tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12672959061109887272024-02-19T11:40:42.693+00:00Tina's AllsortsA place to record the things I've made - or would like to make! Along with other bits & bobs...
Tinaspicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04959604936566531513noreply@blogger.comBlogger233125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267295906110988727.post-55452804900511650702021-07-06T16:47:00.004+01:002021-08-19T07:08:06.447+01:00Daisy Hat Ta - dah!!<p> So here she is, my beautiful <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/daisy-hat-18" target="_blank">Daisy Hat</a>! She came together very quickly and I've tried the original black and white version (see previous post), a rainbow version, plus a stash busting multi colour version that used a different colour on virtually every row!! I call that one Summer Meadow.</p><p>There are some long floats which might affect your tension (it did with mine! 😄), so there are two sizes available - regular and large. The brim is the same size on both, as is the length but the main body has an extra 12 stitches. That doesn't sound a lot but it's enough to make a noticeable difference. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/daisy-hat-18" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Daisy Hat by Tina’s Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbq7lKTGqXZpDTSjhCCEusI6Wh1LXFKqLNU2rJJVEzI8S5kq45Rh7Bg7MPJRO6vfNuk20GgBbGoxQOpXPVS_m9BRJ0HL-lUVD1yHDtI6LxWk-Ko1261VfiCMsYf9cCvmLB2eUy1KlGZn6e/w480-h640/20210627_130736.jpg" title="Daisy Hat by Tina’s Allsorts Designs" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/daisy-hat-18" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Daisy Hat by Tina’s Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH99D_PVCyahnHlu-X719ptfRrtA2sk8Uv_LIMjxyDLrMs-kEYW5WYm8a9j-wM1Z-OkJrsjm0cHwokTPdTPEU5UHDAAzaG6r10xkwMayZ4jjpBkt6MhGQ19RxjrKiKVOJbfzRSq1Bn1VeJ/w300-h400/IMG_20210702_190701.jpg" title="Daisy Hat by Tina’s Allsorts Designs" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/daisy-hat-18" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Daisy Hat by Tina’s Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1706" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJon9eD7mLmn0o_03JucrB_jVaV5dAyuf1feLh947-xOhFbehkmAwWs57FOUCUz7TYfGFlX-8TnvodY0A3mPDc3xlEt5P75nkkNLziWTRcDI9-SzPvrTn2Rhz7bGbMUKztuXnLOLGyXMrr/w534-h640/IMG_20210625_122615%25282%2529.jpg" title="Daisy Hat by Tina’s Allsorts Designs" width="534" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can click on the link at the top of the page (in blue), or click on any of the pictures, to take you to Ravelry. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And don't forget to share <i>your version</i> with the hashtag #daisyhat - I love to see my designs in the wild!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Knitting everyone! T xXx </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Tinaspicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04959604936566531513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267295906110988727.post-82558324778908483112021-06-10T12:58:00.002+01:002021-06-10T12:58:30.890+01:00A new hat design! <p> My absolute FAVOURITE flower is the daisy. Doesn't have to be a big fancy daisy or a pretty colour. Just the common or garden daisy that grows amongst the grass. </p><p>I often think it would be nice to design a daisy hat and it's Finally underway! </p><p>It needs some tweaking - and there will be two sizes, a first for me! - but should be ready soon! </p><p>Here's a sneak peak of version one - </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthyphenhyphenG2UED9s3QAzplToySwiozJA4xZBqS55Eew3IH27sl6tZ7H3C-vvRB0AMhAgj71O6Z_UOXqysGgMxXG-R9QeCn5erYGOIUnIRt_Ub2TtROx12EftyF-1ayuAMV3ZFJip4HNuaz8aWmO/s2048/IMG_20210530_102058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Daisy Hat by Tina's Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthyphenhyphenG2UED9s3QAzplToySwiozJA4xZBqS55Eew3IH27sl6tZ7H3C-vvRB0AMhAgj71O6Z_UOXqysGgMxXG-R9QeCn5erYGOIUnIRt_Ub2TtROx12EftyF-1ayuAMV3ZFJip4HNuaz8aWmO/w640-h640/IMG_20210530_102058.jpg" title="Daisy Hat by Tina's Allsorts Designs" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>More updates later! </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Happy Knitting 😊 T xXx</p>Tinaspicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04959604936566531513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267295906110988727.post-3717567984814368602021-05-25T16:24:00.000+01:002021-05-25T16:24:27.133+01:00Introducing Bellamy, a Fairisle Hat<p> I'm very late writing this post... again! I actually published my latest hat pattern back on May 1st, started writing this post on May 8th, and finally finishing it now, May 25th... Better late than never though, I suppose! </p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHg2STRb0ZKX9psyfhyphenhypheno1VK7_4YLzzzndiNk9_XDczi2LxC5-t5Dlm-ZDGPGdBgZbjk9-CqZQMkLkRDWsIEpSkSQh7a8_jkviIUpUft3-MLfQv2ET8ULAjy8I8WSTQq9VMLpxcX3QpNwB/s1486/20210219_161854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1486" data-original-width="1063" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHg2STRb0ZKX9psyfhyphenhypheno1VK7_4YLzzzndiNk9_XDczi2LxC5-t5Dlm-ZDGPGdBgZbjk9-CqZQMkLkRDWsIEpSkSQh7a8_jkviIUpUft3-MLfQv2ET8ULAjy8I8WSTQq9VMLpxcX3QpNwB/w143-h200/20210219_161854.jpg" width="143" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Early in 2020 I heard that David Bellamy had died. If you were a child of the 70's & 80's in the UK, then you will probably be familiar with the great man. <p></p><p>He was a botanist with an enthusiam that was infectious and made a great many childrens programs on the subject. He was definietly a childhood hero of mine, and I looked forard to watching him.</p><p>It was his influence that made me realise how beatiful the world around me was, especially if you took the time to get really up and close and personal with nature.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I wanted to design a hat in his memory/honour and actually started it immediately after publishing Hope Springs Hat. But it wasn't quite working the way I wanted, so I put it to one side for later. It turned out to be MUCH later - but finally I got him finished. There were a few tweaks along the way, mainly around the fruit/berrries between the big leaves on the crown. They changed shape several times - I wanted ginkgo leaves to start with but changed them to clover leaves. Then maple leaves.. then cherries, and finally, simple fruit/berries. Work them in brown and they could almost be nuts!1</p><p>But I'm very happy with him now and he was well received when published I think. Here he is, in all his glory - and if you click on the first picture, you'll hop across to the pattern on Ravelry.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bellamy-4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Bellamy by Tina's Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1BFUWRcampJlX5IPnPTaH7VgMwvT99bpedMQeT54bmtSOOB_7dJiSuOBNVSXx4Oo9R3xc_qdjzjiuFTZ2Ecj94q_03hSyGL989GjUhqdpM-fH4o3vLKaPvuIkHFK634-_SsK8vVfhUhXR/w640-h640/IMG_20210410_140013.jpg" title="Bellamy by Tina's Allsorts Designs" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've gone a bit overboard on the number of colours used! But then the natural world is <i>full</i> of colour! The hat on the main photo had 17 colours I think - the pink themed one below took slightly less. But I have also tried using just two colours and that was Very effective too (scroll down).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBEfAuB1QXx4WJa2ROzDxtyQi-rzPC7atMBrK9bfaiZS3Kbmp7SQ7WAYSvJI8uakrwCl-N4jubPNooRwRKj-tPVAigym0CTa8FhURFa4j950-gyQtt6-0XJsVoKECTZNCTI7K5gpZ-0Tt/s2048/IMG_20210425_162656.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Bellamy by Tina's Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBEfAuB1QXx4WJa2ROzDxtyQi-rzPC7atMBrK9bfaiZS3Kbmp7SQ7WAYSvJI8uakrwCl-N4jubPNooRwRKj-tPVAigym0CTa8FhURFa4j950-gyQtt6-0XJsVoKECTZNCTI7K5gpZ-0Tt/w180-h320/IMG_20210425_162656.jpg" title="Bellamy by Tina's Allsorts Designs" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtsVVhvXEFXbncwFSTXER2MKIoLIu82f3uJGFjbQqvfYWy8rHdx7AzB45H7m2AQwzbFhG1AOyytB6VYGVb40mT8NYq_DY3PYU0xldRl8NfK8XJ88qBjouVupUpOfoglhWhf62lT9uy2sn/s1238/IMG_20210429_155709.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Bellamy by Tina's Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="1238" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtsVVhvXEFXbncwFSTXER2MKIoLIu82f3uJGFjbQqvfYWy8rHdx7AzB45H7m2AQwzbFhG1AOyytB6VYGVb40mT8NYq_DY3PYU0xldRl8NfK8XJ88qBjouVupUpOfoglhWhf62lT9uy2sn/w320-h320/IMG_20210429_155709.jpg" title="Bellamy by Tina's Allsorts Designs" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBqqsH2bRWjQZ-hXlX1zNWnhgoSNYiCdB5fbaMsS_Iot9Hy5ut4TbWBHW2yKiiSTO-4D1adeNnFRF7FuHFiLmQddu1Dgs28pgCsA7esxX5dnb6KJIYG9TgRCQVJJMc1_okgUGPUApCEKXx/s2048/IMG_20210424_173131.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Bellamy by Tina's Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBqqsH2bRWjQZ-hXlX1zNWnhgoSNYiCdB5fbaMsS_Iot9Hy5ut4TbWBHW2yKiiSTO-4D1adeNnFRF7FuHFiLmQddu1Dgs28pgCsA7esxX5dnb6KJIYG9TgRCQVJJMc1_okgUGPUApCEKXx/w240-h320/IMG_20210424_173131.jpg" title="Bellamy by Tina's Allsorts Designs" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAj0Iyn5wU2H_0yosmXFFYUZz2K7rr3OqlNAIohkYHtnjjg5Tu4dCP0jPU1VFAdIjtCDKcsj1gjKvyqkQFAA-uexvkqcTWftzoDnhSXlo0shGLI2_DJTFx0T8baDta4-s_NsPrSojQCd8P/s2048/IMG_20210511_160652.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Bellamy by Tina's Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAj0Iyn5wU2H_0yosmXFFYUZz2K7rr3OqlNAIohkYHtnjjg5Tu4dCP0jPU1VFAdIjtCDKcsj1gjKvyqkQFAA-uexvkqcTWftzoDnhSXlo0shGLI2_DJTFx0T8baDta4-s_NsPrSojQCd8P/w480-h640/IMG_20210511_160652.jpg" title="Bellamy by Tina's Allsorts Designs" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I hope you like my tribute to a very great man and should you choose to make it, I'd love to see your version! I wonder what colours you would choose to use??.... Don't forget to use the hashtag bellamyhat<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohFtFtjdB0HYcW0znNARASWRtHao6usVlFXIYE38g3ou7B-zbGpLwe7eklb94S-i_vO6tTdB8rH5uMwHs00gUX_d2MWz-SCF2ULryZtSIzJ_f3E7M2beHXe7k9g6hC-Tay5PMtemr_W6x/s1486/20210219_161854.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1486" data-original-width="1063" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohFtFtjdB0HYcW0znNARASWRtHao6usVlFXIYE38g3ou7B-zbGpLwe7eklb94S-i_vO6tTdB8rH5uMwHs00gUX_d2MWz-SCF2ULryZtSIzJ_f3E7M2beHXe7k9g6hC-Tay5PMtemr_W6x/s320/20210219_161854.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy knitting everyone! T xXx</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Tinaspicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04959604936566531513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267295906110988727.post-36972222139556913442021-05-08T09:18:00.000+01:002021-05-08T09:18:27.864+01:00Bluebell Walk 💜💜💜<p> It's that wonderful time of year when the woods are full of glorious, beautiful bluebells! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEeoe8r5Nm4h30e9zhyphenhyphenFJ4fh__5Ufo8YEQ0FMlMrWN0Sf5tcCVknud9S2BtFv3NREjktRNVeyqXRjYrmaIRT7Z1_5lwHpqQ_hJwIe8SE1qY15aIhujFGhyphenhyphen8F9Ov1Kd5YARnz7b4jZcppj9/s2048/IMG_20210501_120131.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEeoe8r5Nm4h30e9zhyphenhyphenFJ4fh__5Ufo8YEQ0FMlMrWN0Sf5tcCVknud9S2BtFv3NREjktRNVeyqXRjYrmaIRT7Z1_5lwHpqQ_hJwIe8SE1qY15aIhujFGhyphenhyphen8F9Ov1Kd5YARnz7b4jZcppj9/w640-h360/IMG_20210501_120131.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I really missed being able to go and walk amongst them last year - we were still under full lockdown and weren't allowed to travel anywhere for our daily exercise. And the best wood I know is 15 miles away....</p><p>But this year there was no way I was going to miss them! </p><p>I got up early last Saturday to go with a friend (actually, I was so excited I'd been dreaming about it and was awake at 5am! I got up at 6 and we didn't leave it until 9!!!) and we headed out to <a href="https://www.forestryengland.uk/micheldever-wood" target="_blank">Micheldever Wood</a>, just northeast of Winchester. </p><p>We knew it would be really busy, hence the early start and we were at the car park before 9:30 only to find it was virtually full already! We squeezed into the last space and then crossed the road and went into a different wood, not Micheldever! </p><p>We discovered 3 or 4 years ago, chatting with a dog walker that actually, the best walk for bluebells is across the road in <a href="https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/itchen-wood-winchester" target="_blank">Itchen Wood</a>. It's literally opposite - but hardly anyone goes there! Admittedly, there's no car park, just a little pull in at the edge of the road but oh my, the bluebells! The wood faces a different direction and is a well managed woodland. You won't find fallen trees and overgrown brambles. And definitely no pine trees! And you can't hear the motorway either! </p><p>Some areas are on a slight gradient and as you approach from the bottom edge there's just a bank of shades of blue and purple in front of you. Simply beautiful! </p><p>And the fragrance was divine! And I have a poor sense of smell! </p><p>I took a million photos, like you do, on both camera and phone but trying to get them onto my tablet is hard work! But here are just a few. </p><p>And if you would like to visit them yourself and you're in Hampshire in the UK, just look up Micheldever Woods and when you get there, park in the car park if you can, then walk back out to the road, turn left & cross over, walk 100 yards and the entrance to the wood is just there, on the bend of the road. