After being totally immersed in the crochet yarn bombing project over the last couple of months, for a change I decided to do … more crochet! This time some gifts.
Firstly these wrist warmers:
I made a pair of these for my lovely friend Elisabeth, sadly Royal Mail have let me down & so far, over a week after I posted them, they’ve not yet turned up at her house! Luckily I have proof of postage, so I can claim compensation, but I don’t suppose they’ll pay for the time they took me to make. I made them from a pattern over at Attic24, and they were so easy I made another pair for my daughter. The gloves are just made from htr stitch and sewn together with a little pretty-ing up on the openings. I made them with some cotton DK I had left over from another project (a little something I made for next months issue of Inside Crochet – are you excited to see what the project is?)
My cousin had a little baby boy a couple of weeks ago & so I decided that he needed a little pressie. When I saw a pair of crochet high tops I knew I had to make some:
I found a pattern on Ravelry, and changed the colours. They only took an evening each, and would have been a bit quicker but for the Great British Bake Off being on the tv the night I started, and as you surely know, you have to keep looking up to see what they are making. These were made in a baby dk yarn, which hopefully will take lots of washing, and be lovely and snuggly on his feet.
I’m now starting to think about making some Christmas gifts, ideas anyone?
Sally
