Granny All Square in flickr group...

Granny All Square
Originally uploaded by Lady Colori

By Lady Colori...

Thank you my dear
for adding to the flickr group...

I am so amazed at the amount of work
and time that you must have put into this
gorgeous blanket...

and LOVE seeing it...

It has put a huge smile on my face
and a warmth in my heart...

I have decided that this year I will be putting
more time and effort into my work...

I hope to organize at least 3 classes a week...
plus pattern writing time...
and not forgetting blogging time...

I have almost finished the front of a new cushion
and have written the start of the pattern out...
On lots of lovely scrap paper....
and just need to pick up some extra wool
when the shops open back up again...

I am really excited about this one...it's very pretty...

I do hope that everyone's New Year is starting
out happy and bright...and full of inspiration and Love...

And thank you all so much for sharing your granny goodness
just like Lady Colori has...

It's All About The HOME...

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This New Year...

it's all about the HOME...

A granny good Home of course...

Putting my best foot forward and making

my home life extra special...

Lots of gardening...painting...prettying up...

and most of all 

lots of LOVE....

I do hope everyone's New Year will be just sweet...

Thank you for all of your support over this last month...

it has made me realize that there is so much more I could be doing

instead of feeling all wishy washy...

Like crocheting some more...

I have started working on some more patterns 

and will have one out in January...

Cross fingers...

But for now...keep up the granny goodness that you know so well...

And I will see you very soon in the New Year...

Merry Christmas

Wishing you all a very...

Merry Christmas 

and a granny good New Year...

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With the help of a last minute "How To"

by the lovely Dottie angel

Thank you my dears for your sweet words 

and kind thoughts 

over this past year...

You make it all worth it...

Reflecting...

Reflecting...
Originally uploaded by Loving The Vintage

Reflecting...
on a year almost past...

Surrounding myself with comfort and memories...

Carnations...my favorite flower...
Garlands...to hold me together...
Tissues...in case I need to cry...
Tea...to sooth the soul...
Granny Blanket...to keep my safe and loved...

Chevron Granny Blanket pdf

Thank you all my very special dears...

for all the well wishes and kindness

for our sudden loss of our dear pet Millie...

Your comments have helped me so much...

I would love to thank you all

so I have added a

Chevron Granny Blanket pdf

in my sidebar...

It is free,

but I can only have the pdf link for 30 days

through the host server...

So please feel free to download it and save to your computer...

I do hope it works as I am new to uploading this sort of thing

I know you will need Adobe to access this...

Wishing you much granny goodness... Michelle...

Farewell my sweet Millie

You will be so dearly missed...

You were taken from us tragically yesterday morning...

and the tears keep flowing...

I would like to say more...

But it hurts too much...

Know we will always think of you as our little friend...

Always in our thoughts

and now sadly in just our memory...

About my tutorials

With the festive season approaching 

and many of my dears

crocheting their decorations...

I have had a lot of e-mails asking about my free tutorials...

so I thought I would help out

and answer a few here...

You are most welcome to use my free tutorials...

You are more than welcome to borrow a image and post a link with it to my free tutorials...

You don't even have to contact me...But I do like to see every one's lovely work...

You can of course sell your finished product...even on etsy...

Changing my tutorial significantly and posting a tutorial on your site is also most welcome...

Things I find not ok...Are...

 This is more a blog etiquette thing...

Copy and paste my tutorial and posting it on your site...

I have only ever given one person permission for this...

and it was so it could be translated into another language 

so more people can benefit from some granny goodness...

Taking your own pictures of the "Grandma step- by- step Tutorial" and posting it...

Changing the pattern slightly and posting it as your own step-by-step tutorial...

eg of slightly : colour changing, adding a picot etc...

This doesn't mean showing these steps that you have come up with...

it means the whole tutorial from start to finish with a few added steps included... 

(did that make sense?)

I have always kept the original patterns very basic...

no colour changes,adding an extra row of dc(sc), or adding picots etc...

because I really want the patterns to be used by everyone...

including people who are only learning...

and by keeping it simple the finished product is achievable...

also if you are an advanced crocheter you can add these things quite easily without

a step-by-step tutorial...

and of course I always love seeing these as finished products...

and I do know a lot of my dears out there have done just that and they look amazing...

 and thank you so much for sharing your versions with me...

