Week 7 already!

I can't believe we're already on the 7th week of the CAL already. This also means I'm in my 7th week of living in this house! All of it is going well, which is always a good sign.

I am loving my blanket at the moment, and it seems to grow a lot every week.

Here are this week's rows :)

And here's my ever growing blanket!

CAL week 6

Oops I've done so much in the way of crafting this week that it's taken me until now to get around to finishing week 6's rows and posting them!

I finished them off this morning before starting on week 7.

Here are week 6's rows:

And here is the entire blanket so far:

It's getting so big now! Exciting stuff :)

Week 5 of the CAL

I went to start this week's rows when I realised that I had missed the last one from last week!

So, I started with that.. and here was my blanket after last week's rows.

 Now on to this week's rows..

A double crochet row..

The "Mirrored chevron" rows:

A row of half double crochet (HDC):

Another DC row:

Another HDC row:

And my blanket progress so far!

I really liked the mirrored chevron rows.. I love how they turned out!

I think they might even be my favourite part of the blanket so far :)

Happy with my colour choice with those rows too.

Definitely the right decision to add in the turquoise-y colour!

CAL as-we-go stripey blanket, week 4!

This week was relatively straightforward, mostly DC (US terminology) and HDC rows. 

We had the addition of the bobble stitch this week though!

I liked the look of this in Hannah's post but mine just don't look as good!

They're not very bobble-y, but at least they provide a bit of contrast.

Hannah has stated that week 5 is a fun one, so I'm looking forward to that as I've already been enjoying what we've done so far.

The next instruction or guidance post from Hannah should be up tomorrow :)

Here are my pictures from the week (apologies for the low lighting in some - I usually crochet in the evenings after work)

I added a new colour in this week too. Just a subtle bit of turquoise. Hopefully I'll be able to use it for a thicker stripe this week and it'll stand out a bit more :)

CAL week 3!

Oops!

I kept meaning to blog about this and I can't believe it has taken me this long!

I finished week 3's rows on Thursday and week 4's rows are already out now!

I won't say too much on this as you've probably seen it all on other blogs, but here are my pictures from the week!

As you can see, I started using my stitch markers this week as an easy way to keep track of my stitches! It made it a lot easier on the rounds where Hannah said the count number being right was very important.

CAL week 2!

This week I tried the Catherine wheel pattern for the first time!

Hannah, who is running the CAL, said it needed to be crocheted loosely, so I used a 6mm hook, instead of the 5.5mm hook I have been using.

I still had some trouble with the stitch though, and ended up pulling back 4 rows and starting them again!

Glad I did though as the blanket now sits straight instead of being a bit of a rainbow..

There were a few more rows this week as Hannah realised a lot of us steamed through last week's

Even with the frogging and re-stitching of the Catherine wheels I managed to finish these rows yesterday afternoon, having started them Sunday morning (and not being home most of Sunday). Not bad going I think!

Eagerly anticipating next weeks again and I'll be linking up a picture of my blanket so far on the ravelry page for the CAL :)

CAL as-we-go stripey blanket: week 1!

When I saw that Hannah from Not your average crochet was running a CAL I knew I wanted to join in. I had initial doubts though as the project was a blanket and I wasn't sure if I could take on another big project like that. I'm so glad I did though as I whizzed through the first 5 rows on Sunday!

First job was to start my foundation row:

Yes these are my baby feet that I showed you the other day! (Size 2.. sob!)

Next was the HDC (half double crochet - using US terminology) round.

This is one of my favourite stitches and I really should use it more!

Row 2 was the double crochet row!

Then this was topped off with 3 "granny stripes", or rows of clusters.

And that's the end of this weeks rows!

I have been good and sewn the ends in as was suggested, but that was after I took the pictures!

Here's Hannah's first 5 rows..



Click the picture to go back to Hannah's original post!

I can't wait to get started on week 2!

This weekend I..

Moved house..

Started my CAL blanket...

And made a rose earring....

I have a few posts waiting to be written now to catch things up and I have a LOT of posts to read.