Eight-by-Six

Ring of roses top Back in December Cassie Ward  (aka themissingyarn ) contacted me to tell me all about her new fab book ' The Crochet Wardrobe  'published by Tuvapublishing and asked me if I wanted to be part of her book tour in March. Little scary as I've never done one before but I gathered my yarn and after a busy day in the office I finally managed to cast on last night. I've also managed a couple of rows in my lunch break (yep no knitting for a few days!)  Loving the vintage feel in the Scheepjes Stonewashed (in Moon Stone) and the pattern is a dream, well written and easy for me to follow. I've ordered some vintage mother of pearl buttons I may use for the centre of the roses. I'll be posting more updates on my Instagram page before my book tour date in March. when your crochet hook matches your latest project

You might remember this post from about ten days ago, well I've now finished my 4th granny tee and I'm currently finishing off my fifth one this week that I stared last year (oops). Indigo Blue came about when I took delivery of my Scheepjes Skies mini skien box (heavy/aran) and I'm in love with this yarn! I was sitting watching a film when I had the sudden urge to crochet another Granny Tee by Sarah (aka annaboos house) The mini skeins are perfect and I ended up using two boxes plus a larger 100g skein for the sleeves and joining. It has amazing drape and the colours are a subtle shift of indigo that is going to look fabulous over a white t shirt with jeans and flip flops. Perfect partnership and so bang on trend for the tie dye look that's about for festivals for this summer.  The total cost was around GBP35 not including delivery and I think for a custom made jumper that's not a bad price. I measured it as I added rows then I added side slits to my g...