Okay, I started this in 2009.  It has had many extended periods of hiatus, but this year I was determined to get it closer to finished.  Although my original plan was to crochet three round of each colour, I have amended that to two rounds.  I am almost there, but have run out of yarn with about twelve stitches to go in the mid-pink, which means that I won’t have quite enough yarn for the next few rounds either.  When I can source some more of the yarn I will finish off those last rounds.  In the meantime, the blanket has gone into use.

There is more detail about this on my Ravelry page, and there are previous posts about the wool-eater blanket here.

Firstly, thank you all so much for the lovely comments you left about my quilt!  I am feeling rather chuffed, I must admit, and your positive feedback was extremely encouraging.  I can tell that I could get a teeny weeny (or tiny winy, as Clare would say) bit addicted to this quilting caper.

But onward to the Wool Eater blanket!  All ten colours are finally in use, and I’m on to the second round for each.

I was a little unsure about the white when I was crocheting it, but once the next two colours had been added I could see that it was really going to lift the whole colour scheme.

Each successive row adds a whole new dimension to this blanket!  I think it will have three rows of each colour before it is done (maybe even a little more).  It’s now getting a bit too big to carry around in my handbag, so progress might slow down a little.  We’ll see!

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.