The main craft I have been plodding away at over the last few years, has been crochet. I love it's portability, it's put-down-ability and the fact that you can create fun and colourful projects with something as simple as a hook and some yarn. Over the years I have made cushions, blankets, toys, hats, scarves and even a little dress for the tiny one.
Because this week I have had a bit of a lull in my sewing, due to a severe longing to curl up on the sofa at night, I got my hook out again. In January a rollerskating craze attacked the mums in my village and with that comes a need for bright 80's garb and leg warmers! One of the rollerskating mad mums posted a picture of some rainbowy crocheted leg warmers on my Facebook page and ever since they have been playing on my mind. So last weekend I had a little rummage through my yarn stash and found a rainbow of yarn.
It took me 3 evenings, because I had to frog (undo) my first attempt, that turned out to be more of an ankle warmer. The purply stripe on the bottom is smaller on one than the other, because I ran out of yarn. I made up by making the light blue stripe longer and the legwarmers are the same length, though one seems shorter on the pic. Despite the uneven stripes I'm pretty happy with them and they are sooooo comfy and warm!
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