Crochet Crazy!

This week I have gone slightly crochet mad, but before I get into that, I have my cable cushion to show to you.  I finished it whilst I was in Norfolk and it now sits on my rocking chair.  I still have a lot of the grey wool left over, so another cushion is in the pipeline.

 The arms of my rocking chair are perfect for holding skeins of wool as I wind them into balls.  This is Andes by Debbie Bliss.  It is a gorgeously soft mix of mulberry silk and baby alpaca yarn.

I am crocheting it into a scarf of pink shells.  I started it yesterday afternoon and it works up quite quickly.

My other crochet project at the moment is a blanket.  I have been admiring other people's crochet squares on their blogs and it led me to a CAL on Ravelry that is being organised by Beverley of Sew Canny.  Recently I also came across Sue's SIBOL blankets in Blogland and read that they are made using acrylic yarns.  Light bulb moment - I have a large stash of acrylic yarn left over from various projects, what a perfect way to use them!  So I am making the Canny CAL squares with my acrylic yarn and I hope to end up with a blanket for SIBOL.

I was a little late joining the CAL and had four squares to catch up on:-

Week 1 :: A Summer Garden Granny from Attic 24

 Week 2 :: A Pinwheel Square from Cherrymishmash

Week 3 :: Snowflake Breeze by DragonFly Momof2 Design's

 Week 4 :: Puff Pastry Block by Donnakaylacey

I have really enjoyed crocheting these squares - thank you Beverley for arranging this CAL.