Sarah Appleton - Textile Artist Blog

I couldn't remember which of my squares I'd posted pictures of already so here they all are in their full glory! Everything I've done so far for the Art Of Crochet magazine blanket - only about a third of the finished thing. Not too shabby.

If you are wondering why there was a 3ish month hiatus on the blog... forget about that and look at this: I have completed 5 more squares for the throw! Hot dawg! On the left and right hand sides we have two more granny squares, the left one probably being my favourite colour scheme so far. I think that one came out so awesome because I was watching Die Hard With A Vengeance when I hooked the turquoise layers. All the granny squares seem to pull in at the edges, but they do this in the magazine pictures too so I guess it can't be all bad. I think this is a side effect of crocheting in the round. On the top is another treble square with diamond cross-stitch pattern, purple this time! The bottommost square is a half treble square with 'aztec' style (their term, not mine; mine is 'messed up S') cross-stitch pattern. This was a lot of fun to make and super quick... if not a little confusing for my simple mind. It turned out rad though, so that's all I ca...

I finally got round to finishing four more squares for the blanket, clockwise from top left they are: half treble crochet square with star motif, classic granny square, half treble square with star motif again and some openwork mesh thingy square that looks like it has worms (it does not). I am super happy with how they turned out... the granny square is my favourite and the mesh patterned one a close second (it didn't photograph very well though). The hooking continues... These squares were made using the power of: Gok's Fashion Fix, Supernanny, Pinapple Dance Studio, Wife Swap U.S.A. and Jennifer's Body.