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkQvJ4FJ3lO3MK3DUOgQ3_UdFzPkKX9PUwTne3gBzLtYDVqECQESirkXySarZsPF-ycBCYyjAFqrSQwN-JokTAYyB9DKrH1UkF-9qDN4gYicRJksX4LRx6UmuCoc5_Q30zVY5oeHP7STV/s2048/IMG_20210501_104520.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkQvJ4FJ3lO3MK3DUOgQ3_UdFzPkKX9PUwTne3gBzLtYDVqECQESirkXySarZsPF-ycBCYyjAFqrSQwN-JokTAYyB9DKrH1UkF-9qDN4gYicRJksX4LRx6UmuCoc5_Q30zVY5oeHP7STV/w640-h360/IMG_20210501_104520.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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You may have seen it already but I designed a hat based around a previous love - Patchwork & Quilting.</p><p>Several years ago I was a slave to the cutting board and sewing machine and would spend many, many hours creating quilts and quilted items. Eventually, it started to play havoc with my back and I had to look for something else to do, and ended up with a new passion of crochet!!</p><p>Time has moved on again and now I have a passion for fairisle hats. While chatting with someone about my last hat, <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/boanny-starns" target="_blank">Boanny Starns</a>, I mentioned that one of the stars on it looked like a quilting block - and that was a light-bulb moment!! A fairisle hat based on my favourite quilting blocks and before you knew it, I had designed '<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/quilters-delight-hat" target="_blank">Quilters Delight</a>'!</p><p>In true patchwork style, it's a real stash buster as most of the colours used take just two grams of yarn or less. And there are quite a lot of colours!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/quilters-delight-hat" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Quilters Delight by Tina’s Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="1354" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2YTEjUSl6m5As-jP1Vvmhyphenhyphen8sPkDcdYlX_anaW7t7IlJaJJbh1qxadXCseRt19sAf42ZPOdKjtH1DU5Kwt0YyHYBzLm3Ejoac1wf_bXB30GAAENV6Zwu-5MBhkXMWo-mOoJrPNYK4QyM2e/w634-h640/Quilters+Delight+by+Tina%2527s+Allsorts+Designs.jpg" title="Quilters Delight by Tina’s Allsorts Designs" width="634" /></a></div><p>Rather than have just one star as the main motif, I devised eight different centres - and it's surprisingly easy to work those different centres following the simple instructions in the pattern.</p><p>As I made each sample with different colours, I kept changing the pattern on the crown until - <i>finally</i> - I was happy with the result. This one -</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/quilters-delight-hat" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Quilters Delight by Tina’s Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj922KXOVztHJGJW_Vdw4DftfKCU26krw8qZa0e0o5t0Zf_9g_cNRC7cGhdjppR4GUFqYHRDalT9YOaY3mXXZhBIeTIRODB-2oT3eMu4z29JZ-KuRyLLM4uR7kvnA-ekd_riF-ZbT8J9iCH/w640-h428/Quilters+Delight+Hat.JPG" title="Quilters Delight by Tina’s Allsorts Designs" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I tried to use all my favourite quilt blocks - flying geese, stars, pinwheels. And the corrugated rib is a play on a colourwash/bargello quilt. Although I must admit to never having made the Dresden plate that features on the crown...</div><div><br /></div>As you can see from my samples, you really can use whatever colours you have to hand for a truly one-of-a-kind hat.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/quilters-delight-hat" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Quilters Delight by Tina’s Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWcVoQitf8ys83mSwsffReSDXBM8hxBm0gh9TeJzVPmzmrob9v5vs7E9zueFclxZXtH4GY5GoZ4KhyTD4ttJgkT87TE6cPcX8CAj9NL1lh0b48NzVC3WqgAawGWN1dRhu1ZmTM4rzKdzZC/w400-h400/Quilters+Delight+Hats.jpg" title="Quilters Delight by Tina’s Allsorts Designs" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/quilters-delight-hat" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Quilters Delight by Tina’s Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTOJhPte61Xn9MFzd87oqzaKEBHwsMPw07reIeGuT1GKPU3LS4Fu-r7CeTJuAbjh6ZN5WFKtf_TdQU8dQy5vkrz5itBegw3wO9i6K5TXH8Hg9yz42C5Sd4qT8JU7R30CPp1KV6aKvSctaY/w480-h640/IMG_20210121_122536.jpg" title="Quilters Delight by Tina’s Allsorts Designs" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you don't like sewing in the ends, I explain how to weave them in as you go!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/quilters-delight-hat" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Quilters Delight by Tina’s Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="1354" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8p_Mx3f5rKtfXpEPRqbFwYO0FRDDxlMNT0nwncgGtYRO1j4_tRvv3wQyXOxdpy2OpmbSjVj3kpgoCBqdXIcu-hd3ngyud8ZBm8a7cVho3Itxu0X3TPR1yANujl9XRkY5c8hm0LE7HEUZ/w396-h400/Quilters+Delight+by+Tina%2527s+Allsorts+Designs.jpg" title="Quilters Delight by Tina’s Allsorts Designs" width="396" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Click on any of the photos to take you to the pattern.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm already working on the next design and the pattern is being written as we speak!! To be honest, I've been working on it on and off for over a year now and finally reached a point where I was (<i>almost</i>) happy with it. </div><div>This one will also feature lots of different colours, although there's no reason why you couldn't make it with a more limited palette if you prefer.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'll try and make sure to pop back and show you <i>when</i> it's published, rather than two months later!! For now, here's a little sneak peak.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLUaE-9HHABdC2S2ZYun1aYgAeqZGHVDLVBvNmlIlJH7kRP0t05sYVoiCT8xkHQg_ZR23E6azuEXCDOPqhzjs_r8AcEtyqjb9BRwFqzKQMBWNbzTyyhfAjmb4HenmV0XQhQzqC57iFUW_x/s2048/Tina%2527s+Allsorts+Designs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Bellamy by Tina’s Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLUaE-9HHABdC2S2ZYun1aYgAeqZGHVDLVBvNmlIlJH7kRP0t05sYVoiCT8xkHQg_ZR23E6azuEXCDOPqhzjs_r8AcEtyqjb9BRwFqzKQMBWNbzTyyhfAjmb4HenmV0XQhQzqC57iFUW_x/w240-h320/Tina%2527s+Allsorts+Designs.jpg" title="Bellamy by Tina’s Allsorts Designs" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Knitting!!</div><div><br /></div></div>Tinaspicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04959604936566531513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267295906110988727.post-6617194460045956002021-01-10T19:08:00.001+00:002021-01-28T18:48:53.550+00:00Introducing Boanny Starns <p> May I introduce <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/boanny-starns" target="_blank">Boanny Starns</a>, my latest fairisle style hat design? (Although I haven't had time to make it in several colours rather than just two yet! 🤦♀️)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/boanny-starns" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Boanny Starns Hat by Tina's Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1541" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFA6pps9eWNCM1ii-Jt8FGeOeRlyXXy-5CFv6H3fSH3aZZ-HF8Hjic9y95sVToKBYUAAlzWTUwsGMK4Nnz7J_fOCbb4Z1h0Z0hRdjMFfb5Jwr39dTlalDjWgUlWqTOMGmq0IUmwVOdEd8c/w482-h640/20210105_171056.jpg" title="Boanny Starns Hat by Tina's Allsorts Designs" width="482" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had barely finished adding a project to Ravelry, with all the relevant details so I didn't lose them, when Lorraine, a lady in the Shetland Islands who has tested for me, saw it and sent a message. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I think I had called it Unnamed and she wanted to know why there wasn't a name yet but it looked very interesting. I said I had only just finished designing it and would she like to name it? She came straight back with Boanny Starns! She said it's Shetlandic for Pretty Stars - a very pretty name that I liked very much! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Only it had a flower motif in the middle row... How could I call it Pretty Stars if there was a Flower?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So when I came to make it again in the reverse colours, I swapped the flower for a different star - as you can see in the photo above. The ivory background is all stars. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is the original -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/boanny-starns" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Boanny Flooers Hat by Tina's Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihdsQNVbnM617fTQrAm9hsZ5S3n4YDG-_HSkcvTpL0j2InvE_1aAA5P7B-oHOxq6J7VwfY2JdCdqafVV594c1D_LosE1CptgIN0qRVa9qpbnpe0vQU51PyxewWogZK1N2E0atfFUybuQjX/w480-h640/20210105_171216.jpg" title="Boanny Flooers Hat by Tina's Allsorts Designs" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I put pictures of both on Instagram and asked opinions and there were several people who liked the original. And several who liked the 'all star' version. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So I decided to do two separate patterns, one with the original flower included which I called Boanny Flooers, and the Boanny Starns version. A proper 2-for-1 offer! (Also known as a BOGOF!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You'll find it in my Ravelry Store, along with my other hats, blankets, shawls, scarves and poncho. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/boanny-starns" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">HERE</span></a> to go straight to it, or click any of the photos.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It has a very pretty crown too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/boanny-starns" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Boanny Flooers Hat by Tina's Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="1991" data-original-width="2003" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZj3eHiXUMYFP6kFlrUJAkOqUFvFdvKs0hieMKGB6NBS7qCi6t6O0dXL7Gga6rCSF30Phyphenhyphenbn33D6aRyDSfMQ1AUbH5mrBZO2YvdGjGTAcgOq08ypFEFP9Fl8xHB3w6ktWI6xB9i3_GhBS_/w400-h398/20201229_150545.jpg" title="Boanny Flooers Hat by Tina's Allsorts Designs" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My next design is already well underway - I just need to start the actual writing! 😄</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have you made one of my designs? I'd love to see a picture if you have. Even better, if you're a Ravelry member, perhaps you could create a project and link it to the pattern so everyone can see it? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Knitting! T xXx</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Tinaspicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04959604936566531513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267295906110988727.post-73882691140242319142020-12-26T12:25:00.003+00:002020-12-26T12:25:59.142+00:00Merry Christmas! <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Merry Christmas everyone!</span></p><p> I do hope you managed to celebrate together, either in person or virtually. </p><p>We had a quiet day at home, which was actually quite nice. </p><p>We had had the bad news from the government that we would be entering 'Tier 4' on the south coast today, so I made my Hope Springs Hat free for Christmas - well it had been free during the first lockdown, so it felt like the right thing to do. </p><p>It proved very popular again and I was delighted to see this today - </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYP6Csfa1VdDy838-XHUPBcpIam4gXzhmrzMHd4rTDxC5eI5FQu6PjuTO0Jyp-oak2xMAATvNKs6Msht8KooRV53xC5qfHmh9WaHN-fv5GbcxenzFVXEO4otgGO80IO4TJCX4lvwdrp53/s1348/20201226_083102.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tina’s Allsorts Designs, Hope Springs Hat" border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="892" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYP6Csfa1VdDy838-XHUPBcpIam4gXzhmrzMHd4rTDxC5eI5FQu6PjuTO0Jyp-oak2xMAATvNKs6Msht8KooRV53xC5qfHmh9WaHN-fv5GbcxenzFVXEO4otgGO80IO4TJCX4lvwdrp53/w424-h640/20201226_083102.jpg" title="Tina’s Allsorts Designs, Hope Springs Hat" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Woo Hoo! I had seen it gradually climbing up during Christmas day but at some point during the night it got to the top! It isn't there anymore but it got there and I managed to grab a screenshot!!<div><br /></div><div>If you would like a free copy too, click the link in the sidebar to pop across to Ravelry and use the code Hope at checkout. </div><div><br /></div><div>Be quick though, it's only valid until midnight tonight, UK time. </div><div><br /></div><div>And please consider linking a project of your version so we can all see it 👀 . If you would prefer to buy a ready made hat, there's also a link to my Folksy Shop in the sidebar too - there's a pink version of Hope Springs Hat still available. 