Crochet mad

I am still plodding along with the flowers for my mother in laws Christmas present, up to a grand total of 30 so far! However I have also been working on a couple of other projects, one of which is a square for a blanket being put together for an auction, Stitches for Strokes, which is going to raise money for The Stroke Association.

Quite a simple one to start with (I have a more complex one planned as my second offering). I followed this pattern, with a couple of alterations; I used a 4mm hook with acrylic DK yarn so needed to add a couple of more rounds to get it to 8" square.

Holiday WIP

Well, I am back from my holiday where I was working on my mother-in-law's Christmas present using this tutorial which was pretty easy to do once I got into the hang of it. I have trimmed down my time to 25 minutes per flower!
This is the yarn I chose, Patons 100% cotton DK, however I am not sure if I will use the yellow shade which is the unopened one. I also used a 3.5mm hook.

This is some of the flowers close up

And all of the flowers I have made so far 19 and an unfinished one

Only 130 odd days til Christmas; I better get working as I think I will need around 120 flowers as well as all the joining white work and borders.