What I’m doing now
Hi crochet friends
The ripple stitch cushion I started earlier in April is
finished! I made using left over wools from my big wool basket. As soon as I’d
set the cushion on the window seat next to my patchwork crochet cushion I
realised that many of the colours I’d used for the ripple stitch cushion where
in the patchwork cushion. Even though the designs are completely different
using some of the same colours means the two cushions look lovely together.
With nothing to crochet on a rainy afternoon in May, I looked
in my wool basket . There were numerous odd
balls of different coloured wool so I settled
to use them all up. I rummaged around and some of the same colours as the patchwork
and ripple stitch cushion where there with a few more shades. So I decided to
make a couple of cushions in different designs using the same colours.
The cushions are for the lounge. For so long I’ve been
making stuff for everyone else I thought it was time for me. I get bored with
one design so all the cushions will be different but the colours of each will
all tie together. As always colour
combinations make the design effect completely different.
The lounge of our cottage can be quite dark, but my favourite
part of the lounge, the big Georgian window that looks out onto the front lawn
brings afternoon sun in. Under the window we have a large chest that Sam the dog loves to sit on.
Back to the cupboard next to the fireplace where I keep my
crochet books, but no ideas jumped out. On to Pinterest where I found the
‘circle of friends’ motif in various colour ways. It's an unusual pattern as it
looks good on both the 'right' and the 'wrong' side.
When the showers stopped I went into the garden with the
dogs and we sat on the covered seat and I began to make the first motif. I have
been crocheting for many years but I don't usually get the first motif right. A
few goes before I got the colour combinations I wanted.
I know that most people make all the motifs first and pile
them up neatly but this drives me mad. I have to see what the finished item
will look like or at least get some idea. In the past this has saved me time as
I have either discovered faults with my design or I don't like the finished result.
When I had made four motifs of the circle of friends complete I stitched them
together.
It looks quite good, but somehow lacks that extra bit of
sparkle I like, so I am going to crochet an edging around it, using some of the
colours in the motifs. One colour per row and I think I'll either do a raised
shell or a raised double crochet border.
After a perfect afternoon in the garden the first butterfly
I'd seen this year flew across the comfrey plants.....