😊🎅</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkfRExJUWBfEtJdAxjJ4SCjEp5LwvKoi3ouubdTlQjZiUZ-vl2xQ0JilQprJONQq-9OwkhfjWXCZXTB4l0hQe7MgSQGAKY7hPAlxLb8HCkIlUJNJumG8WZHoBtXb7X9ErhQGgvuipELdQ9/s2048/20200418_085018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tina’s Allsorts Designs, Hope Springs Hat" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkfRExJUWBfEtJdAxjJ4SCjEp5LwvKoi3ouubdTlQjZiUZ-vl2xQ0JilQprJONQq-9OwkhfjWXCZXTB4l0hQe7MgSQGAKY7hPAlxLb8HCkIlUJNJumG8WZHoBtXb7X9ErhQGgvuipELdQ9/w480-h640/20200418_085018.jpg" title="Tina’s Allsorts Designs, Hope Springs Hat" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5zMPrPMXLnk67PCfHW2ta4edntCOjey6rn3GQvkn3M-1sRC1u8shyuMrMd1nXIuH2uvu8PGjhfJYSJC6eTYbdcFoLabMz7gQZHQHTj3cugzm-2FAKrZiMrMsqEnk-IC6C5eJLhuzbJ9aN/s2048/20201129_100513.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tina’s Allsorts Designs, Hope Springs Hat" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1467" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5zMPrPMXLnk67PCfHW2ta4edntCOjey6rn3GQvkn3M-1sRC1u8shyuMrMd1nXIuH2uvu8PGjhfJYSJC6eTYbdcFoLabMz7gQZHQHTj3cugzm-2FAKrZiMrMsqEnk-IC6C5eJLhuzbJ9aN/w458-h640/20201129_100513.jpg" title="Tina’s Allsorts Designs, Hope Springs Hat" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Here's to a MUCH BETTER 2021! Stay safe everyone ❤❤❤</p></div>Tinaspicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04959604936566531513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267295906110988727.post-31525001322781261692020-12-01T09:10:00.003+00:002020-12-01T09:10:27.185+00:00New Folksy listings! <p> I have finally taken the time to list some of the hats I have made on <a href="https://folksy.com/shops/TinasAllsorts" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Folksy</span></a> - I was delighted when two of them sold the same day! </p><p>I still have some more to list, and naturally, I'm knitting another! So you might want to take a look regularly 😉. </p><p><br /></p><p>Hope you find something you like! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSySX4WEEer8KPxst4-y502fATKkc_V5Fnu0o8U8Fc7n0QBYA2ILfcTFF8nIu1ZF55_4FEJFtB5c4AgjQWC0ZtohPa82KLG6e0BgBST9NILS4XLsy5d8x6cElNv1BAg0sE88KtDaspXUvK/s2048/20201129_170553.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tina’s Allsorts Designs, Folksy Shop" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSySX4WEEer8KPxst4-y502fATKkc_V5Fnu0o8U8Fc7n0QBYA2ILfcTFF8nIu1ZF55_4FEJFtB5c4AgjQWC0ZtohPa82KLG6e0BgBST9NILS4XLsy5d8x6cElNv1BAg0sE88KtDaspXUvK/w640-h640/20201129_170553.jpg" title="Tina’s Allsorts Designs, Folksy Shop" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx60GcITlymXKPk-BhwKsF5mU99M6KR7wNtEsDgyzOIqum6TBdTP0KsL85Iu8aevxn4lMLbI9NorHEG2Ah7wutIAsWr9Yyrnb_qA9x0gIhxd0vWx4uNPph00gPOLU2nLrFVFc7nJ0P7qtH/s1171/20201129_160806.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tina’s Allsorts Designs, Folksy Shop" border="0" data-original-height="1171" data-original-width="878" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx60GcITlymXKPk-BhwKsF5mU99M6KR7wNtEsDgyzOIqum6TBdTP0KsL85Iu8aevxn4lMLbI9NorHEG2Ah7wutIAsWr9Yyrnb_qA9x0gIhxd0vWx4uNPph00gPOLU2nLrFVFc7nJ0P7qtH/w480-h640/20201129_160806.jpg" title="Tina’s Allsorts Designs, Folksy Shop" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRycLo8Yk-ZsmPriPRMzjtxq-6_8m0OcgtklT8VJ2DnWqR5tOOQhPL1uDeJJBgr-GZnXhWJh5XSKezsOK8ORDRDsrv-dbM7MfZW0ikp5ftn2s0gSjwSPQSvHUQXpYFo-e6nwHEB9hoAKFt/s1129/20201129_182522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tina’s Allsorts Designs, Folksy Shop" border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="847" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRycLo8Yk-ZsmPriPRMzjtxq-6_8m0OcgtklT8VJ2DnWqR5tOOQhPL1uDeJJBgr-GZnXhWJh5XSKezsOK8ORDRDsrv-dbM7MfZW0ikp5ftn2s0gSjwSPQSvHUQXpYFo-e6nwHEB9hoAKFt/w480-h640/20201129_182522.jpg" title="Tina’s Allsorts Designs, Folksy Shop" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Tinaspicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04959604936566531513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267295906110988727.post-46509567573162744582020-11-16T13:41:00.004+00:002021-03-04T06:57:39.678+00:00New Design - Finding Balance Hat<p> I have just published a new hat design!!! Really happy with this design at last, although it was a long time in the making...</p><p>I started out wanting to make another fairisle style hat with several colours but kept getting stuck with my colour choices... I wanted to use Shetland Sprindthrift again but with only online ordering available, some of the colours I chose didn't go together as well as I had hoped... There was a lot of re-jigging and eventually I gave up!</p><p>I decided to concentrate on getting the balance of the motifs right first, working with just two colours - and then re-introduce more colours. But once I had the motifs just right I really liked the look with just two colours. <i>Really really liked it</i>! So I wrote the pattern with just two colours and called it 'Finding Balance', as the name seemed to fit not only with stripping it back to the basics to 'find the balance' between the motifs but also trying to find a way to balance all the crap this year is throwing at me and everyone else... I'm sure crafting helps us all find a way to find balance.</p><p>I made my first sample using Drops Nord, a gorgeously soft and squishy alpaca/wool/polyamide mix. A 50g ball in each of two highly contrasting colours is enough to make two hats.</p><p>It's available on Ravelry here - <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/finding-balance-4" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Finding Balance Hat </span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/finding-balance-4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Finding Balance by Tina's Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi83tEdAn7LDpN1Nd-hqnJQZOPnRjvDRt_YMliYpXiyQk1FGefh9XvbEuhqxF37w3lx6cH4-4WCHOkvquklmO2Exl9rvjczbXPCDrRv4o8UFiws56LefDbsgnIOhCj4lwxmSPE153nLS-Qi/w480-h640/20201022_160025.jpg" title="Finding Balance by Tina's Allsorts Designs" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/finding-balance-4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Finding Balance by Tina's Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="1717" data-original-width="2048" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiQMvlnGGPkmsnFPqV2zxWQ_aiC1pyNqwHOLoCt06U-5x2ghpSO4QVO-smEHveeYGbzKPEpmtupvgYBh9gFd6Z76LZOKi_U8M4040U5jrN7BX7s6x45kJVb_b9m4jBl6rcQuLs6q0zE1kS/w640-h534/20201114_105031.jpg" title="Finding Balance by Tina's Allsorts Designs" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNPGdHXYaO4UJbf_oaOWMG8TcExqQI2DswHBq08-SsnqzgKg-WKOe-SpwkWq7iu6NGyXrlnFi8dKeZHebFPDJetjvNZeXw2SOyw5ve-7yjzMIZ2ycxhinpV2Zox_stlflt3JMny1vTVOD/s2048/20201115_154238.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Finding Balance by Tina's Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1813" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNPGdHXYaO4UJbf_oaOWMG8TcExqQI2DswHBq08-SsnqzgKg-WKOe-SpwkWq7iu6NGyXrlnFi8dKeZHebFPDJetjvNZeXw2SOyw5ve-7yjzMIZ2ycxhinpV2Zox_stlflt3JMny1vTVOD/w564-h640/20201115_154238.jpg" title="Finding Balance by Tina's Allsorts Designs" width="564" /></a></div><br /><p>It's available on Ravelry here - <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/finding-balance-4" target="_blank">Finding Balance Hat </a></span></p><p>I have decided to support the Shetland MRI Scanner Appeal, so until the end of 2020, I will be donating 20% of my sales of the pattern to them.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Although they have raised enough to buy the MRI Scanner, they still need a building for it, train the staff and all the associated running costs. It's a massive project for a small community.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> UPDATE: Finding Balance proved to be quite popular and I sold a few of my first hat design Hope Springs as well. I was able to make a donation of £51 to the Appeal. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If YOU bought the pattern, then <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">THANK YOU! </span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Please pop across to Ravelry and take a look - <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/finding-balance-4" target="_blank">Finding Balance Hat </a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy knitting!!!! Tina xXx</div><br /><p><br /></p>Tinaspicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04959604936566531513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267295906110988727.post-65216769308575705632020-09-19T12:56:00.002+01:002021-01-28T18:53:46.377+00:00The Allsorts Blanket is PUBLISHED !!!!!!<p style="text-align: center;"> After a lot of time and effort - plus some fabulous tech editing and testing - </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-allsorts-blanket" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Allsorts Blanket</span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"> is finally published today!!!! (That's a clickable link too, or click the photo below!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-allsorts-blanket" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="The Allsorts Blanket by Tina's Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxqaNAI7vWKUEyiNN3_oK3xCTJnmgAnb5H_0l5BAITjEGdLgOiOeUSPCIrqckenLYLj1k-Wb16VL5cQ919551U33olXEUaqtcTTloEb1eUAX2TIg-8dmuBirfE1ANT-MsRJ4ckqZCY-97M/w640-h640/IMG_20200629_101754.jpg" title="The Allsorts Blanket by Tina's Allsorts Designs" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's only on <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-allsorts-blanket" target="_blank">Ravelry </a>so far, although I will probably add it to Lovecrafts as well when I have time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is the fully written and updated version of the Tooty Stripey Blanket, with computer generated charts and plenty of photos to help you along the way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can make it any size you like, in any thickness yarn and in as many or as few colours as your heart desires!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For the new sample, I used 7 pastel rainbow shades, plus cream but it would also look good in a host of vibrant colours. Or go minimal with just 3 shades perhaps??</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I designed and wrote the pattern with the relatively new crocheter in mind. An opportunity to learn one or two new techniques and stitches; practise calculating your stitch count from a tension square; play with your colours to get a satisfactory repeat; straighten wonky edges with steam blocking; add a simple border, or even a fancy one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And if you are unfamiliar with charts and how to read them, then have the written instructions and the chart side by side as you work. Read the instructions and then look at the charts - can you see the same stitches there, in the places where you will work them?? With just a little practise, the chart will begin to make sense.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of my testers did just that and this is what she said - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEY_4Qe5ptHjmM20Mfm_ltWhy7wBI7wpNKP-LhWVlSzrWosatisJX750ysf6Hdju6rxH0q1Ws85nShL3ZdJ_UAZa1k_5ehrJyzqpHrMUC7LndKEaBRriDy0O9K0FynUldbJN3SJVse8avg/s1200/20200907_185914.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="1200" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEY_4Qe5ptHjmM20Mfm_ltWhy7wBI7wpNKP-LhWVlSzrWosatisJX750ysf6Hdju6rxH0q1Ws85nShL3ZdJ_UAZa1k_5ehrJyzqpHrMUC7LndKEaBRriDy0O9K0FynUldbJN3SJVse8avg/w640-h214/20200907_185914.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Best compliment EVER!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This design has been on quite a journey over the years. It started with 'Emma's Blanket' way back in early 2013. Inspired by Little Woollie who was making a mixed stripey blanket and writing up the pattern on her blog as she went - I needed it finished in a hurry though and couldn't wait for her, so very (Very!) quickly went completely freestyle and designed my own blanket. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Years later, in 2017, I made another blanket on a similar theme but this time it had lots more texture and was also designed to be reversible. Due to the colours I used it came to be called The Tooty Stripey Blanket. (It has it's own page dedicated to it if you'd like to read more? It's up at the top of the page there.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Tooty Stripey was only a hand drawn chart when I published the pattern. I always meant to go back and write up the written instructions but never found the time. Not until lockdown came along that is!! I have an office job so was able to work from home for the whole of lockdown but without wasting time commuting every day, I managed to make a start and keep going back and adding and tweaking and re-writing.... until finally it was ready to show to someone else!