For a friend

 

Recently I made my favourite shawl pattern for a friend.

She wasn't planning on finding out the gender of her baby, so she asked me if I could make the shawl in white, pink and blue.

It was fun to do and she was very pleased with it..

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys

My new happy place!

 

This is a picture of my new happy place. It is here where I spend time with my husband Chris, watching TV with him, playing with my little white cat, Xena and creating my knitted and crocheted treasures.

You will notice the two mint green jackets I recently completed. As soon as spoons or energy permits, I will be hand washing them. I have a fibromyalgia flare and can't do them for the moment.

I could not find my bamboo circular needle for the main part of the jackets and I used my old steel one. It seems to have made the wool grey... 

I have started a lemon one and have purchased another bamboo circular needle to avoid the discolouration..

The wool is supposed to be machine washable, but I don't want to chance it. I will be washing them in Velvet soap and drying them flat inside away from the sun.

My life is a simple one and is mostly spent at home. If you like, click here for a look of our new home. It's my new happy place! 

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys 

Another apple on the way!

 

This picture shows how my living room is today.. the wind is gently blowing my curtains as I sit knitting yet another Soft Apple baby jacket..

Another granddaughter is trying for a baby and she loves green too. In fact, I made a lovely Soft Apple green shawl for her already..

So I am extremely happy to be expecting more great-grandchildren.  Especially with them being close. It will be like having twins.

In fact, I have decided to make two of each colour for the new mummies! I will post a pic when it's finished.

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys 

Soft Green Apple loveliness

I am excited to hear that another great-grandchild is on the way and as it is a first child for my granddaughter, she has no jackets as yet.

Her favourite colour is green, so as requested I have started a blackberry cardigan in Patons 4ply colour Soft Green Apple. The bands are knitted on size 3.25mm  needles and the main body and sleeves are knitted on 3.50mm needles.

She already has my shawl I crocheted for her so I will major on doing little cardigans.

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys 

 

My latest projects

I have just finished another baby blue shawl and half-way through this dusky rose one.

I am planning on giving the appropriate coloured shawl to my friend's daughter but it is too early to know which one to gift yet.

These were done in my favourite baby blanket pattern in 8ply acrylic yarn using a 3.5mm hook

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys 

Waiting to be gifted

 

So I  finished the final white shawl to be gifted to the youngest grandchildren.

It has a blackberry stitch centre and has a single chain border.

It is just waiting here to be gifted to their mother to hold for them until needed.

Keep clicking and stitching, 

Glenys

Another new design in my shawls

 

Currently, I am crocheting a shawl in blue, pink and white. I haven't done a multicoloured one in these colours before, so I thought it would be fun to do it..

I will probably make 2 of them because they are still gender neutral...

My joy is complete when my new wools are delivered...

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys 

Pretty in pink

 

I recently had a great-granddaughter and I made this blanket for her in various shades of pink. I crocheted this using the usual pattern with 8 ply acrylic wool with size 3.5 mm hook.

I am not over the moon with some yarns as they don't feel overly soft when finished. If you crochet, could you please tell me of other option in 8ply yarn that I can buy? thanks

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys

Fresh mint for Jamie

 

I crocheted this lovely fresh mint green shawl for my adult grandson Jamie when he has his first child. Again it is my favourite baby shawl pattern in 8 ply yarn on a 3.5 hook.

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys

Hot off the press

 

This is my latest white shawl for my friends' daughter's first baby. I finished it last night. It's the standard pattern in 8 ply acrylic yarn. I used a 3.5mm hook.

I have already started a baby blue shawl and I plan to make a pink one after that.. generally I keep the colours gender neutral...

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys 

For a handsome little boy!

 

This is the shawl and jacket I made for my friend's little grandson. He looks lovely and warm in them.

The jacket was my favourite knitted, blackberry stitch and the shawl was crocheted.

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys 

Jessica's shawl

 

I made this lovely lemon and white shawl for my granddaughter's future baby. I crocheted a large frill around the edge. Jess loves it!   

I am also working on a  blackberry stitch jacket to match but am waiting for more lemon yarn to arrive to complete it! 

Keep clicking and stitching!

Glenys

A ruffled shawl for Greg finished

 

I have just completed a mint and white shawl with ruffled edge for Greg's future babies. Again 8ply acrylic on a size 3.5mm hook.

Here is a picture of it in its real colours as I promised... the camera showed it up as a very bright green, but it is truly a lovely mint and white

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys

A Candy Crush shawl for Tyler

 

Tyler loves Candy Crush, so I made a shawl for his future children in the typical Candy Crush colours.

It was a fun shawl to make with multi coloured 8ply acrylic yarn.... 3.5mm crochet hook.

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys

Shawls for all

 

These four shawls were given to my adult grandchildren for their future babies. 

These were all crocheted using my favourite baby blanket pattern in 8ply acrylic yarn on size 3.5mm hook. 

I have kept them in gender neutral colours but the blue looking one is actually a mint green colour.

I still have some more to do. And I am hoping my hands allow me to keep going so that eventually there will be shawls for all..

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys

A shawl for Dianne

 

This was a shawl I made for Dianne. It was before I found my favourite crochet pattern for shawls.

I used 4 ply baby wool using a 3mm hook. It was photographed over a chair but in reality it sat flat. The middle circular panels were done in double crochet and I shell stitched the rest... it actually looked better than in the photos.. It was about 3foot in diameter.

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys

A shawl for Tay

 

In this shawl, I knitted the circular panels in blackberry stitch, and crocheted a long lacy border. A thin band of pink ribbon was inserted between the centre panels and border.

I made this in Patons 4 ply white baby yarn using a 3mm hook for the border.. It was a metre in diameter and very full...

Tay still has it in her treasure box...

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys 

To be continued..

 

Occasionally I run out of wool and so I often work on another project while I wait for my yarn to be delivered.

This was the case with my lemon and white cardigan for Jessica. Again, in Patons 4 ply baby wool in my favourite pattern, blackberry stitch. It looks great in two colours as well as solid...

In the picture is a white crochet shawl for her...

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys

What I am working on now

 

Currently I am crocheting a mint green and white shawl for Gregory. It is 38 inches wide and will be 30 inches long when finished. Again, it is in acrylic 8 ply yarn on a size 3.5mm hook.

I will post a picture of it when I have finished...

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys

Mint shawl for Liam

 

This crocheted baby shawl is a gorgeous mint green and white. I added a frilly edge to it, though usually I do just one round of shell stitch...

This was made with 8ply acrylic yarn on size 3.5mm hook.

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys