Isn’t this clever!

I am always happy to see what other people make of my patterns and recently Tanya, who I think lives in Canada, sent me a picture of a Celtic Coaster she had made. I thought it was well made and enjoyed her strong primary colours. And then, and this is the clever bit, she sent… Read More Isn’t this clever!

23 November 2019 Rainbow Junkie20 Comments

More Colouring

I am getting on well with my latest blanket but it is not yet completed and I am still leaving the more tricky sewing for the rainbow baby coat so I decided to share this with you. Still feeling below par, I have been finding that doing a bit of colouring in the afternoon has… Read More More Colouring

15 April 201915 April 2019 Rainbow Junkie5 Comments

Colouring in!

Over a year ago now my younger daughter bought me a colouring book. At the time I wasn’t sure if colouring in pictures was a good idea because of the arthritis in my wrists. However with time the pain is much less and recently I went through a period of being crazily anxious and I… Read More Colouring in!

27 March 2019 Rainbow Junkie8 Comments

Three choices

I have finished all the squares for the other side of my cushion cover and been arranging them and rearranging them to decide how to join them together. My first idea had been to do a few in solid colours then a few in two colours and blend them together but after using up a… Read More Three choices

14 July 2016 Rainbow Junkie16 Comments

A Crafty Week – Saturday

I can see that Louisa certainly has the making of a crafter in her. She was working on at least two projects simultaneously during the week: her cord bookmark and her crochet headband. (More if you count the practice crochet and colouring). She already has plans for what she wants to make in the future.… Read More A Crafty Week – Saturday

20 August 2015 Rainbow Junkie6 Comments

Choosing colours for a new blanket

I love making blankets though I need to have a purpose in making them. I have been using the CAL blanket for snuggling on the sofa over the winter but it is really too big so I have decided that I need a blanket about 4ft x 6ft and if I start making it over… Read More Choosing colours for a new blanket

25 May 2015 Rainbow Junkie37 Comments

Ripple blanket recap

First month {= five week(end)s} of blanket making. (We’ve had some decent sunshine recently so it was very foolish of me to wait till today to take a photograph, when it is dark and wet, but here it is!) Just to recap: the pattern I am using is this from Jan Eaton’s “200 Ripple Stitch… Read More Ripple blanket recap

3 March 2014 Rainbow Junkie7 Comments

My first crochet cushion

Sometime ago, when I told people about my son’s new flat, someone suggested that I should make him a housewarming present. I wasn’t sure if such a thing would interest him but he had asked me to make a crochet phone cover a little while before so I decided to offer to crochet a cushion… Read More My first crochet cushion

7 October 20139 October 2013 Rainbow Junkie28 Comments

My Blogging Anniversary

Today is a whole year since my first post on 22nd March 2012. I felt that it ought to be marked in some way. Now some people have a special giveaway but since I have just had one of those, I thought maybe I should do something slightly different. I thought of a giveaway where… Read More My Blogging Anniversary

22 March 2013 Rainbow Junkie32 Comments

Cafetière Cosy

Here it is as promised. My earlier cafetière cosies were made very quickly just to try out basic ripple, granny stripe and adding beads. This time I took more time and more care with the making. I decided to use buttons to join at the back as I thought that would be neater. Here are… Read More Cafetière Cosy

11 February 20133 September 2014 Rainbow Junkie13 Comments

CAL: Joining squares

This is my hundredth post. So exciting. Hard to imagine in the beginning doing so many! Now to the topic in hand. It is not in my nature to start a project like this CAL without casting my mind forward and trying to imagine what the finished article will look like. The big question seemed… Read More CAL: Joining squares

15 January 2013 Rainbow Junkie7 Comments

Genesis of a Granny ripple

In July I showed you the yarn I had bought for my next blanket. Well it has taken me longer than I expected to get started but here is the story if how I decided on the pattern I would use. While I was still making my hexagon blanket my mind was already looking forward… Read More Genesis of a Granny ripple

12 November 201213 July 2017 Rainbow Junkie12 Comments

CAL 7-9 Oh! orange at last

Square No. 7 I decided it was about time I introduced some orange so I made the middle like a little orange flower. I wasn’t sure that I liked having the granny part off centre but it was relatively easy to do. Only issue was that I started the square very carefully almost nervously and… Read More CAL 7-9 Oh! orange at last

20 September 2012 Rainbow Junkie6 Comments

CAL 4-6 Bringing on the blues!

I have decided to photograph all my squares against a piece of card with a six inch square drawn on it to keep check of the relative sizes. It would appear that the squares are if anything getting smaller. Whether that is my fault or down to the patterns, I am not sure. When edged… Read More CAL 4-6 Bringing on the blues!

12 September 2012 Rainbow Junkie18 Comments

CAL 1-3 Well, I am really surprised!

After making my demo squares last week I started agonising about why the first square came out so much bigger than the second and what to do about it, especially as other people seemed to also have problems with square no. 1. It would have to be the first square, wouldn’t it? In the midst… Read More CAL 1-3 Well, I am really surprised!

6 September 201227 September 2012 Rainbow Junkie9 Comments

My ‘Cottage Garden’ colours

I have chosen my colours for Rachell’s CAL. As I understand it the flowers in cottage gardens were originally there to attract bees who would then pollinate the fruit and vegetable crops. Now the colour flowers that bees especially like are apparently blue, purple, violet, white and yellow. The colours that especially said ‘cottage garden’… Read More My ‘Cottage Garden’ colours

4 September 201225 January 2016 Rainbow Junkie12 Comments

Yay! I’ve finished a sock for me!

Here is the first of the socks I am making for myself. I could maybe have cast off even more loosely but it fits and is so lovely and soft. And of course I also love the muted rainbow colours. I have started on the second one and with luck it might be finished by… Read More Yay! I’ve finished a sock for me!

16 August 2012 Rainbow Junkie7 Comments

Let’s Talk Yarns

My local hardware store stocks Robin DK acrylic yarn (100gm) All the colours are not always on the shelves but I think they must stock all of the available solid colours. (I do have a few bits of creams and browns, black and white but these don’t really count!) I started by using it to… Read More Let’s Talk Yarns

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