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I got in touch with some ladies on instagram and they did a wonderful job of finding every single typo, missed space, missed stitch - just everything!! Fellow crafters are the best!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, last night, I made the last amendment - and was then up early this morning for a final check over before publishing!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Woo Hoo!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You know, it only dawned on me last night that I haven't taken any full length photos of the blanket, only close-ups - my favourite being the flat lay at the top of the screen. Want to see some more close-ups?... Although I may have shared these before....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQ8WavxuRCMkDI7oQHDunWtmp2yzUoDaZ-7rsLe83DLQDpa7Vs1jogDiuGZ0-spJysDMR1APdhCtfz8KFGKO744uZpdNETWcp_WloFePKtUAG8_dZ6fXAm1fIWNIFI4RznsT6NP7-p0ag/s1943/IMG_20200705_153235.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Allsorts Blanket by Tina's Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="1943" data-original-width="1943" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQ8WavxuRCMkDI7oQHDunWtmp2yzUoDaZ-7rsLe83DLQDpa7Vs1jogDiuGZ0-spJysDMR1APdhCtfz8KFGKO744uZpdNETWcp_WloFePKtUAG8_dZ6fXAm1fIWNIFI4RznsT6NP7-p0ag/w400-h400/IMG_20200705_153235.jpg" title="The Allsorts Blanket by Tina's Allsorts Designs" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xt89i3qL8-8WUS2yYv2rdU4mOq3W5iB_eCuRF1IenwJxYIYXr-CRSXsVbIIpWnWRaFEg8qlkLShCmq1W_TRkzf72wxI7_iTYe20CD59CULvpv0X7Rjwctu4SjGa7heh5ht75waIxCSPx/s2048/IMG_20200705_160458.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Allsorts Blanket by Tina's Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xt89i3qL8-8WUS2yYv2rdU4mOq3W5iB_eCuRF1IenwJxYIYXr-CRSXsVbIIpWnWRaFEg8qlkLShCmq1W_TRkzf72wxI7_iTYe20CD59CULvpv0X7Rjwctu4SjGa7heh5ht75waIxCSPx/w358-h640/IMG_20200705_160458.jpg" title="The Allsorts Blanket by Tina's Allsorts Designs" width="358" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUzOkxas0QlS07dH6OuCafQlrTUSU0is845ef1YWh-PP4lVVkRpxa_sVVwoAhdtXAAoFuzRmQxvNOhWQt30xmNYfDJ-MW_RJmBMAujQOXlBvIo3dYW5YssJAl1NygTJkloPhITFfKkgVZw/s2048/IMG_20200714_092315.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Allsorts Blanket by Tina's Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUzOkxas0QlS07dH6OuCafQlrTUSU0is845ef1YWh-PP4lVVkRpxa_sVVwoAhdtXAAoFuzRmQxvNOhWQt30xmNYfDJ-MW_RJmBMAujQOXlBvIo3dYW5YssJAl1NygTJkloPhITFfKkgVZw/w640-h480/IMG_20200714_092315.jpg" title="The Allsorts Blanket by Tina's Allsorts Designs" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_BXlHZfagHeVQQmJEGB4AQnTpaMJgaXNdwNucXh57ON2YYm2I1LuMc7xZP6Rlfm199eseEcyBAxdX0rIvAQNQ6GiwcJBqabUpCcw2KM-vIMKxv8pNWiHRuj2fBTkf_vTtSuJtbcfID41/s2048/IMG_20200629_084938.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Allsorts Blanket by Tina's Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_BXlHZfagHeVQQmJEGB4AQnTpaMJgaXNdwNucXh57ON2YYm2I1LuMc7xZP6Rlfm199eseEcyBAxdX0rIvAQNQ6GiwcJBqabUpCcw2KM-vIMKxv8pNWiHRuj2fBTkf_vTtSuJtbcfID41/w400-h400/IMG_20200629_084938.jpg" title="The Allsorts Blanket by Tina's Allsorts Designs" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I warn you though, when you make your own blanket, be ready to stitch in all the ends!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are lots and lots (and lots!) of ends....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the link at the top of this page, or click <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-allsorts-blanket" target="_blank">HERE</a>, to hop across to Ravelry to buy your copy. There's no need to be a member as your pattern will be emailed to you. And <i>please</i> do share some photos of it as you make it and once finished and add the hastag #theallsortsblanket so I can see it too!!! I LOVE to see what others have made from my designs!! I still get a thrill knowing someone used my pattern and I don't think that feeling will ever wear out!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">HAPPY HOOKING!! TINA xXx</div><br /><p><br /></p>Tinaspicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04959604936566531513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267295906110988727.post-80527389746953064822020-09-06T15:56:00.003+01:002020-09-06T15:56:59.308+01:00Special offer for September <p> Thank you to everyone who bought Looks Like Rain Scarf during last month's offer! </p><p>The end of August was considerably cooler than the start and I even wore my scarf indoors a couple of times! 🤪 I didn't go as far as wearing a hat - but I did <i>look</i> at my hats.... </p><p>So I figured maybe it would be nice to have an offer on my Hope Springs Hat. So for the rest of September, you can save 20% on Ravelry, with code Autumn. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_mxinrsRLvAr_Dh1rsVt6f19IUVobSv_7mSbIZSnEl5YXqXBedwa2xw2QefmMZZl8M6Shz5abWv0mnfbEJmg6DB8nwE9B5Pb05pUJp0l-1g3ZCdz8XAOeEelJlGGqIAjMmx88yZ0kJ3_/s2048/20200524_220442.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_mxinrsRLvAr_Dh1rsVt6f19IUVobSv_7mSbIZSnEl5YXqXBedwa2xw2QefmMZZl8M6Shz5abWv0mnfbEJmg6DB8nwE9B5Pb05pUJp0l-1g3ZCdz8XAOeEelJlGGqIAjMmx88yZ0kJ3_/s320/20200524_220442.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>Click <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hope-springs-4" target="_blank">HERE</a> to pop across to the pattern page. Don't forget to use the code Autumn at checkout, and share your version with #hopespringshat . </p><p>And if you've been popping in regularly to check on the launch of The Allsorts Blanket - the fully written version of the Tooty Stripey Blanket, then I'm pleased to say it's nearly ready and I hope to publish by the end of the month! </p><p>Woo hoo!</p>Tinaspicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04959604936566531513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267295906110988727.post-27183741816009826192020-08-06T18:44:00.004+01:002020-08-06T18:44:49.720+01:00Special offer for August! Hello everyone! <div>Just popping by to say my Looks Like Rain Scarf pattern is now 20% off for the rest of August! No code needed either, the discount is made at checkout. </div><div><br /></div><div>This is only available on Ravelry I'm afraid as I have never been able to find a discount option on Lovecrafts....</div><div><br /></div><div>Click <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/looks-like-rain-scarf" target="_blank">HERE</a>, or on the picture in the <u>sidebar</u> to hop across to Ravelry. </div><div>What colour will you make? </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirOU2rniCU7QnioC_doeQOlPbSWoOmUuvla3mGE51edDOV4DMqdHeklL1m3pjkykrrFZzY3zM0L4xvivR9bragVh_FGZ1Pn_U0b_4lj1_f77mXr7yLKdgrmDgwe9IcWbIysn68BnjNOXrV/s889/IMG_20190628_141104_683.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Tina’s Allsorts Designs, Looks like Rain Scarf" border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirOU2rniCU7QnioC_doeQOlPbSWoOmUuvla3mGE51edDOV4DMqdHeklL1m3pjkykrrFZzY3zM0L4xvivR9bragVh_FGZ1Pn_U0b_4lj1_f77mXr7yLKdgrmDgwe9IcWbIysn68BnjNOXrV/w576-h640/IMG_20190628_141104_683.jpg" title="Tina’s Allsorts Designs, Looks like Rain Scarf" width="576" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirOU2rniCU7QnioC_doeQOlPbSWoOmUuvla3mGE51edDOV4DMqdHeklL1m3pjkykrrFZzY3zM0L4xvivR9bragVh_FGZ1Pn_U0b_4lj1_f77mXr7yLKdgrmDgwe9IcWbIysn68BnjNOXrV/s889/IMG_20190628_141104_683.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></a></div><div><br /></div>Tinaspicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15675471493649740322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267295906110988727.post-34793480833321093572020-07-16T12:15:00.000+01:002020-07-16T12:15:09.247+01:00Coming along nicely I'm not rushing with writing up the pattern for my Allsorts Blanket- it's taken me 3 years to properly start, so I might as well take my time and get it right! <div><br /><div>The centre panel was finished and then I started trying out different borders. Nothing too flashy this time - it's a busy blanket and I don't want the border to detract from it. My original version had a multicolored border but I realise now it was probably a bit much. But it was as much to do with not having enough yarn in one colour and I didn't want to buy another ball.</div><div><br /></div><div>So I've gone for a very simple border that's similar to the original. Along the way though, I've been trialling some different edgings too and taking pics of each. After all, you might not want a simple border. </div><div>Would you like to see? </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This first one is rows of trebles, topped with the flower pattern from the blanket - but strictly speaking, it isn't reversible as an edging. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcHL6cK7KOES-fmxWKJMWZxC3LzWayvioH-w4VUu6wvkqPBL2I9c6_AxmCBbBMbXmhXfIDDxgrs5MWquogU34LEn9kvr-BvrHIYnYeay1FhrnJ6J8UdYqIdIBGjozqJ5HfmA0pmp5k9RP/s1943/IMG_20200705_153235.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tina's Allsorts Designs, The Allsorts Blanket" border="0" data-original-height="1943" data-original-width="1943" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcHL6cK7KOES-fmxWKJMWZxC3LzWayvioH-w4VUu6wvkqPBL2I9c6_AxmCBbBMbXmhXfIDDxgrs5MWquogU34LEn9kvr-BvrHIYnYeay1FhrnJ6J8UdYqIdIBGjozqJ5HfmA0pmp5k9RP/w625-h625/IMG_20200705_153235.jpg" title="Tina's Allsorts Designs, The Allsorts Blanket" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then I tried same treble rows topped with moss stitch. You may need to go up a hook size for the moss stitch though - at least I do!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJNmfmDMtwghFONobtBhhF3JkmiQLN8j6YfuVxj42cbMVCO0Oz1xwAJyhybFvl9D_0esRN0tMEQuvcnVcr94A-N_UsV91TrkrMfER0N3X2pwIl2Hs7A0WsKy7x747Y_Ee1CQ5V1PFypcx/s2048/IMG_20200705_160406.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tina's Allsorts Designs, The Allsorts Blanket" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJNmfmDMtwghFONobtBhhF3JkmiQLN8j6YfuVxj42cbMVCO0Oz1xwAJyhybFvl9D_0esRN0tMEQuvcnVcr94A-N_UsV91TrkrMfER0N3X2pwIl2Hs7A0WsKy7x747Y_Ee1CQ5V1PFypcx/w640-h640/IMG_20200705_160406.jpg" title="Tina's Allsorts Designs, The Allsorts Blanket" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Try trebles followed by a row of dc+ch 1 in every stitch -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03BV1Li_R-edKkN8ABEaP8tq1XNDTQ0qlDGPfQIdm8imATjJBcbRxvNJmUtnOyQetM8j_-0aaHcnXYSIAW65TmWxc5IDpZqQL6oF8n24phfnJ8p0uFRnl5te2kR0eSYvgS9J94HaJkMc4/s2048/IMG_20200705_161611.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tina's Allsorts Designs, The Allsorts Blanket" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03BV1Li_R-edKkN8ABEaP8tq1XNDTQ0qlDGPfQIdm8imATjJBcbRxvNJmUtnOyQetM8j_-0aaHcnXYSIAW65TmWxc5IDpZqQL6oF8n24phfnJ8p0uFRnl5te2kR0eSYvgS9J94HaJkMc4/w640-h640/IMG_20200705_161611.jpg" title="Tina's Allsorts Designs, The Allsorts Blanket" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Or how about post stitches? This is pink posts on one side and cream on the other. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLK4UbS59MYNWkBOzqgMxqXP4cSlRuHO6l8lkmZZRYAHKsN1b3MObuWBsDpvU4gta5c0itrv2BJRW0M7b_-H_bO8rStjytSwivpdQoDA1xyR51IwZ9vMm4hLxIe55YNZGnQNQAlO0bPyc/s2048/20200716_115243.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tina's Allsorts Designs, The Allsorts Blanket" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLK4UbS59MYNWkBOzqgMxqXP4cSlRuHO6l8lkmZZRYAHKsN1b3MObuWBsDpvU4gta5c0itrv2BJRW0M7b_-H_bO8rStjytSwivpdQoDA1xyR51IwZ9vMm4hLxIe55YNZGnQNQAlO0bPyc/w640-h640/20200716_115243.jpg" title="Tina's Allsorts Designs, The Allsorts Blanket" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You could even add pompoms! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihp6O3-dwoVvjveM7yfaAPq0a8M5GKkQypwHpr9aXigDZCbDS2gFhFMQ6v4XCLrqa0sewrTq0AGoJeGhIhFWv6lJ0_emzaH4iyv8u9BfWO8UvHKSrHJsXzz6bRNLQEbLbYaS8heddJ09QD/s2048/20200716_115317.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tina's Allsorts Designs, The Allsorts Blanket" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihp6O3-dwoVvjveM7yfaAPq0a8M5GKkQypwHpr9aXigDZCbDS2gFhFMQ6v4XCLrqa0sewrTq0AGoJeGhIhFWv6lJ0_emzaH4iyv8u9BfWO8UvHKSrHJsXzz6bRNLQEbLbYaS8heddJ09QD/w640-h640/20200716_115317.jpg" title="Tina's Allsorts Designs, The Allsorts Blanket" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This next one is made from two rows of dtr 'bobbles' worked in the same colour, so you get bobbles on both sides. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMH_Z8F8W4Asf397i8uiP19yw3FuHl6vTlMjMmOJIa-JZi-xtxp8jG3aS_bzcDafQTCwSmIzq_vOIXJIZ55WnROPoSL4Emyo2wuZXPymN44vEA7ap738HDt2v3q82iHJnEAY8_rlu69-z/s2048/IMG_20200704_121203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tina's Allsorts Designs, The Allsorts Blanket" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMH_Z8F8W4Asf397i8uiP19yw3FuHl6vTlMjMmOJIa-JZi-xtxp8jG3aS_bzcDafQTCwSmIzq_vOIXJIZ55WnROPoSL4Emyo2wuZXPymN44vEA7ap738HDt2v3q82iHJnEAY8_rlu69-z/w640-h640/IMG_20200704_121203.jpg" title="Tina's Allsorts Designs, The Allsorts Blanket" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>As mentioned though, my pattern sample, has been finished much like the original, with rows of granny stitches and a contrast edging but this time with one colour and a contrast edge. