Art of Crochet Square 48

Another month, another new shipment. This one's an obvious repeat too. I have finally cracked it though-- to make it look more even, I took one row of aubergine trebles out of the pattern. Now it's fine, and looks more like the right size.

This square requires use of scraps of yarn saved from leftover issues. Recently, I went through my scraps and combined them all together by colour into a single ball per colour-- 8 in total-- and I am finding it much easier to have scraps to hand. Because I have been using my scraps, I find I have many unused skeins sitting in a bag. If they are complete skeins, I keep them in their original form. They may come in useful when the throw is completely finished and I want to make something to go with it.

In other crochet news, the cushions I made for my mother-in-law went over very well indeed. She has requested some more next year!! I would be happy to do so as I have many cushion patterns on file, thanks to the partwork.

FPC Friday... Live!

Usually my FPC Friday posts are pre-scheduled, but not at the moment. I have now started on Book 2 of Floral Punchcraft. Flower 1 is the Daffodil. I've made this one before but the card went to a recipient before I could photograph it. So here it is again.

I've just realised that the stamens are missing...

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Art of crochet Square 47

This one is a repeat from way back, and the difference is astounding. The last time I made this one, the square was bigger and a lot more loose. This one turned out to be the right size, if not a bit on the small side.

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FPC Friday: Flowers 12 and 16

This card is made with similar ingredients to the last one. The only difference is the flowers. These are flower 12 and 16 from book 1 of Floral Punch Craft by Leone Em.

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Art of Crochet Square 46

Another repeat, which doesn't surprise me. The finished throw will be fantastic.

The repeated squares monitor my progress in learning to crochet. Getting the chance to complete squares months after doing an identical one, I can compare the two and see the difference. For example, square 1 and 45 differ, but not in an expected way.

When I made square 1, I was fairly new to crochet and to combining different stitches into a pattern. As I progressed, I have become a bit lazy and inattentive, and square 45, which should be identical to square 1, appears less even.

I'm glad I had the opportunity to see this for myself. Oops!

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Card using Flower 6

A simple, no-frills layout is in order to showcase Floral Punch Craft if it's the main focus of your card. This one is made with wood-textured cardstock from Payperbox, a white and copper-flecked oval, cut from card also from payperbox, and an Anita's peel-off sticker greeting.

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Happy New Year!!!

Happy 2011, everyone!

This year on the blog, you can expect:

Crochet Wednesdays,

Floral Punchcraft Fridays,

And scrapbook pages, cards, and challenges in between!!

This year, I would like to:

Participate in a few more challenges

Link up with other blogs in more blog hops

Invite other bloggers to join in my Crochet Wednesdays and FPC Fridays!

Oh.... and Happy Birthday Mamaminky!!!! Woo woo!! You old mare...