Monday 3 March 2014

March already

Well the last month has sped by and its March already and its starting to feel a little bit like spring.

I've been having a spring clean and taking stock of my yarn stash. As you might guess I have a lot of yarn. Making amigurumi you need a lot of colours but you don't use a lot of each so the stash keeps on building and its easy to miss when you've run out of a colour I use all the time. I also have to check if any of the colours have been discontinued by the manufacturers. This is really important as I don't think anyone would be happy if I wrote a pattern and use a yarn colour that they could get anymore.

After the stock-take comes the stock up
I was really impressed by wool warehouse I have never used them before but they were great. easy to use website, free delivery and it arrived the next day. This about a third of what I had to buy to top up my stock and is mainly the rico cotton aran. Its a new range for me and I have a lot of projects planed for it :)

I have been busy working on more magazine patterns. I had two in the latest issue of craftseller
 The first project was a piggy cup warmer. This was pretty simple apart from they needed it on a really short deadline. I had an afternoon to make it in order to get it in the post the nest day. Kinda like a speed crochet design challenge. I was pretty calm though until I realized I didn't have a take away coffee cup to measure. I don't drink coffee so I had no idea of the size. This is where the internet comes in very handy and Facebook friends came to the rescue. I love the finished photos from the magazine it looks very cosy.

Thankfully they gave me a bit more time for the next project. This daffodil brooch had its own set of challenges as I wanted it to be made in one piece and I wanted the pattern to be as simple as possible and quick to make. Most importantly I wanted it to be pretty. I think it worked quite well and it has inspired me to make more flower patterns.


I'm hoping spring will be a busy one here on the blog I have a lot of things in the pipeline and I'll try and keep things updated a bit more often.

I'm going to join in on handmade Monday again too :)

8 comments:

  1. I saw both these patterns in Craftseller and thought they were wonderful. I'm planning on using the daffodil to make a crocheted wreath. Thanks for sharing your lovely patterns.
    Ali xx

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  2. I'm most envious of your new yarn order, such an array of colours! The daffodil is very pretty.

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  3. Beautiful patterns - and your rainbow wheel of yarn is just too lovely to actually use!!!

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  4. I love these but especially the pig holder.I have a cup like that for my daily Tassimo coffee and that's just what I need!

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  5. The piggy cup holder is adorable, and I'm very jealous of all your wool stash!

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  6. I wish I could get these in the US. I DESPERATELY want to make the piggy cozy!

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    1. Drop me an email at lizwardcrochet@mail,com and I'll see what I can do

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