I do realize that many people can and have come up with some of my patterns without every seeing my tutorials or pictures...That's just the beauty of crocheting and trying new things out...

and if you have come up with a pattern that looks identical to mine without realizing it or every seeing mine till now...that's wonderful...

I would never want to upset anyone that has made a pattern from scratch

and it just happens to look like one that I did as well...

I do hope these last things haven't upset anyone...

I do believe though if you stick to the general blog etiquette rule

sharing links and pictures we can all

keep up the granny goodness...

and all enjoy the wonderful free things you can find on the internet...

P.s...Thank you MADE BY KATE for the lovely jute idea...

I'm loving it this year!!!

Little Granny Bag via flickr

My Little Granny Bag
Originally uploaded by bunny mummy

Thank you Bunny Mummy...
For adding your finished Little Granny Bag to the
Flickr group...

It is so amazing to see one finished!!!
Looking just sweet in the snow...

It feels like snow here...
even thou we are in the first week of summer...

What is happening to the weather lately?

We are having flooding across so many parts of the east coast of Australia...and the garden is starting to go to mud and mildew...

I think we are all mixed up...

Are you my dears feeling mixed up...

I think I am...

Must be time to sit and get out the yarn and try to keep myself busy
and stop myself feeling mushy...

Christmas mantle

Christmas mantle
Originally uploaded by thatischarming

Thank you "That is Charming"
for adding your beautiful Christmas mantle
picture to the Grandma Tutorial Group...
I adore these little trees with the
added stars...
And the coloured trunks are too cute!!!
It makes me feel all
motivated to get out the hook and yarn
and make some more too...

Thank you all for your lovely comments on my last tutorial...
and please don't forget to add your pictures to the group...
They always inspire me...And I do need some inspiring lately...
To many hours at work and not enough hours
to do the fun stuff...

Like Crocheting...

Little Granny Bag...Tutorial

I do think it is time for another tutorial...

How about a sweet Little Granny Bag!!!

We start this little granny bag using the 

Grandma All Square Tutorial...

Make one motif

and do not finish off...

Just sl st to the next 3 ch corner and follow pattern

for the last round again...

Taking into account the added treble cluster

on each side...

It just makes the Square bigger...

Make two...

One for either side...

Join the two together...

Wrong sides facing inside...

and start joining three sides together

I have used a burgundy to add contrast...

Start in the 3 ch space in the top left hand corner.

1 ch, 1 dc(sc).

Add a picot...

By doing 3 ch...

and then sl stitching back into the two loops of the dc(sc)...

Pull yarn through...

and your picot is complete...

add 1 dc(sc) extra in this corner and in the very last corner at end...

1 Dc(sc) in each treble and 1 dc(sc) 1 picot in all spaces...

Making sure you are lining the front and back up nicely as you go...

In corners do 2 dc(sc), picot into second dc(sc) , 1 dc(sc)

stop at top right hand corner...

You can either leave yarn attached or fasten off...at this point...

It will depend if you have an extra ball of yarn to use for sewing the lining...

To line...

Cut two pieces of felt the same size as Granny All Squares

and sew together...

Trim excess and corners...

I have added magnetic snaps in mine...

And place lining inside of bag...

and with a needle and yarn secure and start to sew in lining

from the corner...

Work in BACK LOOPS ONLY!!!

This is easier with a sharp needle

but if you only have a wool needle it will help to make a hole through the felt

with a sharp pin...

continue around to end...Fasten off and trim ends...

Now with your hook...

Starting where you left off or continue

by re attaching yarn  ...

Work in front loops only...

1 dc(sc) across each treble and 1 dc(sc) with picot

in all 1 ch spaces.

When I work around the left hand corner

I like to sl st to dc(sc) that we started on the "Joining" round

as that secures it nicely...then

continue on the other side...

sl st to dc(sc) at start...Sew and trim ends etc when you have finished...

Now you little bag is almost finished...

We just need to add some handles...

I put mine in between the picots

one spot from the corner...

Starting with a 1 ch 1 dc(sc) in first dc, 2 dc(sc) in next 2 dc(sc).

1 ch...Turn work over...

3 dc(sc) in next 3...

1 ch...Turn...etc

Make to the length you like...

