A Crocheted Throw/Blanket for my Niece

Today I am sharing a crocheted throw I have made for one of my nieces.

She found this design of a knitted blanket on the Dunelm website, and asked  

if I could crochet something similar.

I used the lovely textured Cluster stitch which you can find HERE on
the 'Blossom Crochet' YouTube channel.

Rebekah’s tutorials are very easy to follow. She has lots of different

crochet stitches, tips and techniques to share on her YouTube channel
and her Instagram account found HERE

I started by deciding how wide I wanted the throw to be and using a

4mm crochet hook I chained 146 stitches.

I then crocheted the two row repeat pattern until I reached the desired
length, (larger than my usual blankets) and I didn't add a border.

I purchased the yarn from Hobbycraft

using 11 x 100g balls of Women's Institute Premium Acrylic

in the colours Bright Lilac, Light Pink, Cream, Mustard, Honey, Soft Blue,
Denim, Vanilla, Aqua, Hot Pink and Magenta.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

Female Birthday Cards

 Today I am sharing the birthday cards I made recently for my sister
 and two of my friends.

The same style card, in different colourways.

I used this beautiful 3D Lisa Horton embossing folder to emboss a square
of white card. I just love how deeply embossed the peonies are!

I then matt and layered it onto the coloured card, and glued it onto the base card.
Next, I die cut the ribbon die, glued it onto the embossed square, and
added the sentiment.
 I finished the card by adding the pearlised and diamante gems.

The products I have used are:

Lisa Horton Crafts 3D embossing folder - Blooming Peony

Presscut - Happy Birthday

Ribbon die - brand unknown

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

A ‘Clean and Simple’ Birthday Card

 Today I am sharing a ‘clean and simple’ birthday card I made recently
for a friend.

I started by embossing the base card with the embossing
folder. I then die-cut two pieces of card in lilac and white.
I stamped the sentiment onto the white piece, then glued the two pieces
together. I attached them to the base card using 3d foam pads.
Lastly I added the diamante gems.

The products I have used are:

Embossing Folder - Craft magazine free gift

Hero Arts wood mounted stamp - Fabulous Birthday

Spellbinders Labels 3

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

A Crocheted Throw/Blanket for my Nephew

Today I am sharing a crocheted throw I have made for one of my nephews.

I made this one larger than the usual adult ones, as he is quite tall.

I used a Half Treble Slip stitch which I found on YouTube HERE

I started by chaining 143 stitches using a 6mm hook.

I then crocheted the one row repeat pattern until I reached 

the desired length. I did not add a border this time.

The finished size was 60" x 70"/152cm x 180cm

I purchased the yarn from Little Wool Shop
using 5 x 400g balls of Hayfield Bonus Aran in Navy Tweed

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

A Crocheted Throw/Blanket

Today I am sharing a crocheted throw I made last year for my sister-in-law.

I used the lovely textured Crossed Trebles stitch which I found HERE on

the 'Blossom Crochet' YouTube channel.

Rebekah’s tutorials are really easy to follow and she has lots of different

crochet stitches to share.

I started by chaining 120 stitches and then crocheted the two row repeat pattern 

until I reached the desired length.

I finished by crocheting a border of one row of double crochet, three rows of 
half trebles, one row of slip stitch, three rows of half trebles, one row double crochet
and one row slip stitch. 

I purchased the yarn from Hobbycraft

using 9 x 100g balls of Women's Institute Premium Acrylic
 5 in ‘Mustard’ and 4 in 'Cream'

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x