Hello! I'm back from a Southern Utah and Southern California camping adventure
with spotty cell service; hence the lack of activity here.
An amazing trip, but it is good to be back home.
Camping is always good for some happy hooky time though,
so here's a preview of camping crochet and the story behind it:
The story began last February when our 7-year-old grandaughter (Phoebe)
and 9-year-old grandson (Thomas) came for a winter wonderland visit.
She still has it! Warms my heart.
You can find the instantly downloadable pattern for the Granny Rose Blanket
by clicking on the following shops:
Okay, on with the story...
During the visit, Thomas asked if I would make him a blanket, too.
Can you imagine my joy at such a request?
I had no idea what to make as most of my patterns are flowers, so I thought I would start with colors and go from there.
I asked him to pick colors from my stash and these are the colors he chose:
Stylecraft Special DK in Aster, Lavender, Bluebell, Proper Purple, Lapis, and Violet
paired with Lion Brand Jeans Stone Washed yarn as the MC,
although I think Stylecraft Special DK in Waterfall for MC would be good too.
Fiddling and playing with this yarn for a design that was completely different
then my regular M.O. (method of operation) was fun but challenging.
Eventually, I got it!
Now to write the pattern...
I'm curious...what is your M.O.?
Do you stick with the same thing that you love or are you comfortable venturing out?
A beautiful new pattern, Astri. The colours work wonderfully together and I like the linen stitch edging your're showing here.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I don't like to make the same (or similar) pattern all the time, I definitely like to venture out and try new things, both in style, new stitches new patterns and in different colour schemes! If I had to have a favourite, it would be the humble granny square because it's so versatile and the colour combinations make it look different every time!