Woolly Garlands for Cupoftea's beautiful girls. Knitters and crocheters needed.

[KnottyLocks]

You may have been following the progress of Cupoftea?s beautiful daughter, Beatrice Primrose.
This project is to make garlands for Cupoftea?s daughters, to include the flowers in all their names and other lovely things. We would appreciate your help.

The idea is to make some garlands similar to this woolly one.

However, we would like to include the following:

Bees for Beatrice
Primroses
Violets and Daisies for Beatrice?s sisters
Flowers
Any decorative motifs
Triangular bunting that we can stitch crochet motifs onto (size to be confirmed)

If you are a knitter wanting to make bunting, garter stitch is preferable as it will lie flatter.

Unlike the blanket projects, these woolly things can be made from any wool.

I will post more details including sizes and links to patterns shortly.

Please sign up if you?d like to contribute.

SDTG, that is marvellous I think you should stop right there and wear it as it is. Like a mayoress

And your lovely woolly things arrived today. Gorgeous.

What the yarn you used for the flowers? It's lovely.

The snowflake cards is what I have in my head for my Christmas cards this year. That and a dodgy lino print...if I don't hack too much of my hand away with the tools.

I'm glad the parcel arrived safely. I will go and dig out the ball bands for the flowers yarn - off hand I can't remember what it is.

The grand plan for the poncho is that it becomes the thing I can fling on over whatever I am wearing, when I get cold, and inbetween times, it can be flung over the arm of the sofa for people to admire nonchalant-like! And as I live in Scotland, there are plenty of times when I feel chilly and need another layer.

If you hack too much out of your hands, make sure you do it in a pretty pattern, and handprint rather than lino printing, perhaps?

Great poncho :o
I assume you will add a wolef to the back?

Do you know where I can find a crochet pattern for a wolef? Though the poncho is just crochet round and round in circles, so a wolef might be a little difficult.

D'you know, dh won't let me have a baby wolef of my own? How mean is that! [hshock]

Very mean indeed. Stick one on your Christmas list: Santa will understand.

You'll have to make a separate crochet wolef and stitch it on.

Lookie what I found SDTG

fgrin? Ha! Bit like my working day [hgrin]

Hahahaha, I can just see SDTG going round with a 3D wolef clinging to the back of her poncho. Her DSs would love that.

SDTG - fab work, btw. I'm a big fan of mixing textures. A long, long time ago when I was a student I knitted a 'random' jumper out of whatever I had or could lay my hands on - some thick, some thin, some fluffy and the odd embroidered daisy. It was fab and ended up oddly trendy as it was the early 1990s when anything goed.

This will sit flat on the poncho.

In hope you read Korean or whatever language it's in though :o

There was a perfect looking item on Ravelry called "mystic Spirit Warrior" which I think would be right up your street. However, it was $9.99

OOoooohhh - that flat one comes with a chart - so when I can read crochet charts, I can have a go at it - though at my current rate of progress, it might be quicker for me to learn Korean!! I love the 3D wolef too.

Am loving the poncho!

You will have to update your photo as you progress, especially when you've made your wolf

If any of you were involved with Whatevertheweather's blanket, you may like to see the finished blanket

I'm hoping to use the same flickr account for the garlands, once I'm a bit better organised. Half-term, isn't it?!

That is so beautiful, Knotty - it is a work of art, and everyone involved should be so proud. I love the way you've put it together too - are the squares crocheted together, to get that lovely raised decorative seam?

Amazing.

SDTG, I did crochet it all together - it hides a multitude [hgrin].

Actually, I think it's easier than stitching as although the squares are 6", there is such a variation in tension and stretch and size the crochet allows for the difference in a way stitching wouldn't.

That's very interesting to know, Knotty. I just finished a blanket for some friends who've had their first baby, and even though I knitted all the squares myself, they weren't all uniform in size - and sewing them together was a challenge! I did crochet round the edge, though - that seemed easier than knitting a border and sewing it on - especially given my 'talent' at measuring!

That's amazing knotty, well done :)

SDTG - I had the joy of taking DD shopping today , so ended up in places like Forever 21 and TopShop and there are loads of ponchos this season You are bang on trend there, so keep crocheting!!

Me - on trend??? Wow!

Have to say - I'm tempted to have a crack at a poncho like that myself, but not sure a)my yarn stocks are up to it or b)that they would colour coordinate so well even if i did have enough!

which stitches have u used so far?

I started off with a ring of foundation chain, then used mainly double and treble crochet. I've put on scallops and bobbles, and a sort of thick, fringe-effect, and am doing some filet lace style at the moment. I'm using lots of different shades of green, blue, pink and purple - not colour coordinated as such, but more of a mad selection. And the nice thing is that if I see a yarn I like, I can just get one ball or skein and do a little bit of poncho with it.

SDTG, you'll have to get a move on or ponchos will back off-trend again [hgrin]

Unless you wait for the next revival.

And you managed to crochet into the scallops did you? I tend to use those as an edging on things and hadn't thought of doing another row on top!

And I remember about four or five years ago trying to buy some mahoosive needles to knit a blanket or chunky scarf or something (can't remember what size, but big buggers) and being told that all the big needles had sold out because people were knitting ponchos.

I just think a poncho would be wicked to keep this bump covered once it gets colder, hrm... Might have to have a go through my stash later and dig out all the one-balled-bstrds... as it were.

Yes - I managed to crochet into the scallops, but to be honest, I was just making it up as I went along, and I have no idea now how I did it (or whether a proper crocheter would have an apoplectic fit at the heresy I was perpetrating).

You definitely need to go through your stash and start crocheting - that way if the poncho trend passes before we get them finished, you and I can be the vanguard of bringing them back. Trendsetters, that's us!

Gently moving out of chat to arts and crafts for posterity.

Thanks, Olivia. Have some pretty