January was a fun month here, despite the short days and cold weather. I got quite a bit of crochet done, sent my first ever crochet pattern out to a group of wonderful testers, and celebrated my daughter’s fifth birthday. Thank goodness for those things because the weather has been pretty rubbish!
The main piece I’ve been crocheting this month was my Bertie blanket. I was totally blown away by the love for this blanket that I received on Instagram. It seems that so many of you loved the colours I chose for it. I was so happy that it received so much love, so thank you so much for all your appreciation of it! The little boy that I was making it for was born at the end of January and he will soon be receiving it. I hope he likes it as much as you all did!
Around the middle of January I posted a call for testers for my Geo Georgie Blanket. Lots of people were really speedy to reply and I have a fabulous group of eight lovely testers who are now busy making their own versions of my blanket. Since my version was in monochrome, all grey, white and black, it has been so much fun watching the coloured versions of my blanket grow and develop. Please check out #geogeorgieblanket on Instagram to see what my testers have been up to. If all goes to plan, I hope to release the pattern for it towards the end of this month, so watch this space!
During a quiet moment I also had a little play with this fishy pattern, using the same tapestry (or is it intarsia? I’m not actually sure..) crochet technique as I used for my Geo Georgie Blanket. The fish aren’t quite as well defined as I’d like so I’m not sure about it, but I may expand it one day and write it up as a cushion or blanket pattern. I think it would be fun for a child’s room, don’t you think?
I also finally finished my Sunday Funday Cardi by @iron_lamb. I started it last summer but kind of fell out of love with it when I realised that my tension was too loose and it was coming out much bigger than intended! However, I was loathe to frog it and I have finally finished it now. Some one said to me it will be like wearing a blanket and I do agree that it will be great for snuggling in on cold days at home.
So what do I have planned for February? Well, besides getting my Geo Georgie Blanket pattern finished off and released (and I am *really* excited about that!), I have just started work on @lottieandalbert‘s fabulous Rainbow Blanket CAL. I am loving the pattern and already have plans to make more than one of this blanket. It is so much fun to pick colours for!