Groundhog Day and Ta - Dah!!

For those of you who follow me on Instagram, you might have seen over the weekend that I was "tagged" to share what I was doing this time last year. So I scrolled back (and back...) until I got to roughly the same day last January - and I was truly surprised to see that I was doing exactly the same thing!!! I was looking back to the previous January (2017) and sharing what I had posted then. Coincidence or what??!!

This time last year I said I'd had a rubbish day, so had decided to look back at a better day and shared this picture of the Bargello Allium Cushion Panel I designed and made - well, still making actually but it's nearly done -

This year, I'd also had a rubbish day and had planned on sharing exactly the same pic before I was asked to share something!! And it also just happens that I've been sharing some of my bargello pics again recently, having been inspired by a lady on IG called @brightbag who has been writing a pat*tern for a crocheted version of bargello which I'm itching to try! (Her pattern is out for testing now!)
It did sort of feel like I was stuck in a time warp with the same thing happening over and over!!

Back around New Year everyone was posting their "best nine" for 2018. That is, the 9 posts in their feed that got the most likes. There was also "my year in colour", which would look for the dominant  colours per pic, again based on likes. I got the following two results -

They were ok but I would have preferred to have some more bright colours - clearly I just didn't use enough of them! Consequently, I dashed out and bought a rainbow of yarn and have been busy working on a really bright baby blanket which I've just finished. I decided to make a rainbow version of my #tootystripeyblanket but to make it a little different, I alternated the rainbow colours with white. I had to make some adjustments to the pat*tern as I went along - I swapped a few rows around, left one or two bits out, and completely left out the extended post stitches as I didn't think they'd work with the white rows.
I'm really pleased with how it turned out and have set up a project page on Ravelry should you want to know what yarn and quantities I used etc. Want to see it??? Thought so!!

I have about 60g of all the colours left, so will be making another rainbow themed blanket soon - I just need to decide on the pat*tern.

However, I have at least 3 new pat*terns that I need to finish writing up as well. Actually, make that 4 - I've just remembered one that I started nearly 8 years ago!!! Really must get that one finished...

Right now though, I'm nearly half way through another #popcorndreamsscarf (Popcorn Dreams Scarf) using a gorgeous hand dyed yarn I bought last summer that made me think of wild flowers in the heat of July - but using it in the cold of winter now makes me think of hot rice pudding with a big spoonful of raspberry jammed stirred through it!!!!!

(OOPS!!!!! I've just noticed - that's the wrong hastag on that photo!! This is definitely Popcorn Dreams, not a Tail of Two Dragons! Although I have just made another one of those too but haven't taken any pics of it yet.)

On that note, I think I might just go and look through the cupboard and see if we've actually got any rice pudding!!

Keep warm! Til' next time,    T  xXx