrangement. Place one on top of the other but with both right
sides on the outside.
4. Fasten the yarn in the corner chain tying both squares
together.
5. Hook your yarn and pull through both squares. Chain 1 and
hold the squares in one hand with the backs together. Insert
your hook into the same stitch again. Hook your yarn again and
pull through making 1 single crochet.
6. Continue crocheting the squares together using sc across the
edges of both granny squares into the corner chain at the left.
7. Now get the next 2 granny squares that need to be crocheted
together, again with right sides facing out the way.
8. Work the exact same process as the first 2 squares to be
crocheted together. Insert hook into corner ch of the squares and
begin to work in sc all across.
9. Be sure to leave tails of yarn long enough for ends to be sewn
in.
10. Once you have completed your vertical rows lay the squares
out and then fold in the opposite horizontal direction and begin
the same process again. Always working from the right side to the
left.
11. Crochet across until you reach the corner of the first square,
here you crochet through both corner ch spaces and again into
the next squares ch space. Then proceed to work in sc across the
square.
I have recently been asked how to crochet granny squares together and
so an impromptu tutorial. The concept seems much more difficult than the
actual process is. The important things to remember are.
Lay your squares out exactly as the pattern states or as you wish them to
be crocheted together.
Always keep your squares right side facing.
I always work from right to left.
I always crochet together all horizontal rows first and then vertical rows
second.
I always work from the bottom right hand corner and row progressing up
the way, 1 row at a time.
Abbreviations used:
ch – chain
sp – space
sc – single crochet USA, dc –UK
1. Lay out all your granny squares in the exact order that you
want to crochet them together.
2. Make sure that all squares are right side up.
3. Take the first 2 squares from the right hand side of your
arrangement. Place one on top of the other but with both right
sides on the outside.
4. Fasten the yarn in the corner chain tying both squares
together.
5. Hook your yarn and pull through both squares. Chain 1 and
hold the squares in one hand with the backs together. Insert
your hook into the same stitch again. Hook your yarn again and
pull through making 1 single crochet.
6. Continue crocheting the squares together using sc across the
edges of both granny squares into the corner chain at the left.
7. Now get the next 2 granny squares that need to be crocheted
together, again with right sides facing out the way.
8. Work the exact same process as the first 2 squares to be
crocheted together. Insert hook into corner ch of the squares and
begin to work in sc all across.
9. Be sure to leave tails of yarn long enough for ends to be sewn
in.
10. Once you have completed your vertical rows lay the squares
out and then fold in the opposite horizontal direction and begin
the same process again. Always working from the right side to the
left.
11. Crochet across until you reach the corner of the first square,
here you crochet through both corner ch spaces and again into
the next squares ch space. Then proceed to work in sc across the
square.
Monday, 31 January 2011
Campus Unisex Scarf–Free Crochet Pattern
Materials: 6.5mm hook, 150g various colours of DK yarn. I used 7 different colours –pale green, apple green, pale blue, bright blue, turquoise, red & orange.
Measurements: 7” x 74” approx.
Skill Level: easy
Pattern:
Chain 175 sts or to desired length.
Work 24 rows changing colour for every row. All rows ch 1 and work sc into all sts to end, turn, change colour and repeat.
This pattern is offered and made available for personal use only. If you wish to reproduce this in any way please contact me or make sure that reference is made to the original author’s blog
http://www.thesunroomuk.blogspot.com/
Thank you
Crochet Conversion Chart US/UK
International Yarn Weight Conversion Chart
I hope you enjoy using this pattern and if you are looking for other free patterns please visit Crochet Pattern Central
Friday, 26 February 2010
Call for Contributors – Create a Blog Dialogue
As many of you will know Anjie & I have been busy this month doing Thing-a-day. Now as we approach the end of February and the end of thing-a-day, We are inviting like minded crafty, artistic & creative people to join as a contributor to Create A Blog Dialogue.
This is a communal blog that I set up at the end of 2009 along with Anjie from Pompomemporium.com
We intended the blog to be a space to showcase current creative work as well a place to discuss, review and document the whole creative process in whatever medium. Hence ‘A Dialogue’ So we now cordially invite you to join us on our journey – you can comment, contribute and show case as often or as little as you want.
Please contact either myself via email at thesunroomuk@googlemail.com or contact Anjie via http://www.pompomemporium.com/ and we can add you as a contributor.
I first came across Anjie’s site during the summer and found a lot of her ideas to be very inspiring. I find when you work with others or at least bounce ideas off one another and feed each other inspiration new possibilities emerge and new directions can occur. I also learned about ‘thing a day’ on Anjie’s site and this seemed like an excellent idea to me. I approached Anjie and asked if she would be interested in working on a blog format and dialoguing our creativity. The process is to undertake a creative activity every day for a month and thus instil the ‘habit’.
Now this may seem a bit strange as we both are regularly creative anyway. So to refine the concept even further another premise is to try new things that we wouldn’t normally try. Push the envelope, so to speak. Due to time commitments we have decided that January would be the best month to undertake the project. In the meantime we thought it would be good to blog about ideas, concepts, thoughts and plans.
I guess it’s like the stone in the pond, ripple effect. I may come up with a notion and blog it and Anjie may have a different take and inspire my creativity in a new direction. Rather than doing all our planning and debating offline (400 miles between us) or between private emails – we thought part of the process should be to blog from the start.
I/we also envisaged that we may just get other peoples creative habit going so they too could work on getting the habit. There is a school of thought in psychology that states that it only takes 6 weeks to establish or eradicate a learned behaviour. If that is the case or you but into that theory then perhaps it will only take a short while to develop the creative habit.
This is a communal blog that I set up at the end of 2009 along with Anjie from Pompomemporium.com
We intended the blog to be a space to showcase current creative work as well a place to discuss, review and document the whole creative process in whatever medium. Hence ‘A Dialogue’ So we now cordially invite you to join us on our journey – you can comment, contribute and show case as often or as little as you want.
Please contact either myself via email at thesunroomuk@googlemail.com or contact Anjie via http://www.pompomemporium.com/ and we can add you as a contributor.
Process – The Initial Concept
Okay what exactly are we hoping to achieve here? I guess I should be blogging about it, as we go, then you can all follow what’s happening and what we are trying to create and achieve.I first came across Anjie’s site during the summer and found a lot of her ideas to be very inspiring. I find when you work with others or at least bounce ideas off one another and feed each other inspiration new possibilities emerge and new directions can occur. I also learned about ‘thing a day’ on Anjie’s site and this seemed like an excellent idea to me. I approached Anjie and asked if she would be interested in working on a blog format and dialoguing our creativity. The process is to undertake a creative activity every day for a month and thus instil the ‘habit’.
Now this may seem a bit strange as we both are regularly creative anyway. So to refine the concept even further another premise is to try new things that we wouldn’t normally try. Push the envelope, so to speak. Due to time commitments we have decided that January would be the best month to undertake the project. In the meantime we thought it would be good to blog about ideas, concepts, thoughts and plans.
I guess it’s like the stone in the pond, ripple effect. I may come up with a notion and blog it and Anjie may have a different take and inspire my creativity in a new direction. Rather than doing all our planning and debating offline (400 miles between us) or between private emails – we thought part of the process should be to blog from the start.
I/we also envisaged that we may just get other peoples creative habit going so they too could work on getting the habit. There is a school of thought in psychology that states that it only takes 6 weeks to establish or eradicate a learned behaviour. If that is the case or you but into that theory then perhaps it will only take a short while to develop the creative habit.
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