And a whole heap of eggs! Inspired by the simple knitting patterns in my MS 'Living' last spring (knit a rectangle, stitch up both sides and hey presto, instant hat), I thought I'd use up the last bits of Debbie Bliss 'Cashmerino' from 'Crochet Cat'. And here are the results, little egg cosies decorated with sherbert coloured pom poms. Many of you will remember my Cascade 'Magnum' knitted scarf with it's enormous pom poms - well here's the opposite end of the size spectrum. Worked around the tiniest cardboard circle, I used some Debbie Bliss 'Rialto Lace'(pink and green), Rowan 'Wool Cotton' (lilac) and the blue hand-dyed yarn I picked up in Vancouver last year. For the egg cosies:
With a 4mm hook work a foundation chain of 17; row 2 - 1dc into 3rd chain from hook, *ch1, skip 1 stitch, 1dc* repeat from *to* across; row 3 - turning chain 2, *1dc into 1ch sp, ch1* repeat from *to* across; repeat row 3 working your dc into ch sp and separating each dc with 1ch until you have 24 rows in total. Fold your rectangle in half and stitch down each side. For US crochet, replace the dc with single crochet.
And here's a little pile of spring inspiration - I can't seem to get enough of sherbert shades and gorgeous yarn at the moment. Bottom up - my 'star' blanket from 'Inside Crochet', issue 38, Feb 2013 in Jeanette Sloan 'baby alpaca dk', shade 'chartreuse'; my craft cotton summer weight cot blanket, mix of craft cotton, Rowan 'cotton glace' and any other left over cotton I could find!; a matinee jacket in Rowan 'Wool Cotton', all topped off with my pom pom yarns. It's about time I finished some of my mountain of projects. But with Easter here I've been a bit distracted with....
... our Easter tree.
The kids and I have been blowing and painting our bantams' eggs to add to the beautiful blossom branches gathered from the garden. And the contents of the eggs made it into some delicious cinammon buns which have proved popular today!
Hope you've all had a peaceful and enjoyable Easter. I'm hoping today's sunshine is a sign of the spring weather we're all longing for here in England xxx
You have such inspiring projects! Thanks for sharing an have a beautiful Easter!!!
Posted by: Giane Powell | March 31, 2013 at 08:17 PM
I think your egg cosies are really lovely - especially the pompoms! Hope you've had a lovely Easter.
Posted by: dottycookie | March 31, 2013 at 08:51 PM
Love the dinky pompons and all that sunshine on your gorgeous crochet projects, has Spring finally arrived?!
Posted by: Alice Auperin | April 02, 2013 at 09:50 AM
Aahh they are the most adorable little egg cosies, the gorgeous lilac pom pom my favourite and such beautiful blossom. Happy spring Xx Rachel
Posted by: Rachel | April 02, 2013 at 02:40 PM
Ah, I'm so pleased you all liked the pom poms! It's amazing how such a simple thing can make you smile - I suspect it's memories of childhood, I loved making pom poms then too! And yes, Alice, of a sort - still chilly but primroses and daffodils everywhere and the occasional bright sunny day, just gorgeous ;) Happy spring to one and all xxx
Posted by: Sara Sinaguglia | April 08, 2013 at 12:35 PM