Art of Crochet Square 51

This is an openwork square that comes together so fast and uses hardly any yarn. As with most of these, it was a joy to make. That's it for my current shipment. I will have an itchy crochet hand until the next one comes!!

FPC Friday - Foil Poinsettia

This is a bit Christmassy for February, but I had to give it a delay just in case I gave a reader one of these in December. This is the Poinsettia featured in book 2, but it is made of kitchen foil, coloured with alcohol inks. I had to assemble them with Super Glue. It was a sticky job that I'm not likely to repeat, but it was still fun. :)

Art of Crochet Square 50

Seen this before?

I thought you might. It seemed to come together a lot more easily this time though. Quick and easy. :)

FPC Friday - Agapanthus

Remember what I said last Friday about liking flowers that come several to a stem? Well, this is the epitome of that notion. It took me a very long time to make these, as I had to water-colour the outsides of each petal and curl each stamen by hand, not to mention make the calyx and nest it all together!! It is gorgeous, but not practical to use on a card the way I did it. I may have to research a better way, as I love the look of it when it's done.

A bean too far?

Welcome to my kitchen, home of coffee overkill. How may I help you?

We can now serve all manner of hot beverages. Not that we couldn't before, but if you prefer your latte to come to you in seconds rather than minutes, we now have a Tassimo machine.

I was in two minds about getting one. I bought one from eBay for half the retail price and it's good as new.

My husband wants espresso-based coffee drinks even if I'm not around to make them. He hasn't got my mad barista skills, so the Tassimo bridges the gap.

I don't intend to use it regularly, but it will be good if I'm in a hurry or we've run out of milk. Tassimo lattes are made with UHT milk pods. If our lovely fresh doorstep milk runs out, these will do. It's a nice kitchen gadget, I must admit.

The only thing that remains is how to recycle the pods. I hope the council take them!

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Art of Crochet Square 49

Hey, a new and different square!!

It's been a while since I haven't had a repeated square. Since I've already done a whole quarter of the throw, I thought it would be just more of the same from now on, but then this turns up.

It's a lot like the pink lacy one, but the pattern on this one is jogged so that the shells nest together rather than sit on top of each other. I enjoyed making this pattern very much. I do hope this one gets repeated!

FPC Friday - Hyacinths

Happy Friday everyone!

This is Flower 3 from Book 2 of Floral Punch Craft by Leone Em, the Hyacinth. I had a brilliant time making this one. I seem to be drawn to flowers that are many to a stem, in some sort of cluster. I don't know why. I've had my beady eye on the Hyacinth since I started. I made this one back in November but I've just recently assembled it into a card. I kept it simple to focus all attention on this lovely purple number. I adore it, so forgive me for not being very humble about it. :)