Category Archive: Crochet
Juliet Blues
So, the battle to get going with the Juliet jacket. I decided on the blue Moda Vera Portsea Cotton and made one sleeve and some of the flowery bits. I ordered the rest of the yarn which I needed from Spotlight online. Well, their online service is as bad as their in-store service and it didn’t happen. So….I decided on the colour which they call “green”, but which I call “aqua” because I wouldn’t make it in green. I found one of the very few people In Adelaide Spotlight who is helpful and knows where stuff is and managed to get…
Continue Reading →Galaxy of Change Crochet Rug
Here are pictures of the finished Galaxy of Change rug which I started here. I did about 50 of the 103 rows in the pattern, plus 3 of a border which I made up. I wanted to have points around the edge. Sadly, I am not a good enough photographer to capture the vibrancy of the colours of Bouvardia yarn in Lollypop. I’s really weird and lovely. As I mentioned here, I was inspired to use Bouvardia by the beautiful work of Julie Salter of this Facebook group. Look at her unfinished Galaxy of Change in Bouvardia Tokyo. But somehow mine…
Continue Reading →Harmony Crochet Bag
As All Annabels know, I am a fan of Lucy from Attic 24. And I am not alone. The colour-wise people at Crafternoon Treats who designed this beauty :- Have now made a fat-bottomed bag using the Lucy’s harmony squares. Isn’t it pretty!- I’m making my own and doing my best to use their muted colour palette. Here is progress so far with some floral experimentation. Now I need to block the square, gather it all up, crochet the top, add the lace and flowers and make the handle. That’s all!!
Continue Reading →Crochet Crotchets
I admire that craftiste who, upon finding the pattern of something which she desires to make – (say, for argument’s sake, the crocheted jacket on page 10 of Margaret Hubert’s “Runway Crochet)” – opens the cupboard containing her yarn stash, frowns a bit, then says “yes, that’ll do nicely” to some skeins of something and, just like that, starts to make the (again, just as an example), close-fitting long-sleeved Juliet Jacket. I admire her because she has made up her mind about the pattern , she has the right amount of the right yarn, she knows the right size, her tension is good, and she just…
Continue Reading →Mollie Makes
If Mollie Makes were a woman she would own “Millie’s”, a quirky organic vegan café. The cafe, her house and her daughter Charlie* would all be decorated in a quirky retro, minimalist style featuring lots of polka dots and woodland animals. On Sundays Mollie Makes would dye her severe bob black or purple, pop on her quirky red-rimmed glasses and cycle with Charlie to roller derby practice. The magazine is as worthy as that – heavy on the Scandanavian look, white walls, foxes, deer, owls, recycled furniture and dots. The projects are usually at the easy skill-level. Of course beauty is in the eye of the needle, but to this crafter the Mollie Makes projects are too often offputtingly err……
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