Project secret

This is project secret- because its a present for someone and they don't know I've made it. This is the first baby dress i've ever crocheted and I'm really quite chuffed with it. It looks more yellow in the picture than it actually is in real life, but not to worry.

I used a 4mm hook- started with dc, then to V st and lg v st and a nice little picot for the edging.
Added a little bow and some roses bought from craftmania, Great Yarmouth.
Its designed to fit 18 months plus- its for a 1 year old but it looks small so I hope it will fit okay.

Love it :D

Juggling balls Crochet pattern:     Level: easy/ beginner


Abbreviations:

SC- single crochet

SL ST- slip stitch

CH- chain

RPT- repeat

DEC- decrease

• Round 1: make a magic ring and SC 8 times into centre of loop and SL ST into 8^th SC
  
• Round 2: CH 1 and 1 SC into the same SC, 2 SC in each SC (should have 16 SC), SL ST to join
  
• Round 3: CH 1 and SC into next SC, 2 SC into next SC *1 SC into next 2 SC, 2 SC into next- rpt * SL ST to join (should have 24 SC)
  
• Round 4: change colour if desired and repeat previous (should have 32)
  
• Round 5 -14: (change colour with every round if desired) *CH 1, SC into each SC until you get to the end, SL ST to join* RPT
  
• Round 15: CH 1, 1 SC into next SC and then 1 DEC into next, *1 SC into next 2 SC and 1 DEC in next* RPT until end and SL ST to join
  
• Round 16: CH 1, *1 DEC into next SC and then 1 SC into next* RPT until end and then SL ST to join
  
  
  At this point you will need to turn your piece inside out so the excess bits of yarn are now inside, this is a good time to stuff your ball.
  
  
  
• Round 17: CH 1, *1 DEC into next SC and then 1 SC into next* RPT until end and then SL ST to join
  
  You should now be able to close the top with a simple SL ST.
  
  Using a yarn needle, thread your excess yarn into the ball so no excess is visible.
  
  Make as many as required.

  

  
  

Square crazy!

 

I've been working on some new squares to border my blanket as i'm not sure how I want to order them etc- these are what I've experimented with so far:

 

 

My own creation:

 

The African style granny square:

 

The popcorn flower square and a 2 layered petal flower:

Cthulhu Project

So, I stumbled across a pattern for Cthulhu (anyone who doesn't know who/what this is, read H. P. Lovecrafts stories) and I thought I would make him for my partner as he's a massive fan.

So let me take you on my Cthulhu journey from end to start:

 

 

The finished Project:

 

 

 

Cthulhu without arms & wings:

 

Cthulhu's head:


My finished blanket (- the border)

Crochet

So this is my latest creation (a slight detour from my blanket)- As my first attempt at making a bag, I'm pretty chuffed with it, although I think the handles are too thin and may need to do another row of single crochet.


An update on my blanket: I have now finished the blanket itself, however I'm in the process of making flowery granny squares to border it.
Its taking a while to do because I need to make 80 of them.
These are a few I have made so far:

 



Charity cycle.

I'm going to be involved in a charity bike ride around the Norfolk countryside on 11th may. I am really looking forward to it as I haven't had a proper bike ride in ages!

It's apparently about 50 miles but you can "drop out" when ever you like; Toms parents said they usually make a day of it, so it should be well fun.

I've just ordered my new bike too- which is being delivered tomorrow, so i'm hopefully going to get a few runs out of it before the big day.

Cycling is literally the best thing ever!

Update

 

 

As promised, here is an updated picture of my ever progressing blanket- it has been a while, however; one must be aware that as it grows, the time taken to go round takes longer.

Its a dreadfully long progress, but I really like how it's coming along.

I do apologise for my lack of enthusiasm, but it's late, I'm tired and I still have to dry my hair and I have a stupid early morning shift tomorrow.
I've been shoved onto tomorrows huge delivery, even though I've never been on upstairs delivery before. So joy (y)
It's part of the new store transformation- everyone needs to know how to do everything. So I'm obviously stoked for tomorrows shift.
NIGHT X

Blankey

 BLANKET TIME:

This was my blanket on Wednesday; as you can see from my previous blankey related post, the multi-coloured section is significantly wider and I have also started another section which is blue.

