2009-04-16

Flowers for a Friend

So these are some pictures which are of some flowers from a pattern a friend had me test out. She is getting married and was interested in knowing if the flowers would look nice. While I think these flowers are cute.. they did not turn out like the picture.. mainly because there were no directions on where to attach the leaves so I just went with where I thought.. And they should of gone higher so they can be bundled up better. I also used pipe cleaners to stand them up and the end of the pip cleaner is in the center of each flower top. The picture above it during the making process. You can see the leaves.. and I did not just have a solid green and am only testing. :P You can also see the flower petals. The pattern calls for Sugar & Cream yarn by Lily 100% cotton yarn which I was able to use the correct yarn.

The picture below is 2 of the 6 total flowers that are made, though the bouqet only holds 5.. or at least the picture did. So maybe the want you to have one extra to keep to give to someone to brighten their day.


(Below) The final bouquet. I was playing around with different color pipe cleaners so the centers are different. I think I am going to try again and make the leaves higher and use maybe some starch on the petals or wire to keep them where i want them.

Last WIP Update

I know it has been a while, but I have had a few other areas of my life to focus on recently. I have had a few side projects going on in the mean time and would love to share them with you. I have made a total of **19** squares from the blanket in the last post. I am trying to use yarn I already have versus purchase more so I found a few extra shades of colors I can throw in. One of them is featured in this post and is the darker tan/beige color. Before it was just the blue variegated and the light tan and dark blue. I did find 2 more skeins of yarn in the variegated blue so I will be able to either make more squares or use it for the border.


Granny Square Pictures
Crochet Cabana - How to Make a Granny Square (worked in one color)
The Purl Bee - Granny Square (worked in multiple colors)
Wiki-How - How to Crochet a Granny Square (with video)