Sweet Winter Blanket crocheted for my Sister

Today, I am sharing the blanket/throw I crocheted for my sister earlier this year.

I made it using the pattern for the Sweet Winter blanket, designed
by Sue Rawlinson also known as ‘Sweetpea Family’ on Facebook and Instagram

You can find the original blanket I made HERE and another I made in
neutral colours for my niece HERE

I purchased Sue's pattern from Love Crafts which you can find HERE 

 I purchased the yarn online from the Wool Box HERE

I asked my sister which colours she would like, and she chose these
to co-ordinate with her lounge.

The pattern uses 9 x 100g balls of Stylecraft Special DK and I
used the following shades:

Cream, Mustard, Turquoise, Teal, and Mocha

I really love crocheting this pattern, and I'm sure I will make

another in the future using different colours.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

 

A Crocheted Throw/Blanket for my Great Niece

Today, I am sharing another crocheted throw/blanket I have made for one 

of my great nieces.

I am really enjoying this new hobby, so my plan is to make a throw for

each family member, (both female and male, young and old) but only if they
would like one of course!

 
So, that's 21 in total, and I've made 10 so far, 
3 of which I still have to share with you. 

Maybe by this time next year, they will all be completed!

I used the lovely textured Suzette 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 deciding how wide I wanted the throw to be and

 chained 142 stitches. I then crocheted the one row repeat pattern
until I reached the desired length.

I finished by crocheting a border of three rows of half trebles and
two rows of double crochets.

I purchased the yarn online from The Wool Box

using eight 100g balls of Stylecraft Special DK in the colour ‘Fondant’

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

Sweet Winter Blanket crocheted in Neutral Colours

Today, I am sharing the blanket/throw I crocheted for my eldest
great niece last year.

I decided to make it using the pattern for the Sweet Winter blanket, designed
by Sue Rawlinson also known as ‘Sweetpea Family’ on Facebook and Instagram

You can find the original blanket which I made HERE

I purchased Sue's pattern from Love Crafts which you can find HERE 

 I purchased the yarn online from the Wool Box HERE

I asked her what colours she would like, and she opted for neutrals.

The pattern uses 9 x 100g balls of Stylecraft Special DK and I
used the following shades:
Cream, Parchment, Parma Violet, Duck Egg and Stone

I'm pleased to say that my great niece loved it.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

Crocheted Infinity Scarves

Sharing two Infinity scarves crocheted for my sister and a friend using
Melanie Ham's pattern which you can find HERE on her blog and HERE on YouTube

For my sisters scarf, I used 2 x 50g balls of Stylecraft DK, Batik Elelments
in the shade Titanium 

I purchased this yarn from The Cheap Shop, Tiptree, Essex

For my friend's scarf I used 1 x 100g ball of James C. Brett Stonewash DK
in the shade: SW14 Heather

I purchased this yarn from Hobbycraft and used a 5mm crochet
hook for both.

These are easy projects to make and are good for making 'on the go',
as everything fits into a zip-lock bag.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

 

A Crocheted Throw/Blanket for my Great Niece

 Today, I am sharing a crocheted throw blanket I made for one of my great nieces. 

I used the lovely textured Sedge 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 deciding how wide I wanted the throw to be. 

I chained 141 stitches, and crocheted rows of the same stitch until I 

reached the desired length.

I finished by crocheting a border of four rows of half trebles.

I purchased the yarn online from The Wool Box

using eight 100g balls of Stylecraft Special DK in the colour ‘Lavender’

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

Sweet Winter Blanket

Today I am sharing another crocheted blanket I made earlier this year.
In cardmaking 'Christmas in July' is a trend, so I thought I could add my
crocheted throw to this theme, just before the month ends!

The designer of this gorgeous blanket is Sue Rawlinson also known as
‘Sweetpea Family’ on Facebook and Instagram

I love her pattern designs and the pretty colour combinations she uses,
this one using beautiful Christmas colours.

I purchased Sue's pattern from Love Crafts which you can find HERE

and I purchased the yarn pack from Wool Box HERE

The pattern uses 9 x 100g balls of Stylecraft Special DK in the following shades:

Cypress, Cream, Claret, Lincoln, and Lipstick 

The pattern also includes a Pom Pom band to wrap around the blanket,
but I have still to make that.

I really enjoyed making this blanket, and it's now ready to be used this Winter.

Here are two other blankets I have made from Sue's patterns...

Sweet Blossom Blanket
Sweet Summer Blanket

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

A Crocheted Throw/Blanket

Today, I am sharing a crocheted throw blanket I made for one of my great 

nieces for Christmas.

