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ake granny squares these days as i use leonie morgan s book 100 bright and colourful squares lovely selection of designs they crochet up to 6 inch squares well 5 75 with my tension really nicely i ve been using a 5 5 mm hook i ve learned my lesson and found that i do find that using yarn with a good wool content helps to block the squares to a nice uniform shape and size i m using a palette of six colours and just making an odd square until the yarn runs out no plans really just a bit of granny square practice over the summer when i m done i ll decide what to do with them upper top left one should be a hexagon within a square but my stitch count was off so it looks a little skew whiff wonky never mind it blocked nicely into a square anyway i love the top square with the large petal flower and have used this pattern a few times the one below it with a flower within a traditional granny square is fun to do now that i ve got the hang of it crochet is such a lovely relaxing hobby so easy to pick up and make something satisfying in an hour or so i do like the idea of just collecting a few squares in different patterns and using them to make something creative or other it s a very flexible and a portable project to have on the go during may i completed another echo flowers lace shawl i think i made my first one about 3 or 4 years ago it s a beautiful pattern by jenny johnson johnen this is it on the washing line after blocking as you can see we ve had some fabulous weather recently it s a lovely lime green colour i m waiting for a suitable posh occasion to wear it i might be waiting some time i ve been trying to get back to making some items for sale but things keep getting in the way soon i hope though my etsy shop is very quiet as i haven t had the time to do all the social media required to make online sales i prefer to be creative than spend too much time on my notebook it s a balance though i suppose life is a little quieter and settled at the moment so i m looking forward to getting back into the groove as they say bye for now alison x posted by tweed thoughts at 14 32 2 comments sunday 29 april 2018 sock knitting and spectacle cases sock knitting and spectacle cases now if that s not a sign of my age i don t know what is seriously sock knitting is an ongoing passion and source of great relaxation and a constant learning process also you don t need much yarn to make a pair of socks so it s a relatively cheap hobby here s my last completed pair of knitted socks a wonderful pattern by nancy bush called french market socks never thought i would achieve making these but i did i was delighted with them i read up all the notes from other knitters on ravelry before starting on these really useful and they fitted perfectly currently working on these socks lambs chickens and bunnies oh my by ros clark great fun to knit both socks have a latvian braid cast on basically twisting three different colours of yarn together looks very cute i braided the yarns left to form a little toggle detail at the back of the sock just to be a little different last week i decided it was time to get the sewing machine out and do some tweedie work the last cosmetic purse i made made me think if it was just a little narrower it would be prefect for storing spectacles glasses as it s very well padded so off i went to designing a few spectacle cases i came up with three designs all based on some previous collage work a sneaky peak my eldest son helped me with my labels yesterday i thought they came out quite cute i m hoping to add these three designs to my etsy shop next week that s the plan anyway at least one more design in the pipeline maybe two based on previous artwork i would love to add some hand knits to my shop too but struggling with the time constraints of doing both sewing and knitted items heigh ho i thought our two cute hens had stopped laying a couple of weeks ago but seemingly not it s been lovely going out to collect the eggs in this nice sunny weather enjoying the simple things in life this morning daffies growing outside the kitchen door catch up soon youngest has been borrowing my laptop hence sparse blogging activity here s to shorter more regular posts alison x posted by tweed thoughts at 17 02 3 comments friday 4 august 2017 sunshine crochet staycation i must admit that blogging over the summer months has been a bit tricky time seems to be running away this summer school holidays will soon be over i ve had a couple of weeks at home with the boys on a staycation we had a fun city break earlier in the summer so i was happy to spend some time at home in beautiful sunny weather no less so no complaints i planned just to chill out work on a summer crochet project and a little crafting if i could squeeze it in we also had some lovely family visitors at home so plenty to fill the time here s a peek at the crochet throw i ve been working on the colours are inspired by the flowers and fauna of the moor near my home a favourite place to take a relaxed plod i think i started it at the end of may you might remember me showing the initial blocks experiments this was the first picture i took on the 27th may i d forgotten it was that long ago the project has evolved a bit since then the lacey squares above turned out really pretty but were quite intricate and after a while i decided to use them as a centre panel and to outline them with simpler blocks i m making 35 blocks in total to make possibly a settee throw or something like that above shows the three different blocks i chose the bottom left square is going to be placed on each corner and the traditional grannies around the edge well that s the plan i m using leonie morga s book 100 bright and colourful squares and it s just brilliant i think it will become a firm favourite here s some moorland photos i took the other day to demonstrate my colour choices we ve been so lucky with good weather these past two weeks makes a nice change a nice trip to gress