April blanket: ‘the Norian blanket’
My belated Easter post…I have been sitting on this blog entry for 10 days…the plan was to get it published before Easter, but things have gotten in the way so I am just now making the final touches to the post.
So I hope all of you had a lovely Easter or spring break with your families, loved ones and maybe with some crochet too! Whether you managed to find some free time for starting a new project or continuing with some WIPs.
I had a bit of extra time to surf the net last weekend and I saw there are a lot of new CAL’s that have started.
I like Esther @https://itsallinanutshell.com/ new CAL , have you seen it? it is called the ‘nuts about squares ‘ it looks really interesting I love week2 block!
https://itsallinanutshell.com/2017/02/17/announcement-nuts-about-squares-cal/
I also saw that quite a few of you had started the Hydrangeas’s blanket, Lucy’s @attic24 new creation.
http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/2017/04/hydrangea-stripe-blanket-ta-dah.html
I really like the colours she has chosen for her latest project, the pattern is beautifully simple but so effective and I am sure it will bring hours of joy to many people.
So many temptations and I wish I had loads of hours and try them all!
Anyway let’s get back under the Fig tree, so I can update you on what I have been doing…
The April blanket now has a name, it is called ” the Norian blanket” you will see why pretty soon, I am very happy with my block it is an original design of mine and it is a lovely hexagon that I hope you will like.
I know in the past I have been outsourcing patterns or partial patterns mixing with something original designed by me, but this blanket will be just my design, that will make the pattern details much easier for everybody to outsource and follow by having it all being written down in one place. I have been getting some help so I can create as clear a template as possible for the pattern and, assume everything go smoothly, I should be ready to publish it in the next few weeks.
Here is a picture of the block, I’d love to hear your opinions! The idea is obviously Bee related, and it should look like a bees’ friendly meadow with loads of pretty flowers in bees favourite colours!.
now you wondering why Norian?
well there is an article I am going to link you to:
http://vernon.npdc.govt.nz/search.do?view=detail&page=1&id=269200&db=object
It tells the story of a very keen Kiwi Beekeeper called Roy Brewster. Roy and his wife Nettie built a house in the 1950s in New Plymouth, NZ , where nearly everything was hexagonal, from its floor plans to its windows to all of its interiors and furnishings. They also had a hexagonal quilt on their bed too.
the name Norian is short for: “NO RIght ANgles.”
I love the story and I love the house and I thought my April blanket could fit quite nicely in their home.
more about Norian blanket:
The block and the yarn and colours selection were the easy part, and I fired away pretty quickly all those hexagons. The problem started when I had to figure out how to join them together…You might think the joining is the easy part but actually often is not, and It has taken me several attempts and a lot of unraveling but, after a few frustrating days, I have hopefully got it now, I don’t know yet, the joining is still in its early stages, so I will let you know in a week or so..hence why at Easter I decided to leave the blanket on a side and make something else.
If you follow me on Instagram and facebook you might have seen some pictures I posted earlier in the week.
https://www.facebook.com/luciasfigtree/
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you might have seen some pictures I posted earlier in the week.
The shawl is called Edlothia, the designer is Jasmin Räsänen , and this is the link: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/edlothia
I loved the fact that this pattern has charts. I found charts so much easier to follow, it might look complicated but it is surprisingly easy to crochet and the results! It is not blocked yet as I hope on a nice dry day for it, but it looks good and I think the Scheepjes whirl I have chosen does it justice. I bought a couple of those cakes a few weeks ago and I was waiting to find a project that used most of it if not all of a cake, so to show off the gradients effect to its best.
First time using Whirl I found the yarn a bit splitty at the beginning but then I got the hang of it, it is lovely to work with and I love how gradual the change of colours is I hope will block well, I will let you know as soon as I am done.
that is all for today, wish you a happy weekend,
all the best Lucia xx