Liam's Ripple Blanket

Liam's Ripple blanket is finally complete - it has been an epic journey. The blanket was inspired by colours of the Australian landscape. It is made using Bendigo Woollen Mills "LUXURY" 8ply 100% wool and is wonderfully soft.

Details can be found here on Ravelry: Liam's Ripple Blanket - the edging.

Details of the blanket and the 'Neat Ripple Pattern' by Lucy of Attic24 can be found here:- Neat Ripple pattern details.

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.

Sneak Peek!

Here is a sneak peek at something coming soon. I have had this sitting around as a ufo for so long!

Here is a Miss Ming, looking gorgeous as usual.

And finally a photo of Mooloolaba beach on New Years Day – it is now completely washed away by all the storms and wind we’ve been having lately.

Cheers from Fran.