Wreaths, wreaths everywhere....



It seems that everywhere you look at the moment there are crocheted wreaths making their beautiful appearance. I think that we can all thank Lucy from Attic24 for these beautiful creations. Look HERE
Her wreaths are simple gorgeous, and because she is sort of the  inspiration behind my blogging and she taught me to crochet with her simple and clever tutorials AND because so many family and friends were sending me links  and asking whether I had made a wreath yet..... What's a girls to do...



The Purchased Wreath

I bought a polystyrene wreath, I could find one with a flat back , mine is rounded and hope it will sit nicely against the wall. Got out my 100 Flowers to knit and crochet book. and last but always the best part of any  hooking, I bought some new yarn. The new colours that Elle have are lovely. Bold and vibrant colours that jumped out at me.  It took a while to figure out which order I wanted them in, then realised that they would not be uniform so it didn't really matter.

This Way.....

Or This Way......

Maybe This way

 I tried out a flower or two... I really don't want to copy any that I have seen, which would be easy but to me the creative process of making something that is in your head come alive is the joy and fulfilment of a project.

 

A Sweet Little Flower

And so it has begun, chain around the wreath and then row upon row of lovely colour. As I have told you many times before this is pure therapy for me.... Well, my crochet, a box of Easter choccies and a glass of wine. The only problem with this is I have to stop crocheting to pop a chocolate in my mouth. The wine is sorted, a straw does the trick...... Heaven!

My Favorite Things....

Chocolates and Crochet... Hey Where is The Wine?

I am not very far but already am happy with my colour choice. And as you can see the rows are soon to be finished. then the really creative stuff can start. I am thinking a very African feel.... I want to crochet a Protea, our national flower, I cannot find any patterns so will have to make my own, watch this space.....Sunflowers, pink and white cosmos..... the ideas are all there but I have promised myself that I will first finish the rows...... I pinkie swore!

  

 

So peeps, thank you for all the links and the pushing to get me started.... I will update as I go along or maybe not, maybe I will just do a big fat wreath Ta Dah. Only problem is, I can already see the next wreath in my mind .... What is that saying about shoes, A girl can never have enough shoes..... AND wreaths.... xxx