lacy crochet

I crocheted a small bag to keep my crochet hooks in so I dont lose them. I used some thickish black cotton thread and the pattern is adapted from the hook case in Lacy Crochet - Kyuuto Japanese Crafts. The result is a bit short and also the the hooks fall through the holes. So, not well thought out overall (totally my fault for not bothering to follow the pattern properly and nothing to do with the lovely book). Luckily its exactly the right size and shape to keep my ipod in to stop it getting scratched in my bag. The evenings are light enough now to go the allotment after work for an hour. Still a fair amount to dig over and weed but we have potatoes, onions, broad beans, carrots and parsnips in the ground. Tomorrow I will take some pictures. In the meantime here are some tiny cauliflowers... aren't they sweet!

busy..

..finishing off my crocheted bag. I was so disappointed in the bag when it was finished, it really wasnt how I imagined it and so there are still 2 ends to sew in. I think the blue looks quite harsh so its destined to stay inside the house and become my knitting bag - containing half a sock, but more on that later. Em was wondering what the fuss was about.

Last weekend I drove to North Wales to camp with some friends, build fires and climb Snowdon. Sarah organised the trip, and she was right; there was no rain left in the sky by saturday. Perfect camping and walking weather and the views from the top were incredible.

finished

Hooray the tablecloth is finished and hanging on the line. I'm sort of happy with it. Wish I had totally planned the pattern before I started and not just found the centre and got stitching. I hope Ted and Eliz will like it anyway.

I found a half finished, forgotton crochet project earlier today. Its a bag made from crocheted squares. I started it on the train to Liverpool a few weeks ago and have done 9 out of 16 squares so far. The yarn is variagated blue and green cotton called Eko. It looks very cute but I dont have a photo yet.

Instead here is a pic of a cushion cover I finished a while ago. The pattern is from Erika Knight's Essential Crochet - one of my favourite books.