Showing posts with label Laura. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Laura. Show all posts

Tuesday, 6 March 2012

Cute As A Button Squares

A last minute entry for the BBB 2012 came from 
Laura of Cute As A Button . You can be forgiven for 
not knowing this blog...Laura only began blogging 
in January this year!  Awww...a baby blog...
Welcome to bloggyland Laura!


The 2 squares that Laura sent are just gorgeous! 
Cute As A Button shows some lovely crochet 
projects, and it it nice to hear about Laura's recent discovery of the 'crochet quarter' of bloggyland....


Laura's first square is a Granny Square... 
Laura says, 
"This pattern was shown to me by my Granny.  
She was taught to crochet by her Aunty, so who knows where the original pattern came from"! 

Now there's a thought... I wonder who DID make
 the first Granny Square... that is one of thoughts
 that makes my head hurt.. like thinking about 
what is at the edge of space... ouch!


Laura's second square truly is as 'cute as a button'!

  Laura says she found the pattern at Beata's 
Canadian blog - Rose Hip ...oh my goodness 
you are in for a treat if you follow that link! 


The yarn Laura used was.....Freedom Sincere DK 100% Organic Cotton (CREAM) and 
Katia Eco Cotton (PINK & PURPLE) 

If you pop over to Laura's Coriandr online shop 
you will find some very sweet things that Laura has made combining her sewing and crochet skills.

Finally as a celebration for getting her first 20 
followers (she is nearly there), Laura is giving away an African Flower Scarf ... you have until the 
12th March to sign up!

On the subject of lovely giveaways...over at Knitsofacto  Annie is celebrating...you can win a beautiful book and one of Fee's blocks from 
Chipper Nelly... thanks Annie!












Tuesday, 17 January 2012

One-a-day Tuesday Tallies and The beautiful Blogger Blanket gets squares from South Africa!





It is Tuesday...TUESDAY and I am doing my Tuesday Tallies!  

This has often been done in a late rush on a Wednesday 
so you can imagine my delight at being on time this week.. 

Here are the FOUR squares I made this week.. 
hence falling even more behind, when I have 
promised all and sundry that I will catch up 
by 31st January... 

Still 4 is better than none.. 


Pop over to Carole's blog Gingerbread Girl
to see how everyone else is getting on with 
their Tuesday Tallies...  

You can also check them all out at the Ravelry 

On Saturday morning the postman caused quite a stir 
when he brought me this.....


An envelope all the way from South Africa! 

Laura from My House in Africa had sent her 
squares for the Beautiful Blogger Blanket of 2012.. 
and look... 9 of them!  How generous! 


 It didn't matter how much I tried, I couldn't 
get the camera to pick up what a lovely colour 
these squares are..

                                                       
                                                Sorry Laura! 

A small plain dark Teal-green square measuring 10cm x 10cm


 This one is the same size, the same colour, 
but has a beautiful pale teal flower with 
a blue centre ...WOW!


 A larger (15cm x 15cm) granny squared circle
 in the same 3 colours...


Another smaller square - this time with the base 
ground in the paler teal green with a darker 
flower centre.. WOW again!


 Another smaller square (10cm x 10cm) 
in the paler teal-green....


One gorgeous larger lacy square (16cm x 16cm),
which has a star motif in the centre, 
surrounded by bands of trebles (UK term) 
and single crochet (UK term)...


This one is bigger again (22cm x 22cm) and 
is 3 bands of the previously used colours in 
single crochet.  

There is a pretty little centre too....


 The same size (22cm x 22cm), same colours, 
a centre that reminds me of the sun, with 
groups of trebles in bands and then a 
band of single crochet... lovely! 


 Finally, a 20cm x 20cm square in the same 
3 colours, rows of trebles and single 
crochet (UK terms)...

Some close ups...



 Well done Laura... I can't believe you sent 9 squares... 
thank you very much! You now have 9 entries 
to win the...Beautiful Blogger Blanket of 2012... 

Good luck! 

As well as all this, Laura sent  me a gift 
all the way from South Africa.. a beautiful 
traditional African beaded bowl or jug cover.. 

I put it over a wine glass to 
show you all the lovely beading dangling down.. 




 Thank you so much Laura!