Elmer Blanket

Hi Everyone

Sorry I haven't blogged in such a long time; life gets busy and I just get out of the habbit!

Anyway, I haven't been idle on the crafting front albeit not just papercrafting..... I have been having fun getting 'hookie'!  I discovered crochet a few months back and created a small blanket for my mum for her 70th birthday.  I had intended it to be a 'larger' blanket but unfortunately ran out of time so small it remains!  Having completed that project I wanted to get started straight away on a second one and decided to create a blanket for my daughter who was going off to University this September to study Teacher Training and specialising in Early Years.  Well, having always been a fan of Elmer the Elephant since I was read it as a child and having seen this one over on the Attic 24 Blog I decided to have a go.  Needless to say I didn't get it finished before she went off in September but did finish it for when she came home for a Reading Week and so this is my 'Ta Dah' moment!

I photographed it on our kingsize bed so you can see that it is quite large.  My daughter was absolutely delighted with it and when I took her back to university on Sunday and she put it on her bed it looked brilliant and really brightened her room - well it isn't subtle!  It was a very simple pattern and I used up all my oddments of wool so it didn't cost a thing which was even better.  I am on to my next project now!

Have a great day.

Kate xxx