2024 | The Year of the Granny Sweater | Granny Square Travel Turtleneck

 🎵🎶Wrap me up in a sweater this Christmas...🎶🎵

This was Apple Blossom Dreams' most popular project in 2024. 

I would have never guessed.

It was a random sweater I started making while traveling last autumn.

 Perhaps I'll write the pattern in 2025.

I ended up loving this yarn that I purchased in Tromsø, Norway - Drops Fabel.

This is what I wrote about it last fall:

The Granny Square Turtleneck Travel Project is done! 

 ♥️🧓🏼◻️

I decided to use the JAYGO method to join the squares, sleeves, and neck. 

Before leaving Norway I went back to the yarn shop and purchased the gold-colored yarn for all the joining. I think it might be called mustard. 

I felt like this made it a little bit more autumn-like. 🍂🤎🍁🧡

This was an easy and fun project. 

It got a little bit fiddly creating the joins along seams, though. 🤯🤪

I'd like to make another one, and if I do I could possibly write a pattern. 

I have so many different color ideas! That's the super fun part!!! 🎨

Yarn is Drops Fabel 75% Wool. Fingering/4 ply. Two strands held together. 🧶😁

Warmly,

Astri Elisabeth

Snowflakes for Christmas | Holiday Crochet

Crocheted Snowflakes!!!

These snowflakes from January 2024 were lying in real snow.

It was very exciting. 

Due to some late-in-the-year traveling and medical issues for 

poor Mr. Digger aka the NVO, that brought us to the "BIG" city of hospitals and specialists,

we have not yet been home to make and prepare magic for this wonderful time of the year!

 

So far everything is okay and we hope to be home before Christmas,

in the meantime here's some magic from last January.

 

Crochet Patterns:

Snowflake from the Snowflake Table Runner Pattern by Michelle King at Knitted Flowers.

You can find the pattern on Etsy by clicking here.

and

How to Crochet for Beginners CROCHET snowflake motif by Crochet by Notika on YouTube by clicking here. 

Yarn:
*Scheepjes Catona and a mysterious ribbon yarn that I purchased on clearance

 that did not have a label. 

If anybody knows what yarn this is I would be so grateful

 if you would share that information.

*Scheepjes Catona is available in a color pack of little cuties (109 of them!)

 from *Amazon by clicking here.

If you are in the US, you will receive your yarn quickly.

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