Alpaca flowers and a new Alpaca coat to start..

I love Alpaca so I'm going to make a new coat /jacket in the same Motif Design as my old coat but in Alpaca

This time I think I might make it a jacket though...maybe? 

MOTIF PATTERN
Alpaca and a 5mm hook
US Terms

ch4 sl st, into a circle 
Round 1: 16dc into circle, sl st to complete round (16sts) 
Round 2: 2dc in each st, sl st to complete round (32sts) 
Round 3: sc in any space ch3, sc in next sp, repeat to end, sl st, to complete (16 chain loops) 
Round 4: Start in any chain space,* 2dc, ch2, 2dc,corner, ch1, 2sc, ch1, in next 3, 2ch sp,* repeat from * to * 3 more times (4corners and 4 sides)

 link to Pattern HERE for above flower

Stylecraft Special DK Brights...New Crochet sample Flowers

 Have you ever bought a ball of yarn and found it far too bright for your project?

 Then make some simple padded circles in the brights and add a dark grey flower....works a treat 

I'm making a throw with mine...adding a few flowers when I have time.

But it might make a great wrap too.

HAPPY HOOKING

New Mac so I'm back to blogging again

 Just for a change....a few paper flowers I have made to share

STAGE 5: A link to the Border Pattern Chunky Monkey CAL Throw

STAGE 5 THE CHUNKY MONKEY BORDER....Click for final pattern

 The Giant Flowers will be an additional pattern next week...they can be made as an additional throw decoration too...

A NEW FLOWER CUSHION CAL...coming soon

Not a good 24 hours....a moment of pure anger, after windows did an update without telling me and I lost the 1.5hours of work i had just done on the cal post......

I killed it, DEAD, tears and tantrums and lack of sleep.

I now have a new Macbook and am learning slowly how it all works.

lots of help from everyone Bethany in particular, Phil and i spent half an hour truing every password combination for our WiFi last night and still we couldn't get on....the lovely Bethany arrives home with James after a few days Birthday treat away and tells us straight away what it is...your a dream.

Love you to bits i do. xx

EVENTUALLY WE GOT IN....

now I'm adding everything to my new macbook and learning how to use it all.

STAGE 4:Next round of the Chunky Monkey Cal is posted...

CHUNKY MONKEY CAL...CLICK HERE

After stage 4 there is just stage 5 to do and it will be complete.

 14 colours and 100 colour combinations

MAY FLOWER CAL WILL BE THE NEXT ONE...

 A cushion and thow pattern....its an old pattern from a couple of years ago, with a 2015 update.

Hope you will all join in...

Stage 3 of the Chunky Monkey Cal posted

CHUNKY MONKEY Cal stage 3

click link for round 3 and colour chart

 

Rounds 4 and 5 still to come...still time to join in

fill-ins and border to come in two ore stages

Chunky Monkey Cal up and running

http://yarnartwithsuepinner.blogspot.co.uk/

 

 

 

Chunky Monkey CAL up and running.

 

Loremar Yarn Pack LINK

 

AND

the first stage of the Pattern plus a simple version too if you dont fancy doing a three colour change....two free patterns being released in stages.

 

Hope you'll join the fun

Chunky Monkey CAL: A 14 colour Octagon throw

Cal

YarnArt with Sue Pinner  a new free pattern and crochet along.

The Chunky Monkey Throw

The first part of the pattern will be added to the site this week and the packs of yarn can be bought from 

Loremar Yarns. Link to be added soon

Further details will be added to the YarnArt site through the week

Link to site

Chunky Monkey Cal will be Similar but different to this throw

14 colours in a 3 round octagon with fill-ins, no holes

Selection of new cushions for Christmas, inspired from a motif in my Book Granny Squares 1

We needed some new cushion covers for the lounge I had some cream and pale grey  

 and i wanted to use them with a touch of gold to match the new sofa throws

Inspired by the motif in my first book Granny Squares

But with some changes, I used
with my favourite middle this time the finger wrap...so easy and no kno and no ends to deal with...some one at one of the shows commented it looks almost like an embroidered centre.

Patons woll blend Aran weight and 6mm hook so I only needed 9squares for each side
The grey is a bit scratchy but perfect for cushions that need to take some use.

 

Finger wrap to start

then the flower from the book then finish with a granny shell round

 

The Ivory cushion is another Aran but I'm not sure of the brand
used a 5mm hook for this one so i needed 16 motifs per side

 

 

 

The Bobble side is a basic circle cushion with 3 and 4 rounds of bobble stitches added

 and the flower side is this pattern...here

 Loving the touch of gold and the two colour striped band

Wanted 2 Ivory and 2 grey but run out of time now to do another ivory.....next year i will make another

 

A Granny star or Snowflake

Sorry for being absent for so long...book 2 is finished just the proof reading to do still doing design work but some free time to play before Christmas.

Been trying to make the blogs easier to use so lots of old patterns are listed on the right hand side and i will do my best to share a new pattern or two from now on.

The first is.....

A GRANNY SNOWFLAKE MAT PATTERN
US Terms as always on my blogs

It's late now to take pictures of how too so I will add them in the morning

but this is the Snowflake Mat

Granny Snowflake Mat Pattern

Chunky or two strands of DK worked as one, 6mm hook.

A loose finger wrap of 6 wraps

Round1: 12dc into circle

Round 2: 2dc, ch1, 2dc, ch1, miss a st,  repeat 5 more times, sl st to complete. ( 12 x 2dc)

Round 3: 2dc ch3, 2dc in each corner sp, 3dc in each side sp, sl st to complete.

Round 4: 2dc, ch3, 2dc in ch3 sp, 2dc in in next 2sps, repeat 5 more times sl st to complete. (6 sides)

Round 5: 3dc, ch3,3dc in ch3 sp, 2dc in next 3sps, repeat for all sides, sl st to complete.

Round 6: repeat round 4 with 4 side sps.

Round 7: start in a corner sp, ch5, sl st into point, ch6, sl st into point, ch5, sl st into point, sc into next 6 sts, miss 2 sts, sc into next 6 sts, repeat for all sides, sls t to complete.

Makes a mat approximately 12" (30.5cm) from point to point

Update...decided no pictures needed so simple to follow

 The Snowflake below is here...LINK

Great for decorations, coasters or joined together in a wrap or scarf

 Great buy from The Works....with teeny tiny sequine yarn £1 a ball and i'm sure it will make 6 stars 6" (15.25cms) point to point

HAPPY HOOKING