Owl Blanket and a Bag

At last, my own blanket I made for the charity blanket project that we had. 

My wish was to donate my owl crochet blanket, but due to work and other obligations, it was literally impossible to crochet it as it is quite demanding. Hence, I decided to use squares I already had on hand and work with them. 

What I did is join all 4 squares and then I just worked around them using the granny stripe stitch to grow it. Luckily, I found one of the owlets in my stash, which was a happy coincidence as it had the colors I used in the blanket, so I used it as an applique to liven it a bit. 

The tote bag I had made was used to put the blanket in and make this a complete project.

To see / learn about the blanket project click here.

Blankets 4, 5 and 6.

Crochet Flower Bookmarks - pattern release

These flower bookmarks are so cute and I cannot stop looking at my book. Who would've thought they could bring so much joy!

The pattern for all 4 bookmarks (or flowers to be more specific) is in my shops: etsy & ravelry.

Mural for my Yarn Shop

So many things have happened, and I don't know where to begin first!  Life has been busy, and at the end of the day, all I want to do is sit in my armchair and crochet, with my Netflix on. I'll try to summarize this month with several posts this week. 

First, is my new mural I had commissioned for my yarn shop. 

I have this big wall leading to my shop that was filled with graffiti and was a true sore spot to look at. Several months ago my husband whitewashed it with the idea that we place an ad for the shop on it. However, months passed and nothing happened, mainly because I had no idea what I wanted on it. But, everything happens for a reason.

Now, as it happens, I have been following Ana's work for a long time and was quite taken by it. I invited her over for a cup of coffee and a look at my wall and the rest was history!

When she asked me what I wanted - I said something minimalistic - like a wicker basket over-spilling with yarn, my logo and that's it. I usually have several ideas and drawings about things I want to be made, but for this wall, my mind was blank. 

Cue several hours later, she sent me a sketch of how she envisioned it and the rest is history!

What gives me the greatest joy is the happy squeals of kids as they pass it! Adults are also appreciative of it, and I get compliments on it daily! 

And this is how a sore spot transformed into an eye-catching piece.

Crochet blankets #3,4,5

 

  

Disclaimer: This is not my work. I only joined the squares into blankets. To learn more about the drive, read here.

 

I am slowly coming to an end posting about the crocheted blankets. These are the three ones that were the most challenging. Most of the squares were either bigger or smaller than the required dimensions we had for the squares, but we didn't want to diminish the ladies' effort and time they spent making the squares, so we took them all. 

 

Now joining them together was a bit of a hustle, tweaking here and there, frogging and also adding rows (rounds), but in the end everything turned out fine.

There is just one left to be shown- and that's my own. And with that one, I will end the series and we'll focus on the next project for the upcoming winter.

 

 

The Cosmos Blanket (blanket #2)

 

Finally, all 5 blankets are joined, washed, and ready for delivery! It's been an exhausting task as we had a scorchingly hot August, where I could barely hold the squares with my hands, but the effort was worth it!

For you that are new to this post - we are working on a project where we make blankets and/ or squares to be joined into blankets for a local orphanage. The idea behind is that the kiddos will have a handmade, heirloom blanket to hold on.

This is not my work - I only joined the squares and added the border.