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Whilst I absolutely love getting stuck in to making a big old soothing crochet blanket
I have also found that I do love a little fiddly pootle every now and again
and this has certainly been the case over the last couple of weeks with not one,
but two projects on the go.
One by one lots of little Springy, Eastery things have been hooked up
and in no time at all I had accumulated a whole egg box full of ingredients
to make a couple of Easter decorations.
For the first one I wanted to do something a little different to previous years
so rather than hanging everything from branches in a vase as I have done before,
I had a good old rummage around the bottom of the hedges in our garden
and found the perfect shaped branch to create a hanging bough.
It has to be said that both dogs looked at me a little strangely when I brought
it in, having been told many a time that sticks are to stay in the garden
and are not for in the house, but thankfully once adorned with all its chickery it looks
a lot less stick like and seems to have gone undetected by the doggy radar !
Whilst I absolutely love getting stuck in to making a big old soothing crochet blanket
I have also found that I do love a little fiddly pootle every now and again
and this has certainly been the case over the last couple of weeks with not one,
but two projects on the go.
One by one lots of little Springy, Eastery things have been hooked up
and in no time at all I had accumulated a whole egg box full of ingredients
to make a couple of Easter decorations.
For the first one I wanted to do something a little different to previous years
so rather than hanging everything from branches in a vase as I have done before,
I had a good old rummage around the bottom of the hedges in our garden
and found the perfect shaped branch to create a hanging bough.
It has to be said that both dogs looked at me a little strangely when I brought
it in, having been told many a time that sticks are to stay in the garden
and are not for in the house, but thankfully once adorned with all its chickery it looks
a lot less stick like and seems to have gone undetected by the doggy radar !
If you fancy having a go, my patterns for the eggs, chicks and blossom flowers
of this blog page, along with all my other Crochet Club patterns.
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For the second decoration I made a few crocheted primroses and then popped in to the
florist to buy three stems of the most beautiful Pussy Willow.
With a little gentle bending I carefully wound the three branches around each other
and then in to a circle to make a wreath shape.
I joined them together at the top by wrapping some thin florists wire around the stems
and then used some string to cover the wire and to make a hanging loop.
For the finishing touches I added a raffia bow and
some imitation eggs to hang from the top and then,
using a needle and thread, I attached the little primroses
to the stems with a few stitches.
And then there was just time for a quick photo before this
one was delivered to my Mum !
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Happy Easter.