Jubilee Crafting

Jubilee Crafting, a photo by RooKnits on Flickr.

Getting into the spirit of things. A felt necklace, corsage and a button bracelet.

Ripples

Ripples, a photo by RooKnits on Flickr.

WIP Wednesday.

A wedding shrug for Lauren

My best friend got married this weekend and I had the honour of making something for her big day.
Back in February we started to look at patterns and shortlisted a few things. We looked at shrugs and shawls, knitted, crocheted and sewn. In the end we took this beautiful crochet shrug as our inspiration.

I started with lots of swatches,


and ended up going down to a 2mm crochet hook to get the right size squares with my Zephyr Laceweight (in ivory, the same yarn I used for my wedding shawl).

By Easter I had this


and knew I needed to crack on.

4th May and nearly there -


I made a u shape with 10 squares in total. I joined the squares on the last round of each square and blocked the shape flat before joining the side seams.

I added edging and finally blocked the entire piece on the Thursday before the wedding!




Luckily it fit perfectly and was worn with pride on Saturday.

I am sure there will be better photos, but here are a few to give you an idea of the fit (and the beautiful bride).

Thanks Lauren, for letting me be such a big part of your special day.

April 2012 - Gone in a flash

 1. Potatoes Planted, 2. Climbing, 3. My first McDonalds, 4. Jam, 5. Caterpillar in the wash, 6. Eggy breakfast, 7. Fancie Cakes, 8. Crochet, 9. Chef, 10. Buttons Egg, 11. Sleepy, 12. My first Kinder Surprise, 13. C & T, 14. Popcorn and Toy Story, 15. Down the allotment, 16. Norbert, 17. Better than Maccy D's, 18. Gone in a blur, 19. Park your yarn, 20. Wedding shrug back, 21. New Stand and Relegation, 22. Banana boy, 23. Yoghurt mess, 24. On the train, 25. Cupcake flowers, 26. Forget-me-not
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March 2012

1. Burn baby burn, 2. Clockwork Forest, 3. Everyone needs a caterpillar for a pillow, 4. York 3 monkey socks, 5. Dungaree boy, 6. One to go, 7. Hollies - 50 Year Anniversary Tour, 8. Sunday treats, 9. Blossom, 10. Wedding shrug beginnings, 11. Playdough, 12. Allotment beginnings, 13. Washing day, 14. Bounce, 15. Afternoon tea, 16. Poorly boy, 17. Toad, 18. Turkey, 19. St Peter's, 20. In Nannie's Garden, 21. Bethany's Bargainballs blanket, 22. In the toy box, 23. Cheeky, 24. On the big chair, 25. A sunny morning in Tettenhall, 26. Beautiful Blue Skies, 27. Mummy, I fell asleep eating my toast, 28. Sleepyhead

York 3 monkey socks

York 3 monkey socks, a photo by RooKnits on Flickr.

Monkey socks. Knit in The Yarn Yard Toddy in the York 3 colourway.

February 2012 - Photostash

1. Cosy, 2. Sewing during nap time, 3. Clothkits Birdie Skirt, 4. White Saturday, 5. My first sledge ride, 6. Chilli Sunday, 7. Twisted willow, 8. Kilt Hose WIP, 9. Story time, 10. Tasty train, 11. Saturday sex on the beach!, 12. Black Country derby, 13. Birthday time, 14. The animals like it in the house, 15. Flowery blanket, 16. A sock in cosy corner, 17. Slide anticipation, 18. Sleepyhead, 19. Thomas' Welly Socks, 20. Kilt Hose for Kerry, 21. Pancake Day, 22. Toddy York 3, 23. Crocus in the sun, 24. The wheels on the bus, 25. Lunch at the services, 26. Quack, 27. A stick in the park, 28. On the bridge, 29. Lake District Feb 2012, 30. Lake District Feb 2012