A girls gotta have hobbies, well this girl does. I’m a bit of a hobby
addict, which means I love to have them and then they take over my life and
then I move on to another one on a long cycle of hobbies taking over my life.
So this week I’m writing about my hobby obsession of the moment, Crochet and Knitting.
I fell in love with crochet when I went to a baby shower and the expected
mum-to-be was gifted a beautiful hand-made pink granny square style blanket
with lots of fringing. Since then my mother in-law taught me the basics, I then
went on to read books, magazines and watch lots of YouTube videos. So crochet
is my forte and knitting is a very scary monster I try to tackle when I’m
feeling brave. I always have a project on the go and have made the rule to
myself that one project has to be finished before I start another.
So I was looking through my e-mails the other day and I had my usual
newsletter post from http://www.deramores.com. Which is my
top choice for online shopping for yarn and supplies, when I saw they were
running a blog competition I thought this would be my chance to talk about a
hobby I love and try and see if I could learn anything about writing a great
blog.
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| Pink Candy Floss Blanket |
OK so you had to read several successful bloggers articles and they had
each chosen a subject they though would be trending in the Crochet and Knitting
world for 2015. I choose the trend of Ombre to write about as I found it a recurring
theme in my work. I love to use a lot of stripes in my work and find a gradual
tonal change between yarns very appealing. Sometimes I like to use varying
shades of the same colour shown in my Pink Candy floss star blanket and other
time I like to use colours that
complement each other but still have a gradual tonal change.
I find the Ombre looks best when you use 3 colours with 3
rows of each colour. This helps each colour stand out but also blend at the
same time. I make a lot of blankets, mainly in
my favourite star shaped which are perfect for babies and I find it can be very
boring crocheting something that takes so long without changing yarn colour.
Being able to change yarn colours gives you somewhere to work to and check off
as you go along.
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| Unisex Blanket |
I also find Ombre a great technique when making unisex blankets and
clothing for babies, it allows you use a colour that may be “gender appropriate”
but put together to make the finished item, become divinely unisex. I think
this blanket is a perfect example of using a blueish green colour and making it unisex.
So why don’t you try a new hobby yourself this weekend buy a book, watch a
YouTube video or try to reignite your love for something. It’s great for the
mind, body and soul.
So that’s my first blog on Crochet and knitting if you liked it please
subscribe as I am going to do more blogs of this subject for sure.
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| An example of tone change with different colours |
