Sunday 25 August 2013

Lakeside Forest Blanket


The colours have been chosen, the blanket started. Five crochet hexagons made. Only 94 more to go. I'm using the pattern Lakeside Forest Blanket by Lisa Clarke of Polka Dot Cottage.

The yarn is Blue Faced Leicester DK by Debbie Bliss and I'm using a size 4mm (US G/6) crochet hook. It's 100% British wool in 50g balls. The colours as follows:

Grey #502
Lilac #512
Rose #508
Willow #516
Pale Blue #513
Gold #506
Stone #505
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10 comments:

  1. CarlaK.be25 August 2013 at 12:28

    Gorgeous colours !

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  2. Hand Knitted Things25 August 2013 at 14:33

    Thank you Carla...

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  3. Anonymous25 August 2013 at 16:28

    Love the colours and the choice of BFL wool. The first ones look great!

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  4. French Nanny25 August 2013 at 16:56

    Yes, my kind of colours too!

    Penny
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  5. Hand Knitted Things25 August 2013 at 17:05

    Thank you both...as well as the nice colours in the yarn range, I forgot to mention the BFL is very soft and lovely to work with too...

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  6. Little stitch and me25 August 2013 at 22:16

    Really pretty colours... It will make a beautiful blanket

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  7. Lisa Clarke27 August 2013 at 17:21

    I love your color choices! Can't wait to see how it turns out. Thanks for sharing the link to my pattern :-)

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  8. CathieJ1 September 2013 at 18:19

    I love the colors. I can't wait to see the end result.

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  9. Hand Knitted Things1 September 2013 at 20:49

    Thank you all for the lovely comments...

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  10. Little gamer3 September 2013 at 20:02

    Those colours are just beautiful together.

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Regards

Julia

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