Friday, 1 October 2010

Pushing Up Out Daisies

OK - so I'm not exactly pushing up daisies, but I have been churning them out at quite a rate....  ....pincushion daisies that is. I loved the Dahlia pincushion pattern from The Patchwork Orange, but it was a little more complicated than I wanted, and didn't seem to look good in my left-over acrylics from the Granny Stripe Blanket.  But I liked the idea of a flower-y pincushion, so I worked out a similar, but much easier, pattern.  This is the result:

Edging in the contrast colour works well too...

I still like cotton best for this kind of thing (the blue and white one is in Twilleys Freedom DK cotton, but acrylic is OK and the pattern takes a very small amount so is great for left-overs! I got a bit carried away...

(... I actually made lots more than these.)

I'll publishing the pattern FREE on Ravelry later.


6 comments:

  1. Very pretty - will check out the pattern to see if it is within my limited ability!!!

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  2. Wow! I wonder if I'll ever do a ything like that? Your DVD arrived yesterday, so now I have a chance, at least! Thanks so much.

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  3. They are beautiful, will give these a go and add them to my ever growing queue on Ravelry. x

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  4. I love these little pincushions! Will definitely be giving this pattern a try.

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  5. These are so great! On my way to go check Ravelry for the pattern. I got to your blog through iCrochet on Sarah London's blog. Love your flower pillow too!

    Come visit me if you get a chance!

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  6. Oh yay! pattern on ravelry! I'm so in! your pincushion is so cute!
    XXXXX

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