Crochet Projects in 2012

Hello Lovelies, 

I've put together some of my favourite images of this years crochet to share with you today. It was great fun to look back at my finished makes and see what a productive crochet year I've had. Without this space it would be so easy to forget when they were made.

As well as the ta-dah moment shots I LOVE the progress images, like this stack of hexagons, way back in the January sunshine...........

 The jumble of colourful granny squares in my blog header always makes me smile, I can't see me changing it anytime soon♥

Also back in January I made the stripy tin cover ( at the moment its around this years Amaryllis pot ...did anybody spot it in my previous post :0)   )..........

By the end of January all my Hexagons had been joined and my Kaleidoscope blanket was finished......

 In February I started on another blanket...this time a baby blanket, using trusty Stylecraft yarn..........

 I started to join the squares like this .......

 But I wasn't too happy with it and then my sister in law asked me to make two blankets for twins , so I added a white border.........much happier with that (tutorial in my side bar )............

In March I dropped the white and started another baby blanket. My yarn bag full of  beautiful rainbow colours made me very happy......

The first outdoor crochet of the year occurred later in March as I worked on this happy project ......

The Elmer blanket ta-dah.........

 Love this Easter image , not only for the crochet coaster but also the Daffodils and the glimpses of my Easter "tree" and trays of seedlings on the windowsill. Ooooh , I'm feeling excited about spring now....I bit prematurely ..........

April also saw me making these colourful boats.........

My Sail Away crochet decoration is safely stored away for Christmas at the moment, but I'll be popping it back up soon ( tutorial in my side bar )...........

I'n May I worked on a favourite crochet motif........Sunburst circles...........

Turning them into hearts to string together as bunting (tutorial in my side bar).........

In May I started on another baby blanket, this time using a daisy motif in the centre of the squares ( tutorial in my side bar )........

Things then when quiet on the crochet front , while I went through a patchwork phase, but by July I was happy to have a portable project to take to the park with the boys..........

Loved my three baby blankets on the washing  line together (the ripple was made in 2011 and I've since given it to a work college )........

At the end of July the school Summer holidays were beginning and I was dreaming of the seaside........

 So I started another baby blanket in soothing coastal colours , and took it on our weekend  camping adventure...........

And then in August, to Devon.........

 I loved that holiday so much and I loved taking some crochet and patchwork to prettify our static caravan....

 At the end of August I felt the need for a burst of colour so I started a fun project........

That turned out to be my super wacky but super useful string dispenser..........

 My colour craving satisfied , I happily compleated my seaside ripples in September.........

 And stuck with the same colours to begin my first full size blanket of 2012........

Another , join as you go solid colour square blanket , this time for middle son...........

I took my "seaside patches blanket" on our Autumn sunshine holiday in October, but didn't get much done........

 This is what it looked like in November.........

In December I seem to have enjoyed quick projects, starting with these hearts..........

Which I sewed together and stuffed to decorate my wonderful "new to me" dresser........

Then I when back to Sunburst circles..........

And played around designing my own owl pattern..........

 Very happy with this , and I will be sharing the pattern soon :0)

I also make a super quick doily from this book...........

One of my owls has flown away , to live on my sister and brother in laws tree.....

As a little thank you for all the hard work on Christmas day.........

But I'm making some more . I have a Pay it forward ( from last December! oops  )  to honour and I will be including  one of these in each of the three parcels, along with other goodies.

 I've loved visiting so many wonderful blogs this year and still love being part of this inspiring space. Almost all of these projects are , at least in part, inspired by things I've seen and adapted from the wonderfully clever folks who  so generously share their projects and patterns with us. My creative life would be a much duller place without them.

Thank you so much for visiting and commenting on my crochet , among other things, this year. And thanks for indulging me in this review.

I'll be back with a different Bunny Mummy 2012 retrospective soon :0)
Jacquie x