Catherine's Crochet Corner

Ever since the Pippin CAL finished, I’ve been nosing through all the pictures of wonderful finished blankets, and I thought I might showcase some of my absolute favourites here. It was hard to whittle it down to the ten I finally chose! There were so many lovely blankets, both in my original colours and in all sorts of other colours, and in all kinds of different yarns and sizes, and even some with some alterations to make the blanket bigger/smaller/rectangular – you name it, you did it! But in the end I got it down to these few, just as a brief selection of some of the wonderful work that was produced by the CAL.

(c) Michelle Thomas

(c) Michelle Thomas

This one, by Michelle Thomas, uses a gorgeous combination of colours, including a variegated yarn, and I really love the effect she’s created.The purples, blues and creams make it all look so lush.

(c) Mada Vorster

(c) Mada Vorster

I love Mada Vorster’s use of pastel shades. It’s really lovely, very soft-looking. For some reason it makes me think of an ice cream sundae!

I love how Sylvie Brunelle has used the lighter cream colours to make the purples, greens and gold-yellow really pop. The different border is great, too 🙂

(c) Julie Novak

(c) Julie Novak

This one by Julie Novak is really quite different! Using a darker border for each square really transforms the design and makes the flowers stand out.

(c) Suzanne Sala

(c) Suzanne Sala

This one by Suzanna Sala is one that’s been adapted. She says: ‘I have named her “Julia”. I have taken some liberties with the pattern but I think it combines Demelza with the softness for a baby.’ I absolutely love it! The colourwork is so cleverly done on the rectangle sections, and I love the muted softness combined with the few brighter colours.

I love Lynette Butler’s use of colour here, especially how the lighter colours of ‘flat flower no. 1’ make those squares really stand out.

(c) Jill Lowery

(c) Jill Lowery

I love how Jill Lowery has used the yellow so sparingly to highlight the flower shapes. It’s really effective – and I love the colour scheme.

This one by Vanessa Smith is really gorgeous. I love how she’s used the same colour order for the two flat flower squares; it gives the blanket a beautiful coherence.

(c) Melike Yazıcı Gençoğlu‎

(c) Melike Yazıcı Gençoğlu‎

Melike Yazıcı Gençoğlu‎’s use of colour makes this really stand out. Bright and fresh, I particularly love the turqouise-y blue and the purples.

Lynn Johnson’s blanket is another one that’s been slightly adapted – she says ‘I‘ve taken a few liberties with the pattern – the 3D flowers looked a bit mournful in grey‘. I think it looks so stunning in this monochrome colour scheme. It makes me think of frost and snowflakes.

There were so many more lovely versions of Demelza that came out of the CAL, but I couldn’t possibly feature all of them! I’m so glad that you’ve all had such a wonderful time working on this blanket. I’ve certainly enjoyed seeing the results.