Leaf time

Leaf 🍂 time. 

Being cast aside with a flick of the wind, fluttering in the breeze no longer. 

No dancing shadows on the forest floor, no snatched glimpses of colour coded deer through a leafy veil. 

Gone. 

Discarded. 

Dumped. 

But if you look closely there are tight nubs of buds. Summers glory wrapped safe and fist tight against winters wrath. Formed even before the shivering shake down. 

There is no end point nor beginning, just an on and on for more millennia and leaves, 🍃 than I can imagine.

 

The Daisy Dogghan

 Made with Crochet studio app

 

I'm still in love with Stylecraft Highland Heathers and the latest addition to the household just had to have her own blanket.

 

 Daisy grew much faster than the original planned blanket size, so it had to keep pace with her. When she arrived the first thing she stole was a granny square and she is still a firm yarn fan and also loves to prepare fibre.

This blanket uses Stylecraft Highland Heathers DK in shades

Marmalade, moss, bracken, lichen, gorse, grist, brose and a small amount of terrier.

80 squares using simple crochet stitches of double crochet, treble crochet, half treble crochet and double treble crochet.

 

 Tom wondering he doesn't have a blanket named after him.

Spring Sunlight

Daisy is a true outdoor adventurer. She loves nothing better than wallowing in muddy puddles, zooming through fields or chasing butterflies. Also equally happy to lie down and just observe when we stop.

Simple linen stitch border 

 

I tried to capture the colours of her puppy walks in the wild. The clear winter blue skies, grey and green mosses, yellow lichens, copper autumn leaves. 

Snow in March was an unexpected delight for its trip to the wild.

It really does fit into the landscape.

 

Pattern available here on Ko Fi  or here on Ravelry in case you are tempted to make one yourself.

Indiana Catghan

The Indiana Catghan

I seem to have fallen in love with Stylecraft Highland heathers DK and their saturated shades of scrumptiousness. 

My test squares to audition a granny square were most visually satisfying. I finally decided on the willow square by Jan Eaton and you can find it here on Ravelry. There are lots of slightly different variations out there and I tweaked mine to look a bit more like cat ears in the corners.

The namesake seems to agree that these are pretty fabulous yarns for her blanket

 

Made with the crochet studio app

 

The blanket is 49 squares laid out in a colourwash style, with a nice big wide border to use all of the lovely colours again.

Matches the colours of the season

Border with winter moss

Photo shoot for #crochetinthewild

Even Daisy puppy got in on the act.

Such rich colours

It was a real joy to work on.

Indiana was most pleased with the end result of her uniquely designed blanket and is often found asleep on it on my lap.