This was a perfect little project for me to do whilst away on holiday. I wanted to come up with a way of tessellating my Granny Squares and Granny Rectangles.
You can find more details on this project here.
Tag Archives: Cotton
Cotton Mini Squares
This week I have been using up some of my cotton 4ply yarn. The yarn that I used is Scheepjes Catona. The balls are 25g, but had been partly used for other projects. I cannot remember the colour names as the yarn labels have all fallen off. It is a good opportunity to have some colourful fun.
I used a 2.5mm hook to make these tiny squares. They are based on the Granny Square but have been adapted. This is the first round, before I tied the ends in. Each square is about 1.5cm wide.
This is after the second round.
I am planning to make something which requires the squares to be tight and quite rigid, hence the 2.5mm hook and the changes that I made to patterns so that the stitches are close together and the holes are small. Not quite sure how many rounds to add, but have the finished project all planned.
Full pattern coming shortly.
Cotton Cushion Covers
I bought some cushion pads quite some time ago 30 x 50cm (12 x 20 inches) and had been dithering for ages in deciding what to do with them. I finally go round to making some covers to go over them with King Cole Cottonsoft DK. Find pattern/ details of this project here.
Mandalas
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I thought I would try something new to me, and with this project I did two new things. Firstly, it was my first attempt at making mandalas and, secondly, it was my first time working with cotton.
The yarn that I used was Scheepjes Catona. As you can see from my picture the small balls of cotton are really sweet. You can purchase this yarn here.
I used hook size 2.5mm.
The mandala patterns that I used were from the wonderful Crochet Millan, and I recommend that you check out her patterns.
I gently blocked the mandalas on my blocking mats.