Hello all!
Hope you had a good start to your new week - the last week of August! It seems like this summer has simply flown by and that Autumn is almost here! This has inspired me in various ways:
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| Summer's last Glow |
I made a pretty Autumn Treasury List (Rust)
here on Etsy!
I bought some new yarn in Autumn colours - Veritas Laura in Ochre, Terracotta and Olive Green.
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| Veritas Laura (80% Acrylic, 20% Wool) |
I fell in love with this pretty Scarf that I saw in Zara...
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| Zara - printed Scarf |
And also last weekend I've been busy making more* crochet flowers, and then laid them out like this:
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| Autumn - My initial colour sequence |
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| A Rainbow of Flowers |
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| My Autumn Garland on the Balcony |
Here is what the wall to the kitchen looked like before!
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| Before: My Neon Pompom Garland |
And this is what it looks like now!
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| My Autumn Maybelle Flower Garland |
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| My Blue Eyed Boy Maybelle Flower Garland |
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| Both Garlands next to each other |
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You can find the free pattern
here! And there is also a detailed tutorial
on this blog!
I have been making these flowers for quite a while, especially with Scheepjeswol Stone Washed!
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| Crocheting Maybelle Flowers whilst driving in England this Summer | | | | | | | | |
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Recently, whilst in England, I made 2 special Garlands for friends who commissioned me.
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| Purple Flower Garland (Commission 1) |
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| Pink and Yellow Garland (Commission 2) |
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| Making the flowers for this Garland on the way from England back to Belgium |
*I've been making Maybelles all summer long, in various incarnations! Some were made as little coasters and given as presents, this one (also given as a present!) was large enough to fit under a big vase.
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| This is a Maybelle Doily made from thick Zpagetti T-Shirt yarn |
I think below were the very first Maybelles I must have made, starting in June!
I decided that I liked them so much I embarked on making a whole bunch (64) and then went through the prolonged agony of sewing them to one another (also made with Ezra yarn which is really pretty). This is still a WIP, because then suddenly at that time I happened upon a great pattern,
the South Bay Shawlette! The rest was history as I developed a great enthusiasm for this new pattern (as you can read in a previous blog post). So sometime timing can play a crucial role, too!
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| WIP alert! A Maybelle Shawl started in beginning of June 14 (so far 64 flowers + some tiny leaves designed by me!) |
I leave you with a glimpse of my table today:
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| On my table this morning (including some new 2 coloured Maybelles) |
Yesterday afternoon I started knitting a scarf with Schachenmayer original Boston (more of that another time), approx. half way through now, I have been doodling with the Maybelle by making 2 coloured versions...
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| Learning something new! Trying out the V-Stitch and a Finnish Granny Square |
And due to my calling to try out/learn something new, this morning I have been practising the crochet
V-Stitch which looks even better in contrasting colours and a
Finnish Granny Square (Dutch instructions!) which I'm starting to love!
I'm hoping for a few more sunny days. Wishing you all a productive week and looking forward to your comments!
