The other day I remembered that I have a ball of cotton in my stash that is much finer than the cotton I'm using for the blankets and
this experiment. Someone gave it to me in case I could tat with it, and it has languished as part of my thread collection ever since. I didn't have a hook small enough to crochet with it, but I bought one last week, a 2 mm hook.
I also did some on-line sleuthing and found the pattern for Janie Crow's Lily Pond blanket. Wow, I'm blown away by Janie Crow's crochet designs! Her website is
here and there's a link to her blog on the left hand side of this page. She partnered with Stylecraft for last year's Crochet Along, the Lily Pond Blanket, and this year's one, Frida's Flowers. The patterns are on their website. The Lily Pond one is
here. I just printed off Section 5, the Lily Pond Flower.
As you can see, this flower is much smaller than the previous one. Hmm. For a cushion, I quite like the idea of big and bold. But really I'm inclining to the finer thread. It would mean many more rounds to make a cushion, I will have to think how to achieve that. More sleuthing and experimenting required.
Oh I have seen these beautiful new way of crocheted 3d kinda patterns and you seem to do very well with it love this work!
ReplyDeleteSmall and delicate is really nice too and you maybe you could use the cushion side too?
ReplyDeleteBoth are great flowers!!! :)
ReplyDeleteThe flowers are lovely! Off to check the link. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI love your flowers they are amazing, I can't crochet but I can admire beautiful work, A cushion with those flowers on or a whole flower as the front of a cushion, that would be amazing.
ReplyDeleteI love, love, LOVE this pattern. I'm going to have to try it out myself. Thanks for all the links.
ReplyDeleteLovely flowers!
ReplyDeleteI checked out the links - thanks for sharing them. Your flowers are so beautiful - finer thread does lend it some delicacy.
ReplyDeleteI love your flowers, I had a look at Janie Crows web site and you are right she has made some lovely things, the purple and pink blanket is amazing!
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