swatching grey

winter nesting

felt playing

One of the things that I like about crochet is that it creates a fabric.  It seems obvious, but the fact that a ball of yarn can become something tangible and hold it's shape is thrilling to me. 

And following on from my new obsession with making bowls from yarn, the next logical step would  be to felt them.  I wanted the bowls to have more shape and for the stitches to blend in with each other.

I crocheted a bowl made of 100% wool and popped it in the washing machine on a normal wash - this seems the most basic way to create the felted effect and the results weren't spectacular.

I think that felting by hand might be more suited to me and that is where I'm heading with this newly crocheted bowl.

bowls from yarn

Lately I've been crocheting bowls.  Making small dishes and vessels from yarn.

I've been trying different designs.

Different sizes and colours.  But mostly grey.

And green, occasionally.

wise quilting

I have a bad habit of changing my mind repeatedly when it comes to making fabric or design decisions.  This week, browsing the wonderful Brave New Quilts, I sketched out a whole new idea for a quilt - completely different from my original design.

And then I started to despair a little bit.  How do I ever decide on a design when there are so many ideas buzzing around in my mind? So, I took myself to Instagram.  There, a very helpful quilter simply told me to make this quilt... and then make another one and another one and another one.  Of course!  It's simple: there's no such thing as too many ideas.  Best advice ever.