Stash busting gypsy carvan blanket CAL

Hello to you.

It's been a good week so far - the temperature has risen a little and I haven't seen rain for a few days... Woo hoo!

With the weather set to get better next week spring is certainly in the air.

I've picked up the hook again this week and have decided to take on my biggest project yet, a huge granny square blanket to go on the back of my sofa. It's also helping me do some much needed stash busting.

Oh dear I have let my stash mount up - so many opened left overs.

I've made a start making lovely circular middles and I now have 13 squares made with ends stitched in! I'm quite impressed with the progress so far. All photographed on my new coffee table, it has a very handy shelf underneath for keeping my crochet magazines...

My summer colour blanket is growing slowly...

Here are some signs of spring in my garden.

Look what I found while stash busting - a lovely new ball of matching beige yarn! So it looks like I will be growing my never-ending granny blanket a little further... Lucky I didn't fasten off properly!

I'm secretly happy to be hooking away on this relaxing project again.

Happy crocheting whatever you're making!

Thank you so much for the encouraging comments on the last post.

Until next time, have a lovely weekend. Hopefully you will enjoy signs of spring wherever you are.

xx

Linking up again with Chrissie and Marianne.

Down at the bottom of the garden

Snail!

I've always loved snails being a keen gardener you'd think it would be the opposite but no!

I have fond memories of collecting snails in the garden as a child studying them drawing them and racing them.

A strange love you may think......but imagine my excitement when I came across a pattern for a crocheted snail.

I love going to my local library I love the smell and the quiet atmosphere and I always come away with arm fulls of books usually craft books and among them this time I had "super-super cute crochet"

 

It available on amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/Super-Cute-Crochet-Brigitte-Read/dp/1907030247

Or if your very lucky your local library!

I made the African Land Snail

Here she is Shelly the snail! I know an imaginative name :)

I love this daffodils sold in aid of Marie Claire a lovely mix of Narcissus

 

Still some snow in the back ground!

She's off!

Would love to hear your comments and maybe hear from fellow snail lovers :)