Busy Bee

Sorry for the absence from my blog for the last few months, I've been really busy with college work but I can finally catch up on all my posts and I can't wait for you all to see them. 

Since I haven't done many craft activities outside of college I thought I may as well make a post about what I have been doing in college. At the moment I have been studying Art, Design and Media at Newcastle College and have finished this week with distinctions across the board! And in September I will be moving onto a foundation degree in Printed and Constructed Textiles. So excited.

I also managed to finish a baby blanket for my cousins little baby girl and couldn't be happier with how it turned out! (If you want to know the pattern used please let me know and I will post it for you)

As well as this I have also been catching up on my temperature blanket (Separate post to come soon), I've also done some dress making which you can see below, and I've even managed to start to knit a scarf, but we'll see how that goes.

All the yarn used was purchased at 'Treacle Wool Shop' and all the fabric used were bought from 'The Sewing Box', both in Morpeth, Northumberland. The relocated Sewing Box store opened a couple weeks ago and I have to say it is a beautiful store with a lovely layout, well worth a pop in if you're in the area.

Temperature Blanket - January 2016

I've finally managed to catch up enough to show you all the start of my 2016 Temerature Blanket!

Since I'm only changing colours in 5 degree intervals and live in rainy old Northumberland, I haven't got that much of a colour change for this month, but I did manage to stick in a couple of different stitches for a snow day and a heavy rain day. Please hurry up spring so I can change colours!

Can't wait to see how everyone elses are turning out and to see the differences from all around the world.
 

Temperature Blanket 2016

This year I'm planning on doing a 'Temperature Blanket' for the first time! For those of you that don't know what this is, all you have to do is get a bunch of yarn and allocate them to a temperature range, then everyday during the year you crochet a row using the colour of the average temperature in your town or city for that day. It's super simple and the results can be amazing! You can also do a temperature blanket for special years like the first year of your marriage or the first year of your childs life.

These are the colours I have chosen for mine, but you can choose any colours you want.

All colours shown are in Stylecraft Special

I'm planning on posting regular updates to show how things are going. If you're doing one as well I would love to see your progress too!

Happy Hooking x