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Projects don't get finished for all sorts of reaso

Projects don't get finished for all sorts of reasons.

🌸 You have a date in mind for finishing it but you don't get it done in time

🌸 It's a seasonal project and the season changes before you've finished it

🌸 It might not be actually seasonal, but you prefer different crafts at different times of year, and it's too warm for knitting socks, or too cold for sewing dresses

🌸 You've lost interest in it

🌸 You've got stuck on a difficult bit, or the instructions have become confusing

🌸 A new and shiny project has come along and you'd rather do that instead

Some people like to finish a thing before they start a new one.

But we're not all like that and we don't have to be. The problem is that we have been made to feel guilty and ashamed. So we don't finish everything we make before moving into a new project. We feel bad about it but the old projects are still not finished.

So I invite you instead to see your unfinished projects as just not finished yet 💖🌸💖🌸

Who is to say that you won't finish them at some point?

The reel is of some granny squares I've made in spring colours. I made a few last year, then it wasn't spring anymore so I left them. This year I've made a few more. I think they'll be an early spring project for a few more years before I decide what to do with them.

#creativelife #grannysquares #springcrochet #notfinishedyet #springproject #inspiredbynature

This felt like a maths problem! 🤔 Flowers aren

This felt like a maths problem! 🤔

Flowers aren't usually square. Cherry blossom is most definitely not square. I'd already taken artistic license by giving them 6 petals when I'm pretty sure they only have 5!

To turn my crocheted cherry blossom into a square, I needed numbers that could be grouped in 4s. 6 was an issue, until I realised that I could treat each petal as 2 halves, and then I had enough numbers to put into 4 groups!

So every third half became a corner.

The sides only have 2 trebles in each chain space, not 3, because when I did that the results were frilly 🌸🌸🌸 2 chain spaces make the sides, so they have 2 trebles in each joined by 1 chain, then the corners have two lots of trebles joined by 3 chains.

The last round was a normal granny square round, with 3 trebles in each chain space, and two lots of 3 with 3 chains in between in the corners.

I shared the pattern for the cherry blossom in the previous post 💖🌸🧶🌸💖

#creativelife #crochet #grannysquares #cherryblossomgrannysquare #springcrochet

Everything's green, there's blossom, and although

Everything's green, there's blossom, and although it's not exactly warm, it's not freezing! 🌱🌸🌞

I wanted to make something inspired by spring. Last year I crocheted granny squares in spring colours. I didn't make very many, so I still have most of the yarn.

After a little bit of experimenting, I've come up with a pattern for crocheted cherry blossom. Would you like it? 🌞🌸💖

Ok...

🌸 Make a magic ring, or crochet 4 chains and join them with a ss.

🌸 Crochet 4 chains, then dc into the ring (sc if you are American). Then work 3 chains then 1 dc into the ring 5 times, then join with a ss.

🌸 If you are using a second colour, now is the time to change colours. Join the yarn and work 3 chains, then 3tr and 1dc into one of the chain spaces. Into the next chain space, make 1dc, 3tr and 1dc (1sc, 3dc and 1sc in US terms). Do that 5 times in total, so you make a little petal into each of the chain spaces. Join with a ss.

You should have 1 crocheted cherry blossom! 🌸💖

#creativelife
#crochet
#crochetedcherryblossom
#springcrochet #cherryblossomcrochetpattern

My favorite artist's date 🌸💖🌱🌞 Doing

My favorite artist's date 🌸💖🌱🌞

Doing the same route can get, well, samey! But on the other hand, it's lovely to notice the seasons changing.

It's all green here now, and there's blossom, where just a few weeks ago it was grey, muddy and bleak.

It's hard not to feel inspired! Going for a walk is probably the easiest way to have an artist's date, right on your doorstep.

If you would like some monthly inspiration with creative ideas, I'm working on something at the moment. The best way to keep up to date is via my email newsletter. When you sign up for it, I'll also send you my free mini course, Crafted Colours, which shows how to make colour schemes from your photos. The link is in my bio 🌸💖🌸

#creativelife #norfolkfens #spring #artistsdate #goforawalk

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