Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Fran's Tiramisu

I’ve had the crochet bug recently for some reason and decided to make a classic ‘Tiramisu’ baby blanket by Alicia Paulson. This pattern has been around for a while and is pretty as well as easy to make. You can find the pattern here: - Tiramisu Baby Blanket   Over 2200 of these have been made and can be seen on Ravelry!

I decided to use the easy washing Panda Magnum Soft 8ply which is affordable and has a slight sheen and softness to it – perfect for a baby blanket.
 I used an 8mm crochet hook which gave me a similar gauge seeing as I was substituting yarn from the one used in the pattern. The original pattern calls for organic cotton which would be lovely as well.
I used double sided satin polyester ribbon in a Peacock blue to thread thru the pretty scalloped edging.  I threaded the ribbon thru using a large wool needle which I threaded with the ribbon and then back thru itself so it wouldn’t unthread and wove the ribbon thru the spaces made by double crochets.
This was a relaxing and easy project to make. You can see more details about my Tiramisu here:- Franie-Jay's Tiramisu on Ravelry.


I took this photo of a pelican while sitting and relaxing by the river, I then played with it in PicMonkey.
I added an overlay in PicMonkey.
Finally, a pair of pelicans and a different water overlay from PicMonkey.
Hope you have a great day. Cheers from Fran.