Welcome to part 11 of the Kaleidoscope CAL! This fortnight, we’ll be joining the squares and octagons together, and then joining the wedge shapes from ‘Joining – Part 02’ with the squares and octagons. This won’t take you the whole fortnight, and that’s deliberate! It means you’ll have plenty of time if you need to … More The Kaleidoscope Blanket CAL – Part 11
Welcome to part 10 of the Kaleidoscope CAL! The final shape to make is the octagon, which are the largest individual motifs in the blanket. None of the stitches here are new to you, so you should find this relatively straight forward. You need to make nine of these, all in the same colour combination. … More The Kaleidoscope Blanket CAL – Part 10
Ooooh, I am loving working on this freeform picture. Seriously, seriously loving it. There’s something so challenging about it – stripping the brushstrokes down into shapes, building the swirls and colours into recognisable representations of Van Gogh’s work – and yet it’s infinitely rewarding, too. Though I sometimes want to tear my hair out (such … More Wheatfields – progress update #1
Welcome to part 09 of the Kaleidoscope CAL! This fortnight, you’ll be working on joining triangles 1 and 4 together. You will be creating thirty-six wedge shapes. Refer to diagram 04 for the layout of these. This may not take you the whole fortnight, and that’s deliberate! It means you’ll have plenty of time if … More The Kaleidoscope Blanket CAL – Part 09
I’ve been a bit at a loose end, crochet-wise, over the last few weeks. I’m not being hard on myself over it, because the whole world has turned upside-down, but nevertheless, the fact remains that I’ve been faffing around doing not very much, with hook and yarn. I made some little creme egg cosies for … More Out of the doldrums
Yes, I have finally got around to writing up a blogpost about this project 😀 Ahhh, isn’t it gorgeously rainbow-y? I looooove my cushion cover, I really do. And with a duck-feather cushion pad, it’s delightfully plump and squishable. The kind of cushion you can just grab and hug whenever you want. This cushion cover … More Ta da! Rainbow sparkle cushion
The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed that yesterday, my facebook account (and thus all my posts in the CAL group, plus my crochet page, plus my instagram) disappeared. I noticed that too. It wasn’t deliberate. When I logged in to facebook, I was told my account had been disabled. If I thought this was … More A slight hiccup
Welcome to part 08 of the Kaleidoscope CAL! This fortnight we’ll be working on Triangle 4B. The pattern is the same as Triangle 4A, but with a different set of colours. The pdf download for this part includes details of the colours and stitches you’ll be using for this section, as well as my little … More The Kaleidoscope Blanket CAL – Part 08
What peculiar times we find ourselves living in. I think back to the beginning of the Kaleidoscope CAL, in January, and can’t quite believe that was only fourteen weeks ago. The world feels like it’s changed so much – as indeed it has, for many, many people. For me, not a huge amount has actually … More What a (weird) wonderful world
Welcome to part 07 of the Kaleidoscope CAL! This fortnight we’ll be working on Triangle 4A, which uses four different colours. You’ll be making thirty-six of these, all in the same colour combination. Please note the pictures in this part of the pattern use colours that you won’t use until part 08; don’t worry about … More The Kaleidoscope Blanket CAL – Part 07
