A Crocheted Set of Baskets

 Following on from my post in January where I made a crocheted basket,
  I have now completed the set of them.
All the details of how they are made, including the pattern and yarn can
be found HERE

I’ve really enjoyed making these, and am pleased to say that there’s still quite a bit of
yarn left on the cone for me to try and make something different.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

A Crocheted Basket

 I have been enjoying my new hobby of crocheting, especially through the
lockdowns we have been having. It keeps me busy and my mind occupied.

Here is my latest make...

It’s a crocheted set of baskets which I saw on Bella Coco’s blog HERE
There’s a YouTube tutorial HERE which is easy to follow.

Sarah-Jayne’s tutorial follows a free pattern from Yarnspirations
which can be downloaded HERE

I chose to use the same shade yarn as Sarah-Jane which is made by
Yarnspirations and is called Lily - Sugar’n Cream in the colour Pot Pourri 
and made the middle size of the set of three.

It’s 100% cotton and the pattern for the baskets is worked with 2 strands
and a 5mm crochet hook.

I ordered the yarn on Amazon and it arrived in four weeks from the U.S. 

I love the pattern that makes the base.

I needed some practice with the top edging, as it’s a crab stitch which is 

worked in reverse, but after a few re-winds of the video, I got there in the end.

I thought I could use it in my craft room to hold some of my sewing tools...

or maybe use it as a plant pot holder.

There is enough yarn on the cone to make all three size baskets, so
I'll definitely be making more.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

Crocheted Pumpkins

 I taught myself to crochet just over 40 years ago when my sister was expecting my first nephew. I could already knit and thought it would be nice to crochet clothes for him as well. 

Sadly, I only managed a make one matinee jacket (do babies wear those anymore?) which seemed to take me ages to crochet, so I quickly decided it wasn’t for me and gave up. Knitting was certainly much quicker and easier for me, and would enable me to make all sorts of clothes for him.

Fast forward to this year, when I decided to give it another try. I found some pink wool I had from making pom-poms with my great nieces. I bought myself a crochet hook, watched Bella Coco Crochet tutorials on YouTube, and practiced the different stitches and made a couple of Granny squares.

I found a ball of green Aran wool in Aldi which I found much nicer to use.

just kept practising and I soon found it coming back to me and I was enjoying 

it this time round.

Next, using Sarah-Jayne’s pumpkin pattern HERE I decided to give it a try. 

Her instructions on are really easy to follow, especially when you can 

pause and re-wind the video numerous times.

I made the smaller one first which I was pleased with, then decided to make a 

larger one to go with it.

Here they are alongside the memory ones I made recently from

my husband’s socks which can be found HERE

I am just waiting for some wool to arrive to try making an Infinity scarf.

I am hoping this will keep me busy whilst we’re in our second lockdown

and through the winter months.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x