Colour, Colour, Colour!

A lot of you fellow crocheters will be aware of the amazing idea of 'yarn pegs'. I first saw them on the Attic 24 blog. I see so many people using this system on Instagram and I love to see what colour combinations you all come up with.

My yarn pegs are made using Stylecraft Special DK, there are so many colours it's great to have a little bit of each colour to play around with.

I don't quite have a complete collection, but here are my yarn pegs. 

I know I won't be the only one, but there is something so satisfying about seeing all these colours lined up in order.

Sometimes you know exactly what sort of colours you want to use for a project and the yarn pegs are a great way of checking they all go and what order you want to use them in. But sometimes I just like to play around and make notes of combinations I like, ready for future projects. 

Here are a few I've come up with recently,

From left to right,

Parchment, Pistachio, Aspen, Plum and Pomegranate 

From left to right,

Cream, Wisteria, Sherbert, Turquiose and Candyfloss

Clockwise from the left,

Parchment, Mocha, Walnut, Denim, Cloud Blue and Duck Egg

From top to bottom, 

Citron, Sunshine, Cloud Blue, Turquoise, Lime and Meadow 

Vintage style rainbow, from left to right,

Claret, Tomato, Gold, Meadow, Storm Blue, Violet, Plum and Mocha

Bright rainbow, from top to bottom,

Lipstick, Spice, Sunshine, Kelly Green, Turquiose, Violet, Magenta and Cream

From top to bottom, 

Mustard, Gold, Fushia Purple, Plum, Empire, Petrol, Pistachio, Lime, Mocha and Walnut. 

I'd love to know what colour combinations you have come up with and what projects you have used them for.

If you want to know where you can buy Stylecraft yarn have a look on my Favourite Stockists page. 

Have fun!

It's All In the Planning!

So, I've recently come across a book. A book that has had a LOT of interest on both my Instagram page and FaceBook page.

"What is it?" I hear you cry. Well here it is,

As well as a crochet addict, I'm also pretty partial to a little bit of stationery. I found this company, Stationery Geek, over on Facebook. www.facebook.com/StationeryGeek

This book was exactly what I needed. This year I hope to be little more organised with my projects. Last year I had a tendency to start lots of different WIPs (works in progress) and not keep track! Whoops!
So first project of the year went straight into the book.

Last year I bought a limited edition pack of Stylecraft yarns, (along with an awful of you fellow crafters!) These colours are now available as permanent colours in the Special DK range.
You can see all the Stylecraft range here http://www.stylecraft-yarns.co.uk/

So now the colours were chosen it was time to pick a project. Something simple, to the show the colours at their best. I headed over to one of my favourite blogs, Attic 24 and chose her Cosy Stripe Blanket pattern. http://www.attic24.typepad.com/

Decisions made, time to put it in the book.
Here's how I use mine.

Now all the planning was complete it was time to start the crochet!

On to the border.

One blanket completed and being enjoyed!

Now time to plan another project!