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxL68vZeKhvd7YxF6gf871XOa9A28Qe61PFc-FdmoYZmOFXy0N3RdrRx2AR4gZJWDQ9SODOwE1czx7f-skM_D2AG4P8aJTO-jNZmu_zIBqy22KHuyaMM8hh0T2yLyVh4i2uxsD_827G00/s2048/20200716_120538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tina's Allsorts Designs, The Allsorts Blanket" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxL68vZeKhvd7YxF6gf871XOa9A28Qe61PFc-FdmoYZmOFXy0N3RdrRx2AR4gZJWDQ9SODOwE1czx7f-skM_D2AG4P8aJTO-jNZmu_zIBqy22KHuyaMM8hh0T2yLyVh4i2uxsD_827G00/w640-h640/20200716_120538.jpg" title="Tina's Allsorts Designs, The Allsorts Blanket" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The finished pattern is a little way off yet. I need to take some photos to go with the instructions - then go back to drawing the chart.... then join all the different sections together into a cohesive pattern...</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So watch this space. Still...</div><div><br /></div></div>Tinaspicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04959604936566531513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267295906110988727.post-31537562768340001522020-07-02T17:17:00.002+01:002020-09-20T15:06:25.722+01:00The Tooty Stripey Blanket finally gets written up!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">There is now a fully written pattern of this blanket, with full charts, plenty of photos and loads of information, called </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-allsorts-blanket" target="_blank">The Allsorts Blanket </a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">- available on Ravelry.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Who recognises this photo?? This is the stripey blanket I made for a friend's little girl when I was still learning how to crochet, way back in Dec'12 - Jan'13. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">I had a (birthday) deadline, so it was made very quickly, with no notes written - why would I need notes??</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_UdTUEMklP8s3UwXGNDcGg46h6FbOvo8WfNG3MdPrxelCQ1BlZ_YItJ2cI-xyRc47brM75XAuSolVgQyFdXOoOETru5zzK53P1V_PJZFQGXKU1H5IGzla_NuuC8e13L15ezBGBNGj4tT/s3648/20200629_123104.jpg"><img alt="Tina's Allsorts Designs, Emma's Stripey Blanket" border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_UdTUEMklP8s3UwXGNDcGg46h6FbOvo8WfNG3MdPrxelCQ1BlZ_YItJ2cI-xyRc47brM75XAuSolVgQyFdXOoOETru5zzK53P1V_PJZFQGXKU1H5IGzla_NuuC8e13L15ezBGBNGj4tT/w480-h640/20200629_123104.jpg" title="Tina's Allsorts Designs, Emma's Stripey Blanket" width="480" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /> I created a project page on Ravelry and shared pics on Pinterest, including this one </span><span style="text-align: center;">(I used to spend a lot of time on Pinterest back then)</span><span style="text-align: center;">. I haven't checked recently but I know at one point it had been re-pinned nearly 50,000 times!!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">A blanket that was that popular deserved a written pattern surely? So in 2017, when the craft shop I used to have a part time job in, started selling yarn I decided to buy a selection of baby colours and make a new version of Emma's Blanket. And by that time not only had I learned some more stitches - I and discovered TEXTURE!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">I set to making a new blanket, designing as I went, trying to </span>write notes along the way but quickly gave that up as the blanket grew just too fast to keep up! Once it was finished, I painstakingly drew a chart detailing every row and so a new blanket was born - the Tooty Stripey Blanket! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I published the chart on Ravelry in July 2017 and watched it quickly take flight - this assisted by several free pattern sites that picked it up, and kindly advertised it for me for free!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;">It doesn't seem possible that 3 years have passed since that design stage. I've now made several versions myself in different sizes and colours and it has become my signature blanket. And the free chart has been downloaded from Ravelry 17,500 times!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Back in mid-April and after much soul searching, I decided to add a very small fee to the pattern (I described it as a 'buy me a coffee' fee), along with a coupon code so customers could sill have it for free if they preferred. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Several people over those years have said I should have charged for it from the start but it was my first pattern - and just a hand drawn chart at that - but you know I just didn't think it was good enough (or had the confidence!) to charge a fee. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But then I released my Hope Springs Hat during lockdown. I had already decided to offer it for free during lockdown with a coupon code but I found a very small number of people were paying for it. I thought at first that I hadn't set the coupon code up properly but then a couple of those people got in touch to say thank you for the freebie but they could afford to buy the pattern and wanted to support my design efforts by paying for it. Hence the soul searching with my blanket. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Maybe some of those 17,500 people would have been prepared to pay a little for it... So I added a price that meant after all the fees from Paypal & Ravelry are deducted, I would be left with an average of £1 per copy. And I made it as clear as I could that it could still be downloaded for free with a coupon code.</div><div style="text-align: left;">And you know what, a few people <i>have </i>chosen to pay for it - if you're one of them, THANK YOU!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Those few sales have spurred me on to write up the pattern in full, pulling together all the other detail from it's blog page, re-writing, occasionally correcting and adding all the extra info I can think of. Hopefully, there will be photos of different stages and if I can manage it, a new computer generated chart, rather than hand drawn (eek!!).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Writing a pattern means testing it as I go by making a new blanket but there was a problem. Lockdown had not been lifted and the wool shops were not open. I know I could have ordered all the yarn I wanted online but it's just not the same as choosing colours in person. So I kept writing and refining, a bit of testing with some scrap yarn but I felt <i>desperate</i> to buy a nice collection of colours and get cracking with it!!!!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1s4okUBlXaNelD3kaxhnWp8RwjYup5iniqZ7kRZiD_NzEfse1OeRCN7ZuSoqUNrYnpY91CsXeGkU9pHUTa9M87BnOwOeN71S4rgqrF5_5bdbiS9dz-Uj95jdIkb0ag-9cMRWZpI18_7G/s2193/IMG_20200615_221159_613.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Tina's Allsorts Designs" border="0" data-original-height="2193" data-original-width="2040" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1s4okUBlXaNelD3kaxhnWp8RwjYup5iniqZ7kRZiD_NzEfse1OeRCN7ZuSoqUNrYnpY91CsXeGkU9pHUTa9M87BnOwOeN71S4rgqrF5_5bdbiS9dz-Uj95jdIkb0ag-9cMRWZpI18_7G/w371-h400/IMG_20200615_221159_613.jpg" title="Tina's Allsorts Designs" width="371" /></a>Finally, in mid-June I heard Hobbycraft was opening! I went mid-afternoon, hoping the long queue would have happened first thing and I would only have to wait 10 minutes. But no, I waited for an hour and a half!!! Yes, a full HOUR & a HALF. This was entirely due to someone's decision to only allow 19 customers in store at a time. It's a huge warehouse but just 19 people at a time?... But I was desperate, so I waited patiently. And once I was in I wasn't leaving without a big bag of yarn, so I really took my time choosing colours!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Now they don't have the best range - they're not a yarn shop after all. So I came home with a big bag of 12 balls of wool - which received admiring glances from those still in the queue.!!</div><div style="text-align: left;">I took a photo of said bag, posed on the very first Tooty Stripey Blanket I had made, which used colours that reminded me of the Tooty Fruity Sweets that inspired the (ridiculous) name. And guess what??</div><div style="text-align: left;">I'd chosen new colours that looked just like the originals!! I had even bought a variegated ball!! That was definitely NOT my intention as I had hoped for a nice balance of summery colours. But I suppose you have to go with what you can get...</div><div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDscDHT4JlpL5D_lu8bGnaY6n14TuhsS3wOdupr4_ss8M4Kdvej-FEIWHlWc_8F4FST9sqtqb5pWxoApbi9xpbAD9Pt2OQjfD8GSlc1yPFeCX5Ytcabn8q7iyk-cw-H1hIsb1SCAOIKl_m/s1080/IMG_20200620_112315_194.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Tina's Allsorts, The Allsorts Blanket" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDscDHT4JlpL5D_lu8bGnaY6n14TuhsS3wOdupr4_ss8M4Kdvej-FEIWHlWc_8F4FST9sqtqb5pWxoApbi9xpbAD9Pt2OQjfD8GSlc1yPFeCX5Ytcabn8q7iyk-cw-H1hIsb1SCAOIKl_m/w319-h319/IMG_20200620_112315_194.jpg" title="Tina's Allsorts, The Allsorts Blanket" width="319" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">After getting over my initial annoyance, I made a start on planning a colour repeat. I made some little bobbins of each colour, with 2 each of the paler colours and just one of each bright colour - a total of twenty for my colour repeat.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;">I ummed and aahed for quite some time, moving them around and taking lots of pics. I added a golden yellow from my stash and a magenta. Still I wasn't quite happy though.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Finally, I decided to toss out the brighter colours you can see in this pic and went with just the eight pastel rainbow colours that remained. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Pity they didn't have any lilac ...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvHfuIcywhCLzzr-C24xx09ytDFi30g_ROqSP9h-zxhgoImtYbJpcCTUrFohI8iztq7lvzrEbMTu-LTqG4RJJkS256YqWQ6u2YYscpEvfuqpjwnkcMHIuSiKPLYFxQ2EWewjPvlig5xErC/s1080/IMG_20200620_112315_193.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Tina's Allsorts, The Allsorts Blanket" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvHfuIcywhCLzzr-C24xx09ytDFi30g_ROqSP9h-zxhgoImtYbJpcCTUrFohI8iztq7lvzrEbMTu-LTqG4RJJkS256YqWQ6u2YYscpEvfuqpjwnkcMHIuSiKPLYFxQ2EWewjPvlig5xErC/w320-h320/IMG_20200620_112315_193.jpg" title="Tina's Allsorts, The Allsorts Blanket" width="320" /></a>That would make the new blanket sample look even closer to the original but by then I had decided it was actually quite fitting to completely revisit the original. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And don't worry about the colours I tossed out - I already have a project in mind for them!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">During the weeks without fresh yarn, as I said, I had been refining and tweaking the original design, adding some extra texture rows so that they really do hop from side to side at regular intervals and taking out a couple of bits I wasn't so keen on.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Once I had yarn and started hooking, things progressed reasonable smoothly. However, there were some hiccups along the way... </div><div style="text-align: left;">I knew I should trust my own pattern, having spent so much time and effort getting it just right. But I just couldn't help trying to tweak-as-i-go... although most of those attempts ended up with a whole lot of ripping back and doing what the pattern said - including one section that had 13 rows!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Once the main body of the blanket was completed, I started stitching in all the ends, ready to start on the border. I considered stitching in as I went but as this was my working sample - and I kept tweaking then ripping out - I thought it wise to leave them all until the end. Once they were all done it had a little photo-shoot and will get a light blocking to properly straighten the edges, before adding the border.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But it's going well so far. Very well actually. 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As It will be a paid pattern on Ravelry, it can't have the same name as another pattern I sell. I also want to distinguish between the chart only version and the fully written. So a new name was needed and it dawned on me that there really was only one name that would fit. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">May I introduce my signature blanket, The Allsorts Blanket!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shame I didn't think of it 3 years ago when I settled on tooty stripey...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jI179UliZJ2uJl4BqFvDSez7s_WiXIP6QI3y7vUpLlc0IqDD79fA67zF5EsR7qU-eGkElGmTodHfkY6qPMpItTOrPXzdLhynJa1BTYxcKdSMeFYzWktCqsnSx9-4ifCVqjGH8E7fTy_E/s689/IMG_20200626_165945_300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tina's Allsorts, The Allsorts Blanket" border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="688" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jI179UliZJ2uJl4BqFvDSez7s_WiXIP6QI3y7vUpLlc0IqDD79fA67zF5EsR7qU-eGkElGmTodHfkY6qPMpItTOrPXzdLhynJa1BTYxcKdSMeFYzWktCqsnSx9-4ifCVqjGH8E7fTy_E/w498-h500/IMG_20200626_165945_300.jpg" title="Tina's Allsorts, The Allsorts Blanket" width="498" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There's still quite a way to go before I can publish the pattern, not the least of which will be drawing the new chart... But it will be announced here, as well as over on Instagram. And probably fb too....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Watch this space, as they say!! Bye for now, T xx</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>Tinaspicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04959604936566531513noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267295906110988727.post-44980659787239234492020-05-05T11:25:00.002+01:002020-05-05T16:26:23.209+01:00Foray into Fairisle, parts IV, V, VI, VII ..... etc etc.... And a Ta - Dah!!Well, we've now been under lockdown due to coronavirus for over 6 weeks...<div>Such a scary time to be living in for so many people. I really appreciate being in a country where the government is doing everything it can to support everyone.<br />