I decided to make it for her after she saw the one I made her Mum which
you can see HERE and liked 'borrowing'!

I used the Primrose stitch which I found HERE on
'Sarah's Rich Textures Crochet' YouTube channel.

I started by deciding how wide I wanted the throw to be, then crocheted
rows of the same stitch until I reached the desired length.

I finished by crocheting a border of two rows of half trebles.

I bought the yarn online from The Wool Box

using seven 100g balls of Stylecraft Special DK in the colour ‘Pale Rose’

I will share the one I made her sister next week.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

A Crocheted Throw Blanket for my Niece

Today, I am sharing a crocheted throw blanket I made my niece for her
40th birthday. I'm pleased to say she loved it.

My plan was for her to start using it late September/October time, when the
weather starts getting cooler, but she's told me that she's used it already,!

I adapted the pattern which I used HERE to make the Infinity scarf.
The pattern consists of just the V Stitch. 

I first decided how wide I wanted the throw to be, and then crocheted rows
of the same stitch.

I finished it by adding a small border of double and treble crochet stitches
and then wrapped it with a pretty crocheted blanket tie. 

I purchased the yarn online from The CheapShop, Tiptree, Essex.

I used eight 100g balls of Stylecraft Special DK in the colour ‘Spearmint’

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

My First Crocheted Blanket

 After teaching myself to crochet through lockdown and starting with small projects
(pumpkins, infinity scarves and nested baskets, I thought I’d try being a bit
more adventurous and try making a blanket.

Not wanting it to be too difficult, I searched online at various designs, and
decided I should start with making one using just one colour, one stitch
and one border! I thought it best to work up gradually to crocheting in
different stitches and colours.

I have been following Christine from Hope and Chances with her card making
for a few years now, and attended a few of her classes when she owned her
studio in Gravesend.

She is a self taught crocheter, and has made some lovely blankets and cushions
which you can find on her blog and also in her Folksy shop HERE

Seeing a couple Christine has made up in this style, I thought it was a
good one for me to try.

This is just rows and rows of double crochet which took me a few weeks to complete.
For the scalloped/shell border, I followed Bella Coco’s Crochet tutorial which
can be found HERE on YouTube.

I did enjoy making this, so I have now started another, again in just one colour

but this time using a different stitch and border.

I purchased the yarn online from The CheapShop, Tiptree, Essex.
I used seven 100g balls of Stylecraft Special DK in the colour ‘Stone’

 

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

Another Crocheted Infinity Scarf

After crocheting my first Infinity scarf recently which you can see HERE,
I decided to make myself another, this time in a different colour way.

I purchased the yarn online from The CheapShop in Tiptree, Essex, and the
pattern I used is designed by Melanie Ham which you will find HERE on her
YouTube channel and is also covered HERE on her blog.

Melanie's instructions are very clear, easy to follow, with the stitch used 

being easily converted from U.S crochet stitch to the UK one.

It’s really handy too, to be able to pause or re-wind the video instructions

 as and when needed.

I used 2 x 50g balls and chose the colour 'Platinum' from
the Batik Elements Double Knit range made by Stylecraft.
I also used crochet hook size 5mm.

When sewing the two ends together, I decided this time to
make it a twisted infinity scarf, which Melanie shows how to do with
a short video further down in her blog post.

I am sure this won't be the last one I make,
but I am currently crocheting a blanket/throw which I will
share once it is finished.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

A Crocheted Infinity Scarf

 Moving on from teaching myself to crochet pumpkins which you can find HERE 
(if you haven't seen them already), I set about trying to find myself something
a bit bigger to make, which would still be good for beginners.

I found THIS infinity scarf on YouTube, designed by Melanie Ham.

I knew that crochet stitch names differ between the U.K. and the U.S but this
pattern used only one type of stitch, so it was manageable for me.

After calculating how much yarn I needed, I bought it online 
from The CheapShop in Tiptree, Essex.

I used 2 x 50g balls and chose the colour 'Krypton' from
the Batik Elements Double Knit range made by Stylecraft.
I also used crochet hook size 5mm.

Melanie's instructions are very clear and easy to follow, and
it was really useful to be able to pause the video as and when you need to.

I'm pleased to say it didn't take me too long to complete, so I started making
another one straightaway, using the 'Platinum' shade which I bought at the
same time. I really love the colour combinations of this yarn.

I am definitely enjoying this new hobby in Lockdown 2.0, and will be
looking for more projects to make.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x