Persian Tile Throw

I have been working on this project for quite a few months. The pattern is by Janie Crow and inspired by Moroccan tiles. I used Stylecraft Special DK throughout. The colour scheme was chosen by my daughter Katherine to go with her lounge decor.
16 large octagons,9 Persian granny square motifs, 12 Persian granny triangles, 4 small triangles.

catch up on crafting

Sadly the day job interferes with crafting so I don't do as much as I used to. Plus I am doing more work either knitting or crocheting rather than jewellery making.
However here is a round up of some of my more recent makes:

a baa ble hat for me - huge fun to make knitting in the round with simple intarsia work

I bought myself a new bobble maker too

 this rainbow jumper is a family tradition that goes back over 30 years so of course Joel had to have one - the his mummy wanted one - then his aunty!

a variegated yarn makes a cute hoodie with a kangaroo pouch style pocket

a spring jacket in magpie

My current project is a Persian Tile throw for daughter#2. The original looks like this

but Kathy's lounge colours include grey, maroon and purple so this is the colour scheme she has gone with

It is quite a complex project and a large throw so I may be some time.......

My makes this year

I haven't made much Jewellery this year because I have been working on knitting and crochet most of the time.
So I thought I would gather the pictures together .
I haven't been able to get all the pictures but here is a good sample.

21st birthday present

My business partner has a daughter who is just 21 and I have made a blue opal necklace for her.

The feature connector and clasp are Stirling silver.

It is very delicate and I think will go well with her dark hair.



I also made a card and this time remembered to take a picture!

Hope she likes the necklace.