New crochet wrap

I found a pattern i adored the look of in an email from favecrafts.  A wrap that i thought would be idea for the evenings on holiday.  I hadn't ever followed a pattern before though, only improvised.  So, between googling terms and looking up techniques on you tube, i figured out what i was doing and managed it!  I was quite proud when i finished it.  The wool isn't ideal.  Should have been a lighter weight and paler.  But i do like it :)

This fan design is the main pattern.  It is only 2 lines repeated after the chain and foundation row.  So once you get in to it and remember the pattern it is very simple to do.  But it still looks quite good.

And below is the finished wrap.  It is huge, over 6 feet long, as i added to it in length so it could wrap around a good few times.  Quite tricky to get a photo of it because of this.

Crochet for a cause. Comfort for critters.

I found comfort for critters (http://comfortforcritters.org/) and fell in love with the idea of what they do.  When a cat or dog is rescued it is a traumatic experience, being shuffled backwards and forwards to foster homes, vets and eventually a furrever home.  They give each furball a handmade blanket that they then get their scent on, they feel familiar and safe with and that stays with them through all their moves and on to their new homes.  An amazing little charity.  I am very proud to the the first UK volunteer :)

They got their first few blankets from me and i was over the moon to get a hello and thanks in the newsletter for August.  The next lot of blankets is done and ready to be posted off to them.

More people need to do this, it barely costs anything, the blankets are small; around 20 inches square and so just need odd scraps of wool leftover from other finished projects.

Can't stop crocheting!

Someone is going to have to help me.  It was the middle of summer, boiling hot, and i was buying masses of wool as everyone else bough ice creams.  I can't stop making blankets and throws.
And Gizmo doesn't seem to mind too much.  She claims every one of them..

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    Quite fond of this one, first time i'd tried V stitch and i adore the wool and how it looks as it stripes