I've been working from home which is not the simplest thing when much of what you do is paper based!! Many of my colleagues are also working from home but actually gardening and sunbathing... I'd like to be knitting more and working less but there you go.<br />
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It almost seems pointless now talking about my next step in my Foray into Fairisle, as I have progressed so much since my last post that this needs to probably be part 10!!<br />
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Having made the grey and gold affair, I then hunted out the 4 ply I had safely tucked away for the day when I was ready to knit with it myself. I had asked a friend to make me a pair of mittens several years ago and there was a lot of yarn left over. I took the precaution of buying an extra ball of the background colour so that one day, far into the future, I could use it myself.<br />
Well, the day had come and I got it out, bought the hat pattern that matched those mittens and tentatively got started!! On what felt like very tiny needles...<br />
It turned out to be easier than I thought and grew surprisingly quickly. Although, I will admit that I had made the first pattern repeat of the little flowers before I decided maybe I should have gone back and re-read that tutorial I mentioned weeks ago by Julie of Little Cotton Rabbits. It was at that point that I realised I'd been doing it wrong all these weeks with all my Baa-ble Hats! I'd been holding the dominant yarn in the wrong position... So if you're just starting your own #forayintofairisle , then <i>please</i>, go and <a href="https://littlecottonrabbits.typepad.co.uk/my_weblog/2013/05/knitting-tips-fairisle-colourwork.html" target="_blank">read this tutorial</a> first.<br />
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Anyway, I corrected the way I was holding the yarn (no, I didn't unpick...) and finished that hat and was absolutely GOBSMACKED that it looked just liked the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/TinasAllsorts/peerie-flooers" target="_blank">photos in the pattern</a>!! Remarkable! I couldn't quite believe it had come from MY HANDS! Here it is, along with the mittens my friend made -<br />
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I then started looking for more gorgeous hats I could make.<br />
There are quite a lot of lovelies on Ravelry when you look.... The first one I chose was called <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/TinasAllsorts/sea-pinks-hat" target="_blank">Sea Pinks</a> and was made in pure Shetland 4 ply, which I ordered from <a href="https://www.jamiesonsofshetland.co.uk" target="_blank">Jamiesons of Shetland</a>. Yes, actually in Shetland, yet it arrived very quickly. I thought it might make a slightly rough feeling hat but once washed it has this trick of 'blooming' and becoming beautifully soft and slightly fuzzy. It also blocks very well and as I have quite a tight tension, I was pleased to find I could stretch it a bit too!!!<br />
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Then I looked for the next pattern and chose <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/TinasAllsorts/harriets-hat" target="_blank">Harriet's Hat</a>, a gorgeous pattern designed especially to raise funds for an MRI scanner for the Shetland islands. Currently, they have to travel to the mainland.<br />
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I only had the colours I had used for the Sea Pinks hat and again, I had taken the precaution of buying an extra ball of the background colour. This one progressed a little slower as I was having to decide on what colours to use together as I went along, rather than simply follow the pattern but it worked out just fine and I was very pleased with it. And her crown design is to die for!<br />
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Then I wondered whether a hat made with merino would work just as well. I hunted out some leftovers of merino 4 ply in ivory for the background and a beautiful hand dyed yarn called 'Rose Gold'. I had another hunt for the perfect pattern and found a lovely one called <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/TinasAllsorts/cadha" target="_blank">Cadha</a>. Again, I had to make some minor adjustments to the design as I wasn't convinced there was enough contrast between my yarns but all was well in the end. I'll make another like this one day - one yarn for the background and a single variegated yarn for all the colourwork.<br />
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Then I decided I was ready to <i>DESIGN MY OWN!!!!!!! </i>I had quickly realised that all the 4 ply beanie style hats I had made had the same number of stitches (144) and pretty much the same number of rows (about 70).<br />
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I ordered a really good book full of different motifs and borders and set to work putting them together. I also spent a ridiculous amount of time choosing new colours online to make it with...<div><br />
The number of stitches truly is a magical number. 144 can be divided by 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 18, 24, plus an awful lot of others. I opted to stick with patterns that would all fit into a 24 stitch repeat to make the charts work better together.<br />
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The possibilities are endless but eventually I settled on a large motif for the main body with a narrow border below and above, then a fancy crown.<br />
Crown's are quite tricky to design though!! You really need to be able to visualise what's going to happen with the decreases in 3D - you can create starts, arrows, flowers and allsorts!! I just need to find a really good book that explains the principles clearly, or a website. Not found one yet apart from <a href="https://kddandco.com/2011/09/13/colourwork-a" target="_blank">this one</a> by Kate Davies Designs but that only explains how to work the decreases and draw the chart shape.<br />
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It took me quite a long time to draw it all out, although that process was speeded up ENORMOUSLY by using <a href="https://www.stitchfiddle.com/en/login/signup" target="_blank">Stitch Fiddle</a>. If you've never used it to help design your own, go take a look now!! It's a free site but you can pay a small fee to gain access to extra tools, on a monthly basis if you want to, or like I now have, get 50% off by paying for a full year.<br />
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After a lot of faffing, I had my design ready and started knitting it using the new colours that I had ordered, including some lovely blues.<br />
It didn't all go smoothly though... I kept putting progress pics on instagram and everyone said they loved it, including the crown. But I wasn't completely happy with it myself. There was something about it that really jarred with me...<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanloVLLlLBvrqa87kFGyFJB6Qd64r1_TdM6FFfYQCIKfVAXT88FAEN6MkiJXeI7AAr5-2yJRSdGIgKVB2VAHPqLhlaMI-ELF7K7NnZLphbqrhi5L_gVCw6vamKe5DXljwbO_tlCkBRjRZ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tina's Allsorts esigns, Hope Springs Hat" border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanloVLLlLBvrqa87kFGyFJB6Qd64r1_TdM6FFfYQCIKfVAXT88FAEN6MkiJXeI7AAr5-2yJRSdGIgKVB2VAHPqLhlaMI-ELF7K7NnZLphbqrhi5L_gVCw6vamKe5DXljwbO_tlCkBRjRZ/w640-h640/IMG_20200327_163014.jpg" title="Tina's Allsorts esigns, Hope Springs Hat" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fcx_pyleLFfk2oDbuRHr_hg-Pzswb5aRG2RG8OZiGzvn4zVx8U3gekqtwISzsqJGR-Y0o1wpuCiR49n5ck_xjRc6amAmlpzQaw2NS8GvPPgLFN-AuxmKjhkQr3ieZ9UW5j_NJhjG1f7h/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tina's Allsorts Designs, Hope Springs" border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="2340" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fcx_pyleLFfk2oDbuRHr_hg-Pzswb5aRG2RG8OZiGzvn4zVx8U3gekqtwISzsqJGR-Y0o1wpuCiR49n5ck_xjRc6amAmlpzQaw2NS8GvPPgLFN-AuxmKjhkQr3ieZ9UW5j_NJhjG1f7h/w400-h400/IMG_20200327_162956.jpg" title="Tina's Allsorts Designs, Hope Springs" width="400" /></a></div><div><br />
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I couldn't quite put my finger in it but there was something about it that was just <i>wrong</i>. Then someone very kind left a comment saying the pattern for the body was fine and the pattern for the crown was fine - but they were different styles. That was it!!! The body was very floral in style and the crown was geometric!<br />
So I got the scissors out and cut it off! (I made a video of it as I don't plan on repeating it!)</div><div><br /></div><div><br />
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I must admit, regardless of how carefully I did it, I really enjoyed cutting it off!! (I have kept that crown and one day I might design a geometric body and graft them together.) And no, I wasn't worried about everything unravelling before I got it back on the needles. Remember I said it was a fuzzy yarn?? Well, I was confident that all those fuzzy bits would 'hold hands' throughut the cutting process and all would be well. And it was! Up until Fluffy came throught the ct flap while I was mid cut... I think I must have flinched slightly as I knew he would jump straight up on the table, which he did, so I cut the stitch on the row below by mistake. I had to then unpick that row but never mind. Still quicker than starting again!!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDs6fxRZCLz-n6IWmn5N8YCkfKtlmIojpx4Adi6UIMIMZTCm9l4-k_N7X-zeBC7BDo5D3kz-xGmcgEnsO06RdobTJliGa7MDJ9QE2Lwc1fF2R3FjnCSyUIg41UjgXJPt_rnZSckSUm5dNB/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tina's Allsorts Designs, Hope Springs crown" border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDs6fxRZCLz-n6IWmn5N8YCkfKtlmIojpx4Adi6UIMIMZTCm9l4-k_N7X-zeBC7BDo5D3kz-xGmcgEnsO06RdobTJliGa7MDJ9QE2Lwc1fF2R3FjnCSyUIg41UjgXJPt_rnZSckSUm5dNB/w400-h400/15886731507087929915781085772050.jpg" title="Tina's Allsorts Designs, Hope Springs crown" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br />
I set to work designing a new crown and finished the hat a second time. Now I was <i>very happy</i> with it, it was just perfect!!<br />
I asked everyone on instagram what I should call it and the most popular suggestions were 'Hope' and 'Spring' - hope for a better future after lockdown and looking forward to the spring. So I joined them together and <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hope-springs-4" target="_blank">Hope Springs</a> was born!</div><div><br /></div><div>Ta - dah!!!!!!!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRQnMv0jotIl0bpBRFrND0cySAA9XkyKfzLQuOeLqcM-hmAziuoD7HsWCW-K4HDce0_Jen9mTdfcySAd-Kl6wQnIJaQQ1OyNCc9scuKIN3T4ZFeqqyE90BctvPwCxs8WhuQUVw_p2aQrg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tina's Allsorts Designs, Hope Springs Hat" border="0" data-original-height="2925" data-original-width="2340" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRQnMv0jotIl0bpBRFrND0cySAA9XkyKfzLQuOeLqcM-hmAziuoD7HsWCW-K4HDce0_Jen9mTdfcySAd-Kl6wQnIJaQQ1OyNCc9scuKIN3T4ZFeqqyE90BctvPwCxs8WhuQUVw_p2aQrg/w512-h640/IMG_20200410_145651_841.jpg" title="Tina's Allsorts Designs, Hope Springs Hat" width="512" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>
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Then I had to sit and write up the pattern to go with it, work on the charts to get them just right and create the Ravelry listing. I had already decided to make it free during lockdown using a coupon code, with a small fee thereafter.<br />
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I published it just after lunch on Good Friday - and someone saw it and downloaded it within 5 minutes!! Then there was another and another, and another.... and lots of people were leaving comments saying thank you - I mean LOTS!<br />
