I am happy to say that I have finally finished the blanket. The last rounds were few but took longer of course. The two rows for the flowers took an hour or so per side to complete so I took it easy and just enjoyed the ride. There were times when I decided that marking… Read More Lost Garden blanket complete

After squaring the circle I had two decorative bands to complete before the final flowery edging. This was the time when I needed most to experiment. For the first, inner band, I knew I needed some more cream for the central part but it was surrounded to banks of front and back post stitches and… Read More Lost Garden – penultimate post

Last week I worked on completing the four corners ready to start doing the outer square rounds. It was good to have short rows to work instead of long rounds but of course that meant lots of end to finish later. Originally I had envisaged completing each corner in turn but I realised that it… Read More Lost Garden blanket – corners finished

I have done very little of my other projects. However I have spent a great deal of time with the blanket. This is partly because I have been having another energy dip caused,   perhaps, by having visitors or the hot weather. So I have decided that I need to try rest as a cure. Last… Read More Lost Garden blanket – ready for the corners

Making this blanket is quite addictive. I keep wanting to see how the next row (or two or three) is going to look and have only done my knitting to give my wrists a rest from crochet. This next part has been easier on my wrists than the first section and I have found making… Read More Lost Garden blanket update

On Friday I finally started the “Lost Garden” blanket. Partly because I had some workmen turn up to do a job that I had asked for but had not expected that day. Thus I missed my normal Crafty Coffee get together and thought that a bit of interesting crochet would be a good way to… Read More “Lost Garden” blanket