Helloooo there,
Ever so sorry it's been such a long time. The Christmas
season is always a hectic one when you are craft mad, and mine was no
exception. While I chose to buy the majority of gifts this year, there were still
a couple that I made from scratch, and I loved every second of it!
I had all on to get any pictures to share with you. A combination of being waaaay too excited to finish them off, and every time I pulled out the camera the world
seemed to dip into darkness, the kind of darkness that no matter how many desk
lamps you wrangle together, It's still gloomy.
FINALLY there was a crack in the
clouds and I pounced on that sunlight before it knew what to do with itself and
voilà.... pictures! :D
So without further ado here we have the wonderful little
Christmas wreathes in all their Christmas glory. Now I can't take complete
credit for my work, the pattern and inspiration came from the lovely Sarah over
at 'repeat crafter me' ( http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2013/11/crocheted-snowball-wreath.html )
however I did tweak my design a little, leaving out the little bunting, adding a
little less snow here and a little more snow there. All in all, I'm quite impressed with the results. And the smiles when they were opened made it all the more worth it :D
Each little frosty fella came together so beautifully!
The smaller one on the left was made using the pattern from 'repeat crafter me' and while he was absolutely adorable, he was just too small for my projects. However, He still got his dapper hat and scarf and I made him into an adorable tree decoration.
The problem wasn't with the pattern, It's me... I crochet tighter than a tight thing on a tight day! Just ask mum! So I had to rework the pattern a little to accommodate my dinky stitches, but in the end, he came out just as lovely as the first :)
Then came the heaps of snowballs, these were a little fiddly at first, but once you get into the swing of it, in no time you have enough for a mini snowball fight :D
...and the covering for the wreaths were hooked over a couple of afternoons worth of serious film watching and tea drinking.
Once I had decided to leave out the little strings of bunting, I knew I needed to break up all that blue with something..Cue the clever Mr Mouse. He's a bit of an inspiration ninja! you spend ages thinking he's busy doing something else and not that interested, when BAM!! he sneaks up on you with an idea that would make even the most seasoned crafter slap their forehead and say " WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT?" and that is how the melty snow along the top and bottom were born.
I wont lie, they were super fiddly to work out, I had to wing the design, working out how to get it to form in two different directions. but in the end, I thought they looked perfect.
Well thought of Mr Mouse ;)
OH NO! after all that bragging about taking pictures, I've just realised that I never took one with the wreathes completely finished! Oh heck. However, there wasn't an awful lot more added after this final photo. The snowmen each got a little carrot nose and coal for eyes, and their hats were trimmed with poinsettias, making them look rather snazzy indeed.
So there we go. All in all I think it took me almost two weeks of crocheting here and there to complete both wreathes and every second was well worth it.
Christmas is always my favourite time of year for crafting, to be honest I'm hopeless with Birthdays, I forget them almost every year... but Christmas, that's my time to shine.
I hope you all had a wonderful time and I hope that if your stuck in the snow like I am, keep warm!! Pull out those lovely crochet blankets and quilts and rug up!
Toodles for now.
Mousey Brown XX
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