Tag: colour

The smallest achievement is better than the greatest intention…

Published on by Nicola Florence @ ayarnyrobin15 Comments

Here it is all complete… and I

love, love, love it.  

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Made from scraps, excluding the edging, this little blanket has provided me with the hooky colour therapy that I so needed.  I had made many of these charming squares at the end of other projects, not really being sure of their final purpose.

mini squares made from scraps mini squares made from scraps

Perhaps a cushion or a giant blanket I thought, big enough for all the robins to snuggle under…yes! that is what I decided upon, a large endeavour of love made from these little, beautiful components and so I started. And so it has remained, unloved at times or loved from afar, but most certainly unfinished and alas my latest commitments made the hooky pleasure of this project impossible.

I love a simple granny! I love a simple granny!

No, a king sized blanket out of tiny granny squares became a lingering burden…and so with some considerable heaviness, the white yarn was carefully frogged.  I felt a sense of failure as I unravelled those stitches and was once again left with a glut of granny’s

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So, I counted my granny’s out….97….and thought on a smaller scale…hooked 3 more little ones and decided on this 100 granny patch baby blanket.

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and as I hooked them back together, in a different way and with a different yarn and with a different purpose, the feeling of failure ebbed away and a new joy arose.

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and I discovered that the smallest achievement is always better than the greatest intention… and this little blanket still conveys a large endeavour of love.

 

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If you enjoyed this post you may like to read 7 projects you can start today with yarn you already own

xxxxx

 

tree house pimping…

Published on by Nicola Florence @ ayarnyrobin6 Comments

Whilst there has been so much going on, to include my computer being at near death, I have managed a little pimping of the tree house…

african flower garland
African flower garland

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now to get this computer resuscitated and I will be able to post once again!! 

classroom cushions

Published on by Nicola Florence @ ayarnyrobin17 Comments

It’s that time of year…thinking of suitable teachers gifts.  This year I have both my summer and autumn robin moving to secondary school, so I wanted to gift their teachers something special…

fat and squishy
and fat and squishy

Well you might have known it would be something yarny!… isn’t it just lovely, a glorious blooming flower cushion for the classroom, made in their favourite colour-ways of course.

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ripples of pretty petals
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and a cute hand made notion on the back.

This one reminds me of the ripples in a pool…and then there is the pretty purple petals cushion

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girly hooking at its finest

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I chose to fill these cushions with 12″ feather cushion fillers which gives these classroom cushions a real plumpness which will last. With my new lounge almost at decorating stage I think that there will be more cushions coming off my hook very soon.

A yarny give-a-way…

Published on by Nicola Florence @ ayarnyrobin26 Comments

A yarny give-a-way from a yarny robin!

 From me to you with love…

to celebrate a year of this blog.  

already a firm favourite!
already a firm favourite!

(one of my first posts)

 

Whilst this blog started as a catalogue of my crafty life and has never been about the number of hits or the number of followers, I have been amazed and humbled over the last 12 months by the huge amount of encouragement and support I have received in terms of folk reading and liking my posts and leaving me such lovely comments…

THANK YOU ALL.

This last 12 months has seen lots of craftiness… here is a little snippet of some of my favourites

happy ripple in progress
happy ripple in progress

(my first tutorial – bobble edge)

 

these little roses are gorgeous to hook
these little roses are gorgeous to hook

(roses and posies tea cosy)

 

yarnpom
yarnpom

(yarnpom)

 

Hot Love
Hot Love

(my first pattern)

 

There were also the new arrivals and fabulous family memories made…

Jess
Jess

( the arrival of Jess)

 

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(and Percy)

 

down by the canal
down by the canal

(out on Bella!) 

 

messin' about on the river
messin’ about on the river

 (a day on the river)

 

 I wish to show my appreciation by means of a small give-a-way… of yarn…open to all

it could be yours!
it could be yours!

Just leave a comment below if you would like me to enter your name to win x3 50g balls of this Chunky yumminess… I will draw a winner on the 13th June, so make sure to leave a comment by the 12th June…

xxx

Blooming Joyful…

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How fun is this?….

