Monday, December 26, 2011

Scrumble #42 - it's been a long time coming!


Where did the year get to?

Last night I decided that it was definitely about time I added another scrumble to my blog...but on looking I discovered that I have only posted here once all year!

So much for the initial idea of blogging about a scrumble weekly!!

Oh well, at least I am back again with a new creation...and sincere hopes that I will get a few more done over the next few weeks (and hopefully months).

This scrumble started with a few tiny bits and pieces that had been kicking around in a bag in the cupboard, literally for years. There were five small sections, each with one or more areas of knitting, each with a couple of segments of crochet added directly onto their sides. I imagine that they had been samples that I had made during a workshop or display long ago, as I was demonstrating a few basic stitches to class participants or exhibition onlookers - but for the life of me I honestly can't remember exactly where or when...

Because they weren't necessarily the sorts of colours that I would have chosen to combine, I decided to draw the whole thing together using some oddments of black and blackish yarns. I didn't want the dark colours to totally outline or overpower the other colours, so I used short sections of random chain stitches to connect the pieces.

Once the pieces had been joined, a bit more crochet (including a few bullion scallops made with a variegated single-ply green yarn) helped to complete the design.

Hopefully you'll see me back with another new scrumble very soon...I'd cross my fingers, but it's rather hard to crochet or knit with them twisted up like that ;- )

9 comments:

  1. Big surprise this morning!!! I was waiting patiently over the year... It is a lovely sample.
    Happy New Year to you!

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  2. WOW! you're back
    Hope Christmas was good and that 2012 see's all your dreams come true
    Love the hanger idea, hoping to have a go

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  3. You made my day!!! I am so happy to see your new scrumble. I have you in my blogroll, so I will come by when I see you have posted something new! I want to wish you a happy holliday. Love Janet fom Noway

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  4. thanks so much for your comments; you've all certainly inspired me to keep it up for a while again...i have actually started work on my next scrumble already.
    hope you are enjoying the holidays...and my best wishes for a fabulous and creative new year for us all.

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  5. good to see you back Prudence. Such inspiring work. Happy New Year and fuzzy happy scrumblings to come.

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  6. so love your magic/ can;t wait to see more

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  7. Oh..You are still working! Wonderful! I have been waiting..
    Here is a link to my doings: https://picasaweb.google.com/117900881196549680275/SeinavatteitaWallhangingsTextilart?authuser=0&feat=directlink

    And then things where you can see Your influence and inspiration: https://picasaweb.google.com/117900881196549680275/NeuleitaFreeformcrochetingScrumblingKnitting?authuser=0&feat=directlink

    Best wishes from Finland!
    Keep going with scrumbles!

    Sirpa Viitanen

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    1. hi Sirpa, by deleting everything back as far as the numbers in your link I managed to get your albums to load. you've created some lovely pieces.

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