Then someone put it on facebook and everything got quite silly.... at one point it was being downloaded ten times a minute! And I got an email for every one...<br />
By the end of the Easter holiday, it had been downloaded over 5,000 times but it just kept going. I've lost track of it now...<br />
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I bought a ball of silver grey and started another hat with the rest of the mustard, knowing that at some point I would run out and would then unpick the first hat to re-use the yarn.<br />
I made the rib and got half way up the snowflake but wasn't convinced it looked better. The mustard certainly looked a lot brighter. <i>A lot!! </i>But not better with the silvergrey... There just wasn't enough contrast I think.<br />
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Back to the shop I went and bought a ball of cerise pink instead to use with the silvergrey. And I made sure I took a pic in b&w in the shop to check the contrast!!<br />
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Much better!!!! Just wait til you see what I did next though!Tinaspicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15675471493649740322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267295906110988727.post-4459443690585133172020-02-21T07:30:00.000+00:002020-04-25T13:01:20.386+01:00Foray into Fairisle part IIIIf you've already seen my Foray into Fairisle parts I & II, you won't be surprised to hear that my 3rd project was a) another hat and b) featured the snowflake that featured on the cowl.<br />
The snowflake had a 24 stitch pattern repeat, which would fit perfectly into the 120 stitches required for a DK hat. I also happened to have a ball of mustard yellow merino yarn that I had been itching to use. (I was hoping for a bright golden mustard when I ordered it online but it's actually more f an english mustard.)<br />
I teamed it with a mid grey for the ribbing, although it might have worked better with a silver grey.<br />
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The pattern worked well as a hat but I now know that I held the dominant colour in the wrong position so it could have been better.... So I'm considering unpicking it either back to the rib and just reworking the snowflake (and adding 3 or 4 rows of plain grey before the snowflake starts), or I might unpick the whole thing and start again with silver grey! And I'm considering a long turn up brim too.<br />
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While was still making the second Baa-ble Hat, I saw a pic of a gorgeous cowl decrated with snoowflakes, that moved from white on blue at the bottom, to blue on white at the top. Very clever and very effective! But I don't wear cowls... so I showed it to my friend and she said ooooooh!!! So I bought the pattern to make it for her!<br />
This what I saw, the Midwinter Neckwarmer -<br />
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It was made in 4 ply but I reckoned I could leave out a pattern repeat or two and work it in double knit. Wihout delay I went through my stash to see what I had and came up with some cranberry red alpaca (unpicked from a pair of crochet mittens that I never wore) and the silver grey merino I usedin the second Baa-ble Hat (it was a bit on the thin side and I thought it would work well with the alpaca).</div>
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I (foolishly) measured the tension on the Baab-ble hat and came up with an approximation of what my finished cowl might measure. I went for 5 pattern repeats instead of 7 and merrily knitted away, in what I still thought was the correct technique. But you know what? It wasn't quite the right technique...</div>
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Remember that link to <a href="https://littlecottonrabbits.typepad.co.uk/my_weblog/2013/05/knitting-tips-fairisle-colourwork.html" target="_blank">Little Cotton Rabbits </a>I shared last time?? Well, I should have gone back and re-read it myself <i>before </i>starting the hats...</div>
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If you look at the photo above - and you know what to look for, which I didn't... the second row of motifs looks like a red cross doesn't it? But the red should sit in the background... See what I mean? But I didn't know that at the time, I thought I was doing it right and so merrily knitted on as I was quite enjoying the process.</div>
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This photo shows the main snowflake which changes from one colour to the other in the middle. It also shows the row I was on is wrong, as it's almost all red stitches when it should have been grey stitches.... (And please excuse the feet! I should have cropped the photo!)</div>
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Anyway, I happily carried on, after unpicking that red row.</div>
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I knew by this point that I had made it too nrrow... and too long! But it was a 24 stitch repeat and an extra repeat would have added up to 4 inches. I thought I might as well finish so carried on and worked the final ribbed edge but didn't do the fancy cast off the pattern suggested as therewas a chance I might rip out a few rows to shorten it.</div>
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Here's the (initial) finished version -</div>
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And the inside -<br />
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But as I've already said, it was too small... I could just get it on but it felt like a very close fit. For a cowl that could almost become 'clostraphobic'. I showed it to my friend and whilst she really liked the design, agreed it was too narrow and too long.<br />
And I really didn't like my cast off top edge at all! So I ripped back all the rib and th top row of snowflakes. That would bring the width and length back into proportion at least and I hoped that some blocking would stretch it a bit.<br />
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But how to finish that top edge??? I decided to go for a simple reverse stocking stitch rolled edge, as there was a chance I would unpick it again and tackle the fancy ribbed cast off later.<br />
And this is what I got -<br />
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A rolled edge that rolled - outwards!! Not just the edge rolled though but the top few rows as well... What to do? I decided that as I'd come this far, I might as well wash and block and see what that did.</div>
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And it sort of worked!! There was definitely some stretch in the width, so it didn't feel quite so constrictive - but there was still that rolled edge that still rolled outwards...</div>
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I tried it on and realised, if I wore it upside down, the rolled edge would actually sit neatly against my collar bone, leaving the neater, cast on edge at the top.</div>
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On the whole, I am happy with it and might even make another one day. Maybe even in 4 ply!!! </div>
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Should you be thinking of trying fairisle yourself, I really would recommend reading <a href="https://littlecottonrabbits.typepad.co.uk/my_weblog/2013/05/knitting-tips-fairisle-colourwork.html" target="_blank">Julie's tutorial</a> first. I really wishI had re-read it raher than relying on a memory from several years ago! (She gives great tips on other aspects of knitting too - especially stitching things together.) And of course, there is a whole wealth of videos avaiilable online as well.</div>
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<br />Tinaspicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15675471493649740322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267295906110988727.post-31063971460473698642020-02-10T09:09:00.000+00:002020-04-25T13:00:40.878+01:00Foray into Fairisle Is there something you always wished you'd learned how to do but every time you try you're just rubbish? Well, for me it's knitting fairisle.<br />
Not big patterned jumpers and cardigans, just little things like hats. (I don't have the patience for big knitting anymore..)<br />
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I fancied doing a spot of knitting back in January, so decided now was the time to try again. 4 or 5 years ago I came across the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/baa-ble-hat" target="_blank">Baa-ble hat</a> but hadn't actually dared make it. I hunted through my files until I found it (it's still available on Ravelry) and went through my stash looking for some nice merino in colours that worked well together. It didn't help that the pattern was written for aran and I only had DK!<br />
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I also looked through some of the 10k projects that had been added to Ravelry, to see what other people thought etc. (It's always worth looking through other people's projects for their comments before you buy a pattern - sometimes you find a pattern sounds like it's badly written and you think twice before buying. Sometimes it's opposite and it's an amazing pattern.)<br />
There were a couple who added extra animals to their version - a sheepdog and a llama! I thought I'd add both to mine.<br />
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I've read instructions on how to work fairisle in the past, so (gently) jumped straight in! I tried very hard to keep my tension loose when carrying the non-working yarn across the back. But, silly me, I was working with 3 colours per row at times. Those rows were rather tight...<br />
But you know what? My hat came out reasonably ok. Not fabulous but ok.<br />
I like a deep rib to help keep my ears warm, although that does mean my sheep sit further back when I'm wearing it.<br />
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These pics were taken after it had been washed and dried. That has the effect of evening out the tight and loose stitches, especially the vertical ridges you get by carrying your floats on the back. Can you see the grey llama in the second pic? And the black sheepdog in the 3rd? There are ewes, lambs and even a ram with curly horns! And you can see all my floats carried inside. See the section in the middle? That's where I had more than 3 colours working, and is tighter than the rest...</div>
A friend saw my pics on Instagram and liked it, so I made a second hat for her. This was actually an opportunity to practice my fairisle again!<br />
She wanted a dark grey rib and silver grey top. I also tried to be good and follow the pattern properly by only using 2 colours per row. Not surprisingly, that helped my tension no end!<br />
My friend has a Westie, so I swapped the llama for a little dog. I placed him one stitch out though, or he would look better...<br />
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The faux fur pompoms really finishes them off!<br />
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Before I'd even finished my second hat I'd chosen my next, and more complicated, pattern. A snowflake cowl. More of that next time though.<br />
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Before I go for now, I'll just mention the Three golden rules of fairisle (in my humble opinion). I have learned these from Julie of <a href="https://littlecottonrabbits.typepad.co.uk/my_weblog/2013/05/knitting-tips-fairisle-colourwork.html" target="_blank">Little Cotton Rabbits</a> -<br />
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1 only use 2 colours per row<br />
2 keeping the dominant colour in same position<br />
3 carrying floats<br />
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But more on them - and links - and my mistakes... - next time too. 😊🧶🧶<br />
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<br />Tinaspicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15675471493649740322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267295906110988727.post-19528016051183213082020-01-06T11:11:00.003+00:002020-01-06T11:11:45.264+00:00A New Year Ta - Dah!Happy New Year! And let's face it, I'm just no good at blogging anymore...<br />
Admittedly, 2019 was one of my worst years in many ways, so blogging was not high on my agenda but even so, if you look back at how often I've posted each year they just go down and down!<br />
But I'm not going to stop entirely - just say that I will be an infrequent visitor. 😕<br />
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If you'd like to see what I've been making over the past year, then pop across to<br />
Instagram for a scroll through. I wish it would let me share to blogger... For the moment I'll show you my most recent make. To be completely honest, as I type this, it isn't actually finished - I ran out of yarn for the final row, with just 3 feet to go! A trip to the shops later. (All finished now!)<br />
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This is the <a href="https://woolthreadpaint.wordpress.com/little-gem-blanket/" target="_blank">Little Gem Blanket</a> ( #littlegemblanket ) , designed by Marion of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/woolthreadpaint/" target="_blank">@woolthreadpaint </a>, and the pattern is free on her blog.<br />