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Work in progress

 

I’m getting so much joy from hooking up this absolutely lovely pattern…that I just had to share it with you all before it’s even finished.  You will have guessed that it is another from Attic 24…the linky thing is just here.

self soothing!

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With a huge sigh… I have finished my assignment and therefore my course…full of self doubt but clinging to my battered motto…BRAVE… feeling weary I felt it time to self soothe, so this is what I did…

addictive!
addictive!

I got my hook back out…

chives and parsley
chives and parsley

I created a little herb bench on the patio… I still have some lemon mint to pot up.

pink and white fragoo
pink and white fragoo

Planted strawberries…

summer trailing boxes
summer trailing boxes

planted summer tubs with hot pinks and sunny yellow trailers

Mrs Butterfly like the parsley...
Mrs Butterfly like the parsley…

I stopped…and was still and just noticed (with my camera)

clematis glory
clematis glory

and my world was a better place.

weaving in the ends and life….

Published on by Nicola Florence @ ayarnyrobin19 Comments

A couple of days ago…after 3 weeks of working shifts on placement as well as working my regular job and juggling Easter holidays with the robins and studying until the wee small hours…..crazy, absolute crazy…. I had the day off!

this is what sanity looks like!
this is what sanity looks like!

Who would have thought that weaving in ends (millions of the things) could be so therapeutic… but it was.  The warmth of the spring sunshine and the peacefulness of being by myself…the boys went off making all sorts of dens with big branches…close enough so that their laughter made my heart smile, but far enough to just allow me to breathe and weave in ends.

I love these colors
I love these colours
all done....just like my placement!
and the view

A busy few weeks, which explains, my absence here…it is so good to have a hook back in my hand.  This giant granny is a long over due gift for a very special lady…who is patiently waiting.  The colour way is delicate and pretty and of course it’s good old stylecraft special dk.

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So, I need to get this wrapped and mailed, before the second wave of study hits…

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xxx

Another busy week…

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It’s been another busy week at the Robins Nest…but we have still found time to get together and just be together…and I love that!

through the gate and down the path…
enjoying the very new spring sunshine
a birds eye view from the top
whose home could this be?
grape hyacinths
and tete a tetes
looking very spring like in my kitchen windowbox

with University and work and the boys, life is taking over somewhat and not much hooking has been done.  I have one blanket that is almost done and that I really want to get finished and sent off before I start my placement at the hospital in a couple of weeks.  It’s just a simple granny and I am so near to finishing…

Alpine Nanna
Alpine Nanna

Since this photo I have added a 3″ border of the base colour, which has given it a more finished edge…just deciding whether to fringe or not…What do you think?

The End of my Cosy Journey

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The 'His and Her's cosy blanket
The ‘His and Her’s cosy blanket

As promised, here are the pictures of the ‘His and Her’s Cosy blanket’ set.  This most enjoyable hooky adventure started back in November 2014, when I fell upon this oh so easy and yet oh so fulfilling pattern, details of which I will list at the end of this post, so you too can embark on your very own cosy escapade.

'her's'
‘her’s’

The colour way is simply delicious and has the romance of femininity, which just flounces through the overall blanket, making it just perfect for wrapping up in.  For details of yarn and colours, please see below.

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‘his’

The colour way of the ‘his’ blanket was inspired by the Eastern Bluebird, both blankets incorporate 15 different colours, 7 of which are common in both, and have identical row placement, giving them the same overall tone and therefore linking them as a set.

the blankets share 7 common colours and row placement
the blankets share 7 common colours and row placement

Each blanket is bordered with 4 rows of colour, the first 2 rows being shared by each blanket

denim, camel, plum and rose
denim, camel, plum and rose
denim, camel, turquoise, and petrol

If the truth be told, I’m missing hooking these beautiful blankets… I really have enjoyed my journey and I will definitely be returning to this pattern again and again.  I will leave you with some more pictures and the links below.

Cosy Cottage Blanket by Attic 24

 

 Pattern  

Yarn  

her colour way  

his colour way  

xxx