My mustard campfire granny

This crochet project has been on our last two breaks, so it’s already well travelled. I took it with me to the Lake District but didn’t get around to starting it, and then took it with us to Ticehurst with the intention of sewing in the ends. That didn’t happen either, but I did get to use it while sitting outside on the deck of an evening, and I couldn’t resist photographing it with the woods as a backdrop.

You’ll have to excuse the threads, but I think you’ll agree the photos are pretty special.

The blanket is a simple continuous granny square and the colours have worked out well. Originally, in my head the constant colour was going to be cream and I planned to use up wool that I had for the contrast colours. But the cream wool I had was heavier than the double knit of the contrast colours, and as they were the main reason for starting this throw I had a rethink.

I had a couple of balls of the mustard, which I’d bought because I liked the colour and I think I spent most of our Lake District holiday talking myself into using it and wondering how it would work. As it turned out I’m glad I did.

I had a rainbow of colours to use but again didn’t really have a plan, so before starting I spent some time working out a rough colour progression. I knew that I had more of the pinks, reds and oranges so it made sense to leave those for the outer rows.

I’m really pleased with how it turned out and am even more pleased with the photo backdrop too. For something that didn’t start with much of a plan I can see this being well used, and I think I’ll be making another with a navy main colour, but not just yet, as I’ll need to accumulate some more contrast colours first.

My unplanned plan

Hook size 4mm, using a mixture of double knit wool - from the centre:

• Hobbycraft: Knitcraft mustard cotton blend (main colour)

• Vikki Brown Designs: Blackberry Sorbet

• Vikki Brown Designs: Image of You

• Vikki Brown Designs: Ombre One (green)

• Vikki Brown Designs: Blue Raspberry

• Hobbycraft: WI Soft and Cuddly green/yellow mix

• Drops Cotton Light: Mint

• Vikki Brown Designs: Potion

• Vikki Brown Designs: Ombre Four (green)

• Drops Cotton Light: Ice Blue

• Vikki Brown Designs: Senecio

• Vikki Brown Designs: Ombre Five (green)

• Vikki Brown Designs: Ombre Two (blue)

• Vikki Brown Designs: Ombre Four (lilac)

• Vikki Brown Designs: Ethel

• Vikki Brown Designs: Claude

• Vikki Brown Designs: Ombre Five (pink)

• Hobbycraft: Knitcraft pink cotton blend

• Vikki Brown Designs: Seeing Red

• Hobbycraft: Knitcraft coral cotton blend

• Hobbycraft: Knitcraft orange cotton blend

Now, to sew in those ends!

Post Comment Love 23-25 July

Welcome to this week’s #PoCoLo - a friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any post published in the last week. We know you’ll find some great posts to read, and maybe some new-to-you blogs too, so do pop over and visit some of the posts linked and share some of that love. If you were here last week it was great to have you along, if you’re new here this week we’re pleased you’re here.

Thanks for your good wishes last week, we had the most idyllic long weekend away - and the weather played its part too. It was so warm that it slowed us down, but in reality that was no bad thing. The cabin was great and had complete privacy. There were four other cabins on the site but each was private. We spent evenings on the deck and woke to the best sunrises - as you can tell from this week’s photo.

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Small and perfectly formed

The cabin we stayed in at Downash Wood Treehouses couldn’t have been better named and it was a perfect place to escape to for a long weekend.

And it was pretty special on the inside too, though if I’m perfectly honest the pink fluffy artwork and ceiling light weren’t my cup of tea.

The kitchen fitted snugly alongside the bathroom, and it was great to have a proper oven.

And in between the bedroom area and the kitchen there was a small lounge area, but given the weather it got very little use during our stay.

Who’d have known what to expect from the outside?

On the other side though, that really was where the magic was. On the decking there was a table and chairs, a couple of adirondack chairs, a firepit BBQ and the big draw a wood fired hot tub. Which we made plenty of use of, we were less successful with the firepit BBQ though, apparently setting and tending to one fire was plenty enough for MOH.

A great weekend away, a great place and we almost didn’t notice that we didn’t have the internet. Almost.