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Showing posts with label dishcloth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dishcloth. Show all posts

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

An Iconic Kiwi Christmas Tree

The Pohutakawas are all out and blossoming around Auckland. 
They seem extra red this year and there are dozens lining the roads
These pics are from one in the front garden



And in crocheting news, a couple of starfish wash-cloths from a retro pattern. 
I'm celebrating my pattern reading prowess :-)
 

Monday, 22 August 2011

Crochet for the home....

...... and it's not even kitsch (well, much anyway)!

I'm a bit of a hoarder and keep any bit of yarn that is more than 30cm long. I started this blanket a month or so ago (this was the 4th attempt) and it's made up of all of my remnants.  

My nephew says it's "gangsta" which made me worry about being kidnapped by gunpoint whilst I was napping on the couch.  Or maybe it's like Arthur Dents towel and instead of being full of nutrients it has different drugs in it (not sure I want to risk sucking on it though!)  It's a kind of log cabin pattern that I made up as I went. Pretty 'gangsta' eh? :-)


We are renting quite a new house, which is something very different to what we've lived in before.  It's very warm for one!  And it's a little lacking in character, especially the kitchen which has all those lovely clean sterile lines with quite a bit of stainless steel.  So I crocheted some nice bright cotton dishcloths (yep they're almost granny squares I couldn't help it....).

They're working out really well, some soy cotton and some cotton cotton.  Apparently they last for ages too :-)