Monday, 13 January 2014

Odyssey, a CAL, week 01

CAL simply means crochet along.
Someone, of a group or a blogger, has enough courage to start a "crochet along". Once a week a pattern is posted and everyone can commit to doing it.
This CAL is from a facebook group I've been following for some time now. Crafty Crochet Community or CCC Social Group and here is the link to it.
Week one, a lot of eager crocheters started crocheting along, me too.
Block 1 is Odyssey Block by Leatitia Sherriff. You can find it here.
Here starts my odyssey too ..... can I bring it up to follow it for the entire year or not. There will be many weeks that I'll be away from home and then I'll have to catch up, not that it's a big problem, but it is going for a year.

Block 1 - Odyssey Block

Using Stylecraft Special DK 

Hook 4.5mm

So far so good, it really looks good!

The real thing, one block done.

They gave out measurements, ..... in inches!!! 
The size should be 12 inch square blocks, I have no idea at the moment what mine is! Large!
Finding it difficult to keep track of all the things I do , this blog is actually my notebook.

Colours used
Lemon
Claret
Fondant
Pomegranate
Turquoise
Cloud blue
Aster 
Grape
Wisteria
Meadow
Fondant
Pale rose
Lipstick


Friday, 3 January 2014

Time to pack those advent stockings away

2014
Time to pack all the Xmas decorations. All 75 of my advent stockings found new homes, new boxes to be packed away in. I myself will enjoy another fortnight of the warmth of my Christmas tree and its merry lights.

Quintin and family's stockings

Melaney's stockings

again Melaney's stockings

Michael's stockings

again Michael's stockings
You might think 75 is a miscalculation and yes it is, it should be 72, I've knitted 25 for all of them, not 24 as it should be. Ah well, one extra sweet for one of the kids.

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Socks pattern is from Litttle Cotton Rabbits