Hello!!
It’s been a while hasn’t it.
I have been wihout my computer since 22.August which has been pretty stressful! I have had a shocking time with Apple, which I won’t go into now, as it will raise my blood pressure.
So to celebrate being back, here is a two-for-the-price-of-one post.
I am joining Cathy and her merry band of gardeners with In a Vase on Monday today. Her post is gloriously autumnal. Mine looks more like summer, but my late sown antirrhinums have been such good value from late summer til now – and the colours go so beautifully with my latest crochet project.
I am following Helen Shrimpton’s 2022 Crochet Along (CAL). The pattern is called Virtue. I love her patterns as they are so well tested and totally reliable. They come with video tutorials and there is a supportive Facebook group as well.
The colours have been inspired by flamingoes, a favourite of my niece whom the blanket is for.
The snapdragons in the vase have been teamed with fronds of eucalyptus.
I love this combination of shapes and colours.
In both projects.
I am using a 4.5mm hook and Stylecraft Special DK
Starting from the centre:
Spice, Tomato, Vintage Peach, Blush, Parchment, Lincoln, Storm, Duck Egg, Cream, White, Clematis, Soft Peach, Buttermilk, Stone.
Gosh – 14 colours! I didn’t realise I had used so many.
I will be adding more in future rounds.
The photo shows Part 1 and Part2 of the CAL.
❤ It’s good to be back! ❤
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Wild Daffodil 
Your snapdragons are lovely Sandra, and your blanket is just gorgeous! I’m having a look at the websites you mentioned as I would love to learn. I have a little grandson and I quilted some fabric to make a mat, but he is just learning to walk now and a trip out in the pushchair is a favourite thing for us both. He needs a nice warm blanket over his knees. Thanks for the inspiration. All the best. Karen
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Beautiful
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Glorious
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My excuse is not computer related – just life in the way!
Love the crochet pattern and the colors you’ve put into…
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Thank you. There’s a lot of life getting in the way here too! But all good, hope it’s the same for you.
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The colors on the snap dragons are so delicate, perfect with your new project! Glad you are back!
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Thank you Kathy
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Gorgeous! And the colours of the vase coordinate perfectly with your blanket! I love the Eucalyptus for foliage. 😃
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I grow a couple of eucalyptus trees in pots, just for the foliage.
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Lovely to hear from you again. What pretty flowers and blanket, great colours. I still have snapdragons in flower but not as gorgeous as yours.
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They are good value aren’t they.
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So pretty and lovely colors too.
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Thank you Anne. 🙂
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I’m dumbfounded to see snapdragons at this time of year as they’re spring blooms in my part of the world. They’re beautiful, though, and they couldn’t do a better job in complementing your lovely blanket.
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I am really surprised how many months they seem to be in flower here.
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Beautiful vase, beautiful crochet 🙂
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Thank you Karina. 🙂
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Gosh, what a great result from your late sowing, Sandra! I made a late sowing too, but with a view to overwintering them for stronger plants next year (hopefully) and with no expectations of flowers this year. Along with the eucalyptus, yours match the crotchet project beautifully. Hope you are well, apart from the laptop frustration
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Thank you Cathy, the mild weather following our scorching summer seems to have favoured the snapdragons. I hope they over-winter well.
I am really well thank you.
The laptop situation has been infuriating, but in the scheme of things – a high class problem!
🙂
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Glad to know all is well. Do you seriously want some of my (unwanted) gladioli, by the way?
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🙂 No, not worth the cost and hassle of posting. I am struggling to think where I would put them. 🙂
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Little cost or hassle, Sandra, so please do consider if you a spot for them and I will happily send them – although with no guarantee they will flower!!
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Lucky niece, and a lovely item to cherish and remember you by. Your snapdragons will also go through to next spring now, but they were well worth using with the blue green foliage to celebrate your return to In a Vase on Monday.
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Yes, some have over-wintered well here. I struggle to find plants that thrive in my cold, wet, clay garden, but snapdragons seem to seed themselves in all sorts of places and there are usually one or two in flower for most of the year. I am trying to increase the number I have. I love the variety of colours, they are so cheerful.
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I love the flowers and the project. Great job
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Thank you. 🙂
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I have been thinking about you. Sorry to read that you have been having troubles with your computer. How essential they have become! Lovely, lovely flowers and blanket. Both do remind me of summer.
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Aw! Laurie, how kind. 🙂 ❤
It is ridiculous how much I have come to depend on my laptop. It really felt like a chunk of me was missing.
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Most of us do, I think. They are now part of life.
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such pretty colours & texture
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Thank you Claire.
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You have used a lot of colours already, you must have lots of yarn. Pretty blanket and colour arrangement.
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I have an embarassment of yarn! 🙂
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