It's 2015 and there are sooo many craft projects I want to try this year. Is 365 days going to be enough??
In this post I'll talk you through a couple of ideas for the future and give you a quick update on some of the ones I've started. The knitting needle roll I mentioned in the last post turned out better than I expected and I'll be doing a separate post with a tutorial very soon. Just to show you the finished roll though, here's a couple of photos (excuse the garish ironing board cover I was working on) ...
I've also started on the crochet blanket I was planning. It's an Attic24 pattern called the Cosy Stripe blanket and was originally done as a CAL (crochet-a-long) on her blog. You can see it here. I received the wool pack for Christmas from my lovely husband and, after a few false starts, I got on with it. I struggled to get my tension right the first couple of times and I soon worked out that I stitch quite loosely. What was starting out as a foundation chain of 120cm was soon 135cm by row 3. I sorted this by making my foundation chain shorter (110cm) and it's now settling down nicely at around 124cm, which I'm happy with. Here's a pic of the blanket so far, at a 'huge' 4 rows long.
The cross stitch project I've worked on most recently is QS Dream of Dahlia from Heaven and Earth Designs (HAED). It is composed of only one colour, black, so is really easy for me to concentrate on, even when my head is foggy. I chose to stitch it onto 28ct Opal Brittney evenweave which I had custom dyed in fuchsia and orange by Jodyri Designs in the UK.
This is my progress so far...
I was reminded this morning that it's been a long time since I did any kind of art challenge (3 years in fact!). The lovely Catherine of Inky Fingered Cat blog suggested I finish off the Round the world art postcard challenge that I started, which is a possibility. However, when I looked at her blog again I noticed the new challenge she's taking part in over on the Art and Sole blogspot. It's an altered calendar challenge, changing up one page of a 2015 calendar each month. I've decided to take the plunge and try it with my Benedict Cumberbatch calendar, although I'm not sure I can bring myself to alter him too much! More news on that later this month.
The other projects I'd like to attempt are for my daughter's new bedroom (we're upgrading her to the bigger bedroom and relegating 'daddy's office' to her room). Those projects are a hula hoop tent like this one...
...and a plastic spoon mirror like this one:
Until next time,
Rozelle x