I have done a small bit more since this photo and this is what it looks like as of now (there isn't a significant amount more, however it is noticeable)

Its now roughly 31 x 31 inches in length, so YAY!

 

 

This guy needs more credit than he's given.

Love love love

x

Dreaming like a girl so in love.

 

 

This is what dreams are made of...

Crochet.

I've recently taken up crochet and I am currently working on a blanket- which I will upload its progress as time goes on.
It's almost a metre squared which I'm very happy about, however the bigger it gets, the longer it will take to go around full square.

Anyway so this is when I first started

And this was how it looked last week, you can see the size difference already

And this is it now, I haven't made full square at this point and I'm going to carry on a bit more tonight so I'll upload some further progress next week- hopefully by then there will be an even bigger size difference.

The thing I like most about crochet is that you can actually see your progress each time you go round, where as with knitting you can't really notice any change until you've done several rows of whatever.
Plus this looks much nicer than the bog standard knitting pattern.

I'm overly pleased with this.
:)

Love

 

 

This is amazing.

I am alive.

I haven't blogged in a year or so; however recent running's in with and much badgering from my good friend Uzma has lead me here once again.

I recently (I say recently but it was early August 2012) left London and moved to the fine little seaside town of Gorleston in Great Yarmouth. I can honestly say it has been the best decision I have made in my life so far- I left my previous job and got transferred to my new store, I now live and am renting a 2 bedroom flat in a newly built area with my long term partner Tom and we're planning and working on our future as a very happy couple.

I tend to differ from the norm when making life choices and I tend to beat about the bush and go around the houses to get where I need to go, however when the opportunity to transfer came up I was quite surprised at myself for how quickly I jumped at it! I couldn't wait to leave London- a lot of my colleagues and friends think I'm completely mad, however living and visiting London are two very different things. I don't think many people realise this until they actually live in London and experience the daily hassle and general stress and anxiety that comes with living in such a huge and diverse city. I was constantly unhappy; with where I lived, where I worked and who I worked with, the people around me and the sheer rudeness of people everywhere you go. Not only that but the actual city, the place itself was and is everything I dislike and enjoy. Its a huge city of great grey looming buildings that constantly try to outdo each other in size and design- built and designed by millionaires in suits and ties who couldn't care less about the lay man.
The city is a vast and tiring place.

Some of the people I worked with were to be perfectly honest, a drag- a waste of time and effort. It's strange now (as I used to be good friends with some of them) that once you leave no one keeps in contact. It makes you wonder whether your time and presence there noticed or appreciated and whether or not any of them were truly friends at all.
The notion of it is completely lost on me- with that, I decided to leave them behind just as much as they left me- I'm not phased by their pathetic definitions of friendship.

As I said earlier, I am now living with Tom and I'm working at my new store. I couldn't be happier, I have made some really great friends here (who aren't just for Christmas) who I get along so well with- I am actually speechless and shocked that I have found humans that I actually like!
Everyone knows how much of a pessimistic, misanthropic misery guts I am and how difficult I be to get along with sometimes. I completely respect the fact that people may not like me for those reasons stated, however, I am so happy they have endured me long enough to see through them and to see my good points.
Living with Tom is amazing and so stressful at the same time- I never knew or thought living with someone with OCD and who gets more anxious about social events than myself would be so difficult. I'm not saying its a bad thing at all, its just beyond anything I'm used to and I think getting used to each others routines and habit's is literally one of the hardest things about living with someone (especially if they're as messy as Tom!). I don't think I've ever had an argument about who has to do the washing up before this point!
Besides enduring the house chores, living with Tom; after waiting 4 years to do so, is everything I could have hoped for and I love it! We've started planning our future- there's a wedding to look forward to at some point in the future and we're even on the subject of babies (Again I surprise myself as everyone knows how much I hate children and the mere thought of giving birth to one of them!).

This has unfortunately turned into a slightly longer update than I intended it to be, however now that I remember my password for this I am definitely going to keep you posted on my future shenanigans!

Love x