Last week(ish) I had the pleasure of running a fabulous fabric flowers workshop at The Silver Thimble. You might remember The Silver Thimble I have run workshops there before. They are always a great deal of fun, with some of the loveliest ladies, and I end up learning as much as they do! Very soon into the workshop, we had fabulous fabric flowers blooming all over, here’s a selection…
My next workshop, at The Silver Thimble, is on the 23rd October and we will be making braids and buttons. Hope to see some of you there!
If you want to come along, you can find The Silver Thimble on Facebook HERE and I’m also on Facebook HERE!
Last year the Tower of London commemorate the First World War with an art installation of poppies flooding it’s moat; that installation is nothing compared to the installation that the incredible talented Sally – Hippystitch and textile artist Deborah New– have created. For the last few years Hippystitch has organised community yarnbombs; remember the one for the Tour de Yorkshire and the one that, quite literally, took over Rowntree Park? For the last few weeks Hippystitch has run workshops, where even-more talented people have knitting and crocheted poppies. Sadly I haven’t been organised enough to get along to any of the workshops, given how fuzzy the last few weeks have been, so I haven’t added to the yarnbomb. Still, I can share it with you…
If you want to see the installation for yourself, then pop down to Rowntree Park where it will be until the 12th July.
For more information about the yarnbomb have a look at Sally’s Blog or find her on Facebook HERE.
Thank you Sally and Deborah New for organising this; can’t wait to see what you’ve got planned for next year!
Well after a few weeks of fuzziness the world is starting to look clearer. There are going to be some big, but very exciting changes in mine and Si’s life over the coming months. I’m changing jobs and Si has some really exciting opportunities that he is exploring. So, in celebration me and a large glass of something red, my crochet hook and my camera sat out in the sunshine and designed a new flower, especially for you! I’ve called it a layered flower, as it has two different layers of petals...
You are going to be crocheting into the front loop only and back loop only of a double-crochet. In case you need a reminder, this is what I mean….
Front loop only…
Back loop only…
You can use any yarn that you have to hand and a hook appropriate for the yarn. A copy and paste pattern is at the bottom of this post!
5ch, ss to join…
7dc into the round, ss to join…
Working into the front loop only, * ss to first dc, 5ch, ss into the dc*…
Repeat *-* until you have your first layer of petals…
Working into the back loop only **ss to first dc, 7ch, ss into the dc**…
Repeat **-** until you have your second layer of petals…
Have fun experimenting with different number of double crochet and different lengths of chain petals. I’d love to see you flowers. You can share them here, or on Facebook or on Ravelry.
Happy crocheting!
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For those of you who like to copy and paste patterns…
5ch, ss to join
7dc into the round, ss to join
Working into the front loop only, * ss to first dc, 5ch, ss into the dc*
Repeat *-* until you have your first layer of petals
Working into the back loop only **ss to first dc, 7ch, ss into the dc**
Repeat **-** until you have your second layer of petals
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