Heirloom crochet WIP gift

Hello Lovelies :-)

And welcome to Angela of Cottage Magpie (here) and to my Mum and Dad

who are new followers.

I had a fabulous surprise on Saturday when the postman made his delivery....

...a package from my mum :-)

Thanks so much Mum xx

I have no memories of this project and I would love to know if it was before my time or when i was very young.

Mum has always been a crafter of all sorts but I cannot remember seeing her crochet except for when mum taught me as a teenager.

So here it is...

...and some closeups of those tiny wee stitches...

...and the matching thread plus a yummy yellow ombre one (you know how i have a thing about yellow at the moment!)...

The ecru is...

Shade 609,  dyelot N564 

I don't think Coats produce cotton thread like this anymore.

I think I may make another cushion to go with the cushion I'm going to make with this.

Maybe I'll use it with the yellow fabric...

I know...another excuse to play!

(Oh, I nearly forgot....the pattern is lost but I may be able to figure it out.)

I will, of course, show you what the outcome is but it might be a little while as I am trying to finish the hand quilting on the vintage hexie quilt.

I'm making good progress.

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Thank you all for your comments and emails on my last two posts :-)

I wasn't happy with how the last post turned out...

I was stressing over it and pushed myself to publish it in the early hours one morning

....not a good move as it caused me even more stress later that day when I realised it didn't read the way i had intended..

Oops!

Thanks for bearing with me.

Ttfn xxxx
Tracey

Spring colour

 Spring is springing, yippee!

 

Happy St. David's day.

 

 

 

Yesterday I said I would post a picture of my two crochet cushions... and I have... but there at the end of this post.  Is that being sneaky...making you look at all the flowers and foliage first...?

 

I've been out in my garden absorbing the sunshine and the delights of new growth.

 

 

 

The damson about to blossom

 

 

Forget-me-nots appearing

 

Leaves unfurling

 

Snow drops drooping prettily

 

A barrel of narcissus

 

 

 

 

Divine scented Daphne

 

Rhubarb erupting

 

Lungwort flowering under the Daphne and greeny fronds of grape hyacinths

 

.........

 

...and Ta Dah

 

 

My two crochet cushions.

The one on the left is from a Cath Kidston kit I bought half price in Windsor, and the cushion on the right I made afterwards with yarn from my stash. The four centre grannies were a tad smaller than the outer squares so I hooked a row of double crochet all around  for a tidier sewn together look.

They are both acrylic.

The red cushion on the right I knitted several months ago and I used Wendy Mode DK doubled, from my local yarn store.

What I think must have been a stash buster, the stripey blanket, was a charity shop purchase.  I love finds like that!  It's getting a bit holey though...hmm...I can see a good excuse to create some bright hooky patches.

 

Thanks for joining me.

Have a lovely weekend. Bye xx