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Thursday 28 August 2014

Did you wait?

Well if you did, here as promised are my pictures.

I've carried on with my cushions when I've had a bit of time.
Honestly, these must be the longest drawn out making of cushion covers EVER!! lol

So as you can see I kept the strips of tunisian stitches and then I crocheted round them to make up a square. I then just embellished with a couple of little pom poms in the colour scheme of the cushions.
Looks a bit daft but I have got a thing about pom pom's at the moment for some unknown reason and as I hadn't done the binding off on the top of that strip properly, there was a bit there that needed to be filled in and I decided to go with the pom pom's just for fun!!


Then this is the reverse side. I did a panel of simple stitch (Tunisian) in green and I plan to add a flower or small group of flowers in the middle in the pink/cream colours. It has a flap over top and will either have buttons or snap fasteners. I haven't decided yet, and there are of course all the ends to sew in still as well ... sigh!!


Remember ages back I started to knit two tee's?

Well if you follow my other blog you'll know I've been managing to lose some weight and this resulted in them both being too big for me!!
So I've undone both and I'm now working on one in a smaller size in the hopes by the time I finish it, it will actually still fit, lol
So the back is now finished. Here it is ... TEAL not blue as the picture insists on pretending it is!! haha


As you can see it has different patterns of stitches, triangle stitch, double seed stitch, square stitch and then the top should have been bobble stitch but I changed it to andalusian stitch and there is stocking stitch between the panels as well.

So now onto purchases!!

I got all this yarn from a local charity shop (thrift store I think you say in the US).


I really didn't need it but I just couldn't walk away as it was dead cheap. I just remembered I also picked up some cotton thread as well, so I will try and show that in my next post. Remind me please!! lol

And then we come to the new obsession ...pom pom's!!
WHY???

I really don't know, maybe it's the fact I hardly made them as a kid or maybe I just like the mindless binding ... I don't know, but there you go ... I'm on a pom pom thing right now!
Anyhow, I digress
I looked around and was shocked at the prices.
In the end I got the ones I wanted, all different sizes but I got them from Hong Kong and the US at a fraction of the cost to buy the same ones here!!
Crazy

I got different sizes for normal pom pom's and then large and small heart ones as well.


I haven't tried the heart ones yet but the regular pom pom ones are very simple to use.

Hope you are all keeping well. I'm trying to catch up on my blog reading and I have to update my slimming blog as well!!
I'm such a BAD blogger!!

Take care!!

:)

12 comments:

  1. Hi Kim. I think your cushion is very pretty - I like the colors and the little pom poms you added. Great yarn find at the charity shop!! I used to find yarn at my favorite thrift store all the time, but one day when I got there - it was gone! They had moved out and gone away! I was sad. The other thrift store that's around is like a junk shop - everything is always a mess and I hardly ever find yarn. I wish I could find a better one.
    I hope you have a great day. :)

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    1. Oh that's a shame!!
      I get some of my best buys in the charity shops.
      I hope you find one near to you soon.

      :)

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  2. Good evening Kim, ha I haven't missed this post, I must be getting better.
    I really like the Tunisian crochet and when I first saw the picture (before reading the text)I thought what a lovely idea to put pom poms on it. Okay so it covering up something, but hey you'd never know it.
    I have never found yarn in a charity shop, occasionally I have a look around but I rarely purchase anything. I do donate to charity shops though, books and odds and ends.
    However, my ex boyfriends mum popped in to see me at work last week, she's been having a clear out and asked if I would take her yarn stash. She will be bringing it soon and said it was a black bin bag full. I have no idea what will be in there but I'm sure I will make good use of it.
    I made some pom poms last year with home made cardboard templates, they were so much fun to make.
    I look forward to seeing what you do with yours.
    Have a great week xx

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    1. Oh what a great gift that will be!!
      I hope you can take pictures and show what you get.
      There's just something SO exciting about being given yarn, lol
      Enjoy!!
      :)

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  3. Thanks for visiting my blog. Your pillow is looking good. I like working Tunisian even though I only started in the last year. Didn't know what I had been missing.

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    1. Thanks Charlotte
      I'm a real newbie at Tunisian as you can see, but so far I'm loving it!!

      :)

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  4. Hi Kim, Congrats on the maintaining..I know how hard that can be. I can't knit..I have tried and my fingers just don't feel right holding the needles so I put one needle in between my knees and work around it..lol...so I stick to the hook. Have a great weekend.

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    1. Well with your talent I think you and the hook were just meant to be!!
      But don't give up on knitting, I wanted to crochet for years and couldn't then this last time I gave it a go it just clicked!
      So you never know!!!

      :)

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  5. I love your blog! I'm adding it to my blog list so I don't miss anything. :)

    I love the stitch pattern in the tee.

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    1. Thanks so much Pam, I've added your blog to my list as well.
      I can already tell I'm going to love reading it.

      :)

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  6. Always great to get some useful wool from a charity shop! :)

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    1. Yes, I really love my bargain finds. It's so exciting.

      Thanks Davy.

      :)

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