I went a bit overboard when I was buying yarn and choosing colours - I think I ended up with 25 - the new balls shown in the pic below, plus some from my stash!!!! On reflection, I should have left some out but it still looks fine.<br />
And the number of colours doesn't seem to have bothered anyone else as it's been getting a lot of love on Instagram.<br />
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I made some changes to the pattern as I went out of necessity, as i wanted to make a rectangular blanket, not square. Plus I went for different colours obviously, and also a different placement of colours for one of the striped borders. But on the whole, I did, for once, (almost!) follow the pattern exactly.<br />
Te weather so far this year has been no better than December.... So I haven't been able to get a photo of the whole blanket in good daylight - and artificial light gives it a decidedly yellow tone unfortunately. So there's no proper ta-dah photo I'm afraid, only fragments... but there's lots of them!!!<br />
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I had slight wobble at this point and thought I needed to make a funny shape to make the stitch count work for the next border. It had been 10 weeks since I planned everything and checked the maths to be sure it would all fit - naturally I didn't write any of it down...</div>
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But this pic shows those 2 odd shapes I was going to add to the long edges.</div>
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As and when the sun comes out (while I'm at home!), I'll try and get some full length pics to share.<br />
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Happy New Year - and probably see you again a Easter!!! </div>
Tinaspicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04959604936566531513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267295906110988727.post-83017227696984905962019-09-23T13:49:00.001+01:002019-11-02T15:52:16.682+00:00A trip down Memory LaneI had a little trip down memory lane over the weekend. I was scrolling through some old photos on my phone and looked at the oldest, originally transferred from the pc years ago, before phones had cameras, never mind when I had one! They were of some of the quilts and baby playmats I have made over the years. (I used to be an avid patchwork and quilter and it was my <strike>obsession</strike> passion for over ten years. I still have the fabric stash....<br />
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This was a very special quilt, made for my best friend's son Will, for his 6th birthday - just after he started school. He has just turned 18!!!! So I thought it was appropriate to share it on instaram, along with the other pics I'd found. </div>
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Will's quilt was a single bed size but the other's were all cot sized or just playmat size. Will had lots of different quilt blocks and some aplique pics, like the castle - he loved castles! But the smaller items had some very detailed aplique scenes - all my own designs and ideas.</div>
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Apologies that the pictures are rather low res... I still have the originals on my laptop but it takes forever to power up.... Speaking of which, I can remember my first digital camera had a memory card that held just 512mb!! My current one has 8g......</div>
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I used to make greetingcards for my friends and some framed pictures too. This is one of the cards for a lady who had a passion for sailing.</div>
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I stopped quilting many years ago. Sitting in front of a sewing machine for 8 or 9 hours at a time at the weekends started playing havoc with my back, so I stopped. But it was good while it lasted and I made some amazing quilts. In my opinion anyway!! And I still have a sizeable stash of fabic, even if most of it is in small 50cm square pieces!! </div>
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Before I was a quilter, I was a cross stitcher. But that was in my pre-digital camera days, so hard to share a pic or two of those!!</div>
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This was supposed to be a proper Ta-Dah post of my new design, the Looks Like Rain Scarf. But I'm so late finishing it that I have published another design since!</div>
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I was a VERY lucky girl indeed - as soon as it was published, it got picked up by someone who runs a forum group for people who like making scarves and shawls and it got posted there. Hence, it got a lot of views and it even got into the top twenty most viewed ptterns on Ravelry - for about ten minutes!! </div>
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If you would like to take a look yourself, you'll find it <a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_618414556"></span>HERE. <span id="goog_618414557"></span></a></div>
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During the final design process I had 6 fabulous ladies who tested the design for me prior to publishing and they did an amazing job! They all had their own ideas about what yarn to use - and how many colours to use - one lady even added tassels! </div>
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Just take a look (and you will find links to each lady right at the foot of this post too) -</div>
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(Liz of Bizzymits (the pics just above) put me to shame by very quickly writing her own amazing <a href="https://bizzymitts.com/2019/06/24/looks-like-rain/" target="_blank">blog post</a>!!!! I really am out of practise at this.... Pop across and have a look at her blog for a read!!)</div>
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Having seen what my testers were doing with the pattern to add their own twist, I tried it with a very fine alpaca and silk blend and added beads along the edge instead of the pompoms. And, oh, those beads!! They looks so sophisticated!<br />
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But I was also keen to show what could be done if you only had one skein available, so made this next one. By simply adjusting the number of increases and then reducing the number of repeats to shorten the length, and finally, replacing the pompoms with a picot trim, I came up with this -</div>
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And I wish you could see the yarn in real life too as it is the most amazing hand dyed yarn. The colourway is called 'Demelza', by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/BiffsugarYarns" target="_blank">Biff Sugar Yarns</a>. </div>
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The I tried it with a hand dyed double knit merino yarn (unpicked from a previous unworn project), and inspired by my testers, I teamed it with a plain ivory for the border. Then added tassels!!</div>
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And how come I suddenly started taking pics with the assistance of a tailors dummy? Well, I finally looked into buying one and when I realised they were actually quite reasonably priced, I couldn't really hold off buying one any longer. Her name is Lottie - because she's going to live in the Loft when she isn't on a job!! And where did I set her up to take pics.... take a look!<br />
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As you can see from the heap on the corner of the sofa, I had to move a lot of (crafty) clutter out of the way first! But it worked quite well really.</div>
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Making this design gave me ideas for the next one. Which in turn, might well inspire a future design!! Although, to be honest, I really would like to write a 'written' version of my Tooty Stripey Blanket first. But that will take a lot of work, so may be a long way off...</div>
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If you're <i>really</i> lucky, I might make it back before another 2 months have gone by... But then again, it might just be easier to follow me on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tinasallsorts/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>....</div>
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Here are some links to my testers instagram pages, so you can pop across and visit -<br />
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Pat aka <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BycIW3uB1o2/" target="_blank">@indigipobble</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Jan aka <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BysEJYthR76/" target="_blank">@Perky_Puffin_Crochet</a></div>
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Liz aka <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/By7wUhMg8X-/" target="_blank">@Bizzymitts</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Elspeth aka <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BzQ81rFn7Ffucc9DzD_nhd8R29WiCByC4q7ymY0/" target="_blank">@CraftyKoalabear</a></div>
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Helen aka <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/By0ttcoB522/" target="_blank">@Florahoneypot</a></div>
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Robyn aka <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/By9F2cKhunc/" target="_blank">@3Littlepears</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Tinaspicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04959604936566531513noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267295906110988727.post-36802747676940311792019-05-05T16:02:00.000+01:002019-05-05T16:02:21.038+01:00Marguerite Ta - Dah!!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
She's finished and - even though I do say so myself - she's beautiful!!!! </div>
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Thank you to everyone for all the love on Instagram and facebook - it's much appreciated!! 😁</div>
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<br />Tinaspicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04959604936566531513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267295906110988727.post-20406015793056346942019-04-28T09:00:00.001+01:002019-04-28T09:00:31.718+01:00Nearly there!!My Marguerite Blanket is almost finished!! I'm working on the border now - it takes almost a full hour to work one row, and each 50g ball will only make about 1.25 rows!!<br />
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I'm still working on it but there's a separate page of how I worked my join if you care to look. (Pattern belongs to Sandra Eng of Mobuis Girl, not me!!)Tinaspicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04959604936566531513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267295906110988727.post-83561966592957620562019-04-16T20:41:00.000+01:002019-04-24T14:23:56.960+01:00Marguerite Blanket progress Remember those gorgeous flower circles I showed you last time?<br />
They were made from the amazing pattern by <a href="https://mobiusgirldesign.com/marguerite-blanket-cal-introduction/" target="_blank">Sandra Eng of Mobius Girl </a><br />
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If you've been following my progress on instagram and her fb group, you will know I had all the motifs made and joined with a granny stitch, and had nearly filled in all the triangular spaces.<br />
Well, not only are they finished - with ends stitched in too! - I have also filled in all the fiddly half triangle spaces! I drew some hieroglyphics of that little filler but I don't know anyone else will understand it!<br />
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So it's now in one big blankety piece!! No pics yet though I'm afraid.<br />
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I'm considering giving it a quick wash and block before I tackle the border. I also need to try and get some more yarn for the border - the granny join and all those triangles have used 300g already! I managed to get another 100g from my LYS but I know that won't be enough.<br />
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I have also been busy writing <a href="https://tinasallsorts.blogspot.com/p/the-marguerite-blanket.html" target="_blank">a separate page</a> dedicated to my version of the blanket and will be showing how I did that granny join, the triangles, the half triangles and the border. (See the separate tab at the top of the screen, or click the link.)<br />
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Take a look at the top of the page for the link. And in case you're wondering, yes, I do have permission from Sandra the designer to share my method. I will NOT be sharing any part of the paid pattern - you will need to purchase your own copy <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/marguerite-blanket" target="_blank">HERE</a>. It's worth every penny!!<br />
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I'll leave you with what turned out to be a very popular pic on both IG and fb -<br />
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