Fasten off and sew to corresponding front side...

Turn over to other side and make second handle just the same way...

Congratulations...

You have finished your Little Granny Bag...

Put some granny goodness inside...

Like a hankie, some lollies and your lipstick...

And don't forget to casually place it in full view of all your friends to see...

You will end up having plenty of orders...

Keep up the Granny Goodness...

Be sure to add to the flickr group...

Tis the Season...More granny goodness

IMG_7401
Originally uploaded by MadebyKatie

These gorgeous
grandma twinkle
was made by Katie
using Jute...

Most clever indeed...

I can only imagine how hard
this would be on the hands
but I really think
it would be worth it...

I lot of decorations I have seen
in the pretty shops have used
natural materials this year...and red is BIG!!!
this would sit perfectly with any "store bought" decoration...

I do think I need to give this a go myself...
And maybe make up some hessian and linen
material ones to go with them...

What do you think?

Are the decorations in your town like this this year...

Or maybe they are a certain colour theme...

I would love to know what Christmas inspiration you have...

Granny-tastic stars

Granny-tastic stars
Originally uploaded by My Creative Haven

Tis the season!!!

Thank you "My Creative Heaven"
for getting into the festive spirit
with these Granny-tastic stars...

Love the rainbow effect of colours...

If you too have been very busy
with some granny twinkles
be sure to add to our
group...

Keep up the granny goodness...

Vintage Goodness...A thrifty Find...

Vintage Goodness..A Thrifty Find...

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I love finding amazing crocheted blankets at the thrift shop...
This was no exception...

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It is a huge blanket made with care and in amazing condition...even smells nice...
Full of granny goodness...

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As I will be working all weekend I will be posting 

a few Grandma Tutorial Fickr favorites

over this time...

So be sure to upload your pics...

I already have my eye on a few

as they are looking just festive indeed...

Over The River And Thru The Woods...

Over The River And Thru The Woods...
Originally uploaded by Anniepurls

Tis the season to be ...
getting really organized...

a huge
thank you to Annie purls
for adding this
festive scene to the group...

It is just the cutest
with the little squirrel and snowflakes...
Her variegated trees look amazing...

I am thinking I too need to start
getting my Christmas decorations organized...
How about you?...

Pattern out...and saving Ginny...

Thank you all my dears for such a lovely amount of

comments on my Grandma's English pattern giveaway...

The pattern will be listed soon...

Congratulations Caz from NEVER KNEW

your pattern is flying through cyberspace

as we chat...

While finishing off this pattern this week...

I have also been...Crocheting...

yeah amazing...I know...

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Also going to the local market...

and finding...

Ginny the Giraffe.

She was in the bottom of a box

Legless...

No truly!!!

Her legs where not attached and I bought her home minus $2 in my purse...

 After much surgical reconstruction...

with the help of hat elastic, wool needle, and a pair of arterial clamps

her legs where back on and looking mighty pretty...

Why do I have arterial clamps?

that's a mystery but they did help...

Ginny was most impressed and very grateful to now have her legs back on

and spends her time teaching dance and music appreciation 

to the other forsaken souls

here at River Cottage...

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So this week, once again I will be putting my granny cap on and

hopefully have some inspiration

for a new design...

If not...

I can always crochet my granny chevron...

and maybe even a spot of thrifting...

Grandma's English Cushion...

Grandma's English Cushion...

Is finished and looking

just royal indeed...

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Grandma’s English

My grandma’s English
a royalist so sweet,
with embroidered hankies
and pinnies pressed neat.

Doilies on the dresser
scent of talc and rose,
Freshly starched linen
memories that let you doze.

A cottage with thatching
with lavender in rows,
little grey cobbles
knee deep in snow.

Strolling hand in hand
pebbles by the sea,
It’s turning quite chilly
it must be time for tea.

Comfort by the hearth
wool close at hand,
An hourglass has no time
without any sand.

My homeland is distant
a land and sea away,
Now filled with grandma’s love
all I want to do is stay.

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Pattern will be out very soon...

I will of course have a giveaway to celebrate...

Very simple this time

just leave a comment...

That easy!!!

I will pick a winning

and

let everyone know after the weekend...

Be sure to look for this pattern in my etsy shop after that time...

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I have just loved making this cushion...

and hope you will too...