Monday, April 2, 2012

Working on something new.....


Hello.
Today marks the first day of the school holidays here, so we have 2 weeks with the boys at home, with Easter in the middle, should be a nice break.  We don't have much planned, as usual we are a bit tight on funds at the moment (getting paid monthly, the second fortnight is always a bit of a long stretch), so will probably dag around here at home a fair bit.  The boys are fine with that, and I am sure we will catch up with friends and family as well.

Being at home so much means I can have some big crafty ambitions for this fortnight, which is great!
I have even cracked out the coloured pencils and done a bit of planning and playing around with colour schemes.


 I like these greens together..........


.......and these are as close as I could find in my pencils for a colour scheme that I think will be very pretty, the wool colours look great together......now to work out stripe placements....


............or maybe I'll go for a rainbow of colours, a bit of a carnival, circus feel. 
It is so much fun playing with colour, I love working out pleasing (to me) combos, and I think it will speed up my crochet, as I do spend a fair bit of time trying to decide what colour to use next in my current random approach to colour work.


Anyway, here's the start of my new blanket, I like the pattern, nice and solid and cosy, (I am not really into gappy patterns) and it is easy to do.  I am going to use the one pattern for the whole of this blanket, I like the stripes definition.  And I have several colour combinations I'd like to make, so these are going to be cot size blankies, it will be interesting to see how much I can get done on the holidays.
I still have the other sock to make yet too!  Must keep that in mind before I am of on another tangent!

Have a great day!

26 comments:

  1. Hi Jules, I'm also on holidays and planning a few crafty projects too. Just had news of a new baby coming to the family in October so plenty to do. Loving your colour combos! Anny :)

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  2. Enjoy your crafty holiday break, at least our Melbourne weather is good for most of this week. :) I love your idea of using colour pencils to get an idea for crochet colours. I love the pattern you are using too.
    Anne xx

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  3. Hi! I love the way your blanket is looking and the wonderful colors. Just curious of what kind of stitch are you using? Happy Easter!

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  4. *adore* that stitch....what is it? (you tell and we can google!!!!)
    ~Rachael in NZ

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  5. bellissimi colori 8come sempre) e bellissimo punto
    che punto è ????? potresti mettere un post con la spiegazione ..con foto magari
    ciao
    buon lavoro <3
    cristina

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  6. Lovely colour combo. I never thought of using colouring pencils and graph paper to design colour schemes and patterns. Gosh I must be dense :)

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  7. Gorgeous colours, love the pinks at the top. And the stitch, like everyone else, what is it? Are you willing to share.

    Thanks

    Liz

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  8. Beautiful colours, I would also love to know what stitch you are using if you would care to share???
    Jules (also!)

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  9. Hi - I also would like to know the stitch so we can google. Pleasee? - Thanks, Robyn

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  10. Gorgeous colours to play with, loving your blanket that stitch is beautiful it looks like a cluster of tiny stars. Have a great holiday with your boys, dee x

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  11. I like the blanket so far. What pattern are you using if you don't mind. Does look like star clusters! Haha

    And I like your idea with the pencils, cool way to match colors!

    <3 Jenn

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  12. Beautiful (I, too, would love to know what this stitch is called!)!! Lovely blog ~ I'm now following! So nice to "meet" you!
    Best,
    Anne ♥♥

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  13. HI Jules... this blanket is looking lovely.. I love the colour combinations... I never plan mine, but I think I might take a leaf out of your book if the results are so pretty! :)x

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  14. lovely colors, amazing blanket!!!please make a tutorial for us.

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  15. Like everyone else I'm very curious to know the stitch!!!

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  16. Que colores tan bonitos.
    Besos y feliz semana.

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  17. Me TOO! : ) Love to know the delightful stitch name and how to. Thanks so much. Happy holiday and crocheting to you. I also love that you work with your colored pencils!
    xoRobin❤

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  18. Hi Jules, isn't the planning of a new project FUN!! And this one is looking gorgeous!! Love the pattern and how it looks like rows of daisys. Enjoy the hols. Trudy

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  19. LOVE the colors. LOVE the stitch. I, too, can't wait to learn the "how to".

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  20. los colores son preciosos, tus creaciones siempre tienen mucho color por eso te sigo aunque no hablo ingles, pero utilizo un traductor y no me pierdo tus labores, donde yo vivo es un difícil conseguir colores bonitos, solo hay colores básicos.

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  21. This is how I do my patterns too! Only, in excel. Same thing! Virtual Graph paper!

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  22. i love the colours and that stitch looks lush

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  23. Wow that new blanket looks great, like how you've created your colour layout on the paper - I ought to try that out, usually Im way too excited to begin a project to do that but I can see where it would be VERY helpful for me sometimes!! Enjoy your holidays, love Julia x x x

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  24. Love the stripey effect with the star stitch!

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  25. Adore the blanket! I'll be stalking your blog to see what the stitch is too! Xo

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  26. Me too!!! I would love to know what stitch this is - it is sooooo pretty! Love your colours - it inspires me to start my blanket. Thanks for sharing! Greetings from Germany

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