beach which is very close to my home the other evening completely deserted apart from another lady with a lovely bouncy springer dog the sea was flat calm i think this seagull thought i was stalking it hehe this old boiler from a ship has been on the beach since i can remember having just googled it it seems the ship the glenesk ran aground in the 1920s it s quite a landmark on the beach and of course a good viewpoint for a passing seagull hope your holiday time has been enjoyable if you have been having one i m back to some more regular crafting soon i hope two lovely craftbooks were my birthday pressie both fabulous but the textile collage book is just wonderful lots of inspiration in both of these back soon alison x posted by tweed thoughts at 11 27 1 comment saturday 22 july 2017 crochet and sunshine hmmmmmm somewhere sometime i forgot to blog about anything i ve been making doing etc not for the lack of being creative just waiting for life to settle down a bit this week we ve been blessed with some beautiful sunny weather i crocheted the above square after work on monday just because i couldn t wait to try it it s a giant block about 10 inches square and came from a free red heart super saver pattern on their website i would love to make an entire afhgan blanket with these this one was made using oddments in my stash and worked quite well so a thrifted blanket might be on the cards the centre is made using cheap acrylic yarn so that could be purchased easily but it would be nice to use odd bits and pieces for the rest in combination with some bought yarn i love the idea of acquiring a nice collection of hand crochet blankets around my home eldest is back home from university having graduated in june it s a relief to have him home again i feel far more inclined to get back to crafting both commercial and otherwise whoop last weekend i made one of my collage tweedie brooches and decided to rejig the packaging a bit inadvertently it seems to have triggered a new range of gift ideas for my etsy shop funny how one small change can lead to some new ideas off to enjoy some lovely hebridean sunshine have a lovely weekend alison x posted by tweed thoughts at 12 33 2 comments sunday 28 may 2017 intarsia knitting and other stuff life has been busy lately not so much for me in a way but for my boys sitting exams and i ve not felt relaxed enough to blog or to take time out for commercial work that said i ve been doing a lot of craft recently which a i ve been finding very therapeutic and b very educational as i ve learned a lot of different techniques in crochet and knitting of all sorts some sock knitting of course too this last week i had a go at some intarsia knitting this differs from colour stranded fair isle knitting as the different colours are left hanging and not stranded to the back i only found my self doing this after coming across a pattern for argyle socks it s an old 1950s pattern for the socks mrs america loves to knit the socks mr america loves to wear how funny is that the pattern instructed to wind all the different colours onto bobbins so i did two of each colour i used clothes pegs as bobbins so i could catch the yarn between the peg to secure it here s how it looked after a few rows it didn t take long before i ditched the bobbins which were a pain to use and after a little research just cut long strands of yarn for me that was about 125 cm long approx which was easier to work with by just running my fingers through the yarns to untangle them it speeded up things a lot here s the back all going well so far seemingly argyle socks are the holy grail of knitting hehe we ll see i ll keep you posted off my progress i ve also been working on a new crochet afghan using this palette of colours discontinued yarn so being sold cheaply i think i chose moorland heathery colours eg rose heather grey heather etc as i liked the idea of an afghan reflecting the flowers found on the moor here s the blocks so far i ve had to block them individually to get them nice and flat for joining it s working well i don t always block squares but this time i had to i just pinned them to a makeshift blocking board and spritzed with water leaving them to dry overnight seems to do the trick the blocks weren t sitting flat enough so needed a little help this yarn has 20 wool so maybe enough to help them block nicely this a nice relaxed background project for over the summer months i m quite enjoying being methodical about them it s a lovely block to make from 100 bright and colourful crochet squares by leonie morgan i m just making a block when i have time interchanging the colour sequence then blocking each one when i ve finished i have some cream yarn for a nice border i hope i m using lion brand wool ease which is a worsted light aran weight and 5 5 mm hook making a square about 5 75 inches should be 6 inches but not with my crochet tension no rush with this project purely relaxing and enjoyable the sewing machine has been a little dormant as it s been easier to pick up hooks and needles beautiful sunny weather here in the hebrides this week so we re all enjoying that speak soon alison x posted by tweed thoughts at 12 31 2 comments older posts home subscribe to comments atom about me tweed thoughts welcome to my crafty blog from the isle of lewis in the outer hebrides of scotland where i was born and raised it s a lovely place to be brought up in a gaelic speaking household art school drop out from way back when with a passion for fabric and yarn thankyou for stopping by i hope you enjoy my crafty updates and musings alison x view my complete profile handmade on the croft etsy handmade on the croft website creative traditional textile crafts sock knitting addiction welcome sewing i work predominantly with harris tweed intermingled with any other pretty fabrics i happen to come across knitting crochet and everything else i also love to dabble in embroidery crochet knitting handsewing traditional 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