Do you remember the big granny? And the owl and name embroidery I eventually completed at Brown Owls last year? They’ve been combined together into a cushion, with a little help from an op-shop tablecloth.
And the other side:
I don’t know which side I like best! And why “Girls night out”? Because that it when the components were crafted – the crochet at a friend’s house one evening, the embroidery at Brown Owls.
This photo is worth it for the styling alone.
Although this pattern book is from 1971, this dress says mid-80s to me! Short skirt gently gathered into a drop waist. Love the colour and the touch of lurex.
There appear to be more posts about crochet on this blog lately than anything else. Whatever happened to the bags, the embroidery, the clothes? Especially the clothes – I really need some new dresses for work! But the call of the hook is strong. Here are the flower motifs I made from my March hip to hook parcel.
I made six of these little beauties, and wrapped them in a vintage embroidered cloth for a friend’s 40th birthday gift. I’m not quite certain what they will become (coasters? embellishments? framed as a picture? part of something else? scarf endings? did she mention pasties?) but I hope that she liked them – I think she did!
I have also made a little progress on the Wool Eater Blanket. Seven colours done, another three colours still to add.
Edited to add: The above link to the Wool Eater Blanket pattern is no longer available. The pattern came from Sarah London, who can be contacted through her blog here. I have also noticed that it looks a lot like what is called Bavarian Crochet.
I sat in a cosy pub crocheting away happily with other Brown Owls on Monday night, a drink of brandy and dry in front of me after finishing my dinner of pate. Pip observed that I was being very retro…
But there is a mistake in my blanket! The light in the pub was pretty dim and I was clearly distracted by the conversation and maybe the brandy. Can you spot the error? I’m too many rows further along to pull it out and correct it now. I may pretend that it is a deliberate mistake, in the same way as Amish Quilters were thought to purposely include a mistake in their quilts.
