Rippling Hexagons

Back in July,

19th to be precise,

I told you about how

some of my photos won some prizes

in an agricultural show.

Well I also entered

 two other classes.

One was for crochet,

in which I entered my ripple blanket.

I was very pleased
with this blanket,

for two reasons.

The first was that I had actually completed it.

I had been looking at them for quite some time in blogland.

But I never really thought that I would make one,

but I did.

Granted it's not a full bed size.

But it fits very neatly over this sofa back,

and is a good size to cover my knees

on the chilly nights to come.

The second reason was

because it was made entirely out of wool that I had.

Either my own from long, long ago projects,

or from wool I inherited from my mother.

Granted it's not the colour scheme I would have bought

if faced with a shop full of yarn.

But it is bright and cheery,

and I am very pleased to have made a blanket

and in doing so

not spent any money.

However I didn't win any prizes with it.

I must admit

I hadn't expected to.

I only entered it to push myself to finish it,

and for fun,

and because I had always

wanted to enter something I had made in a show.
I followed Lucy's pattern.

You can find her in my sidebar

at Attic24.

I really enjoyed making it as well,

very soothing and repetitive,

lovely.

I'd definitly make another.

That reminds me,

I'm sure my daughter requested I make her one when she saw it.

The other class I entered was for a patchwork item.

I entered this pincushion

made from elongated hexagons

to my own design.

I like hand stitching hexagons,

and for my efforts I won second prize,.

The first went to a quilt,

and rightly so.

A lot of work goes into making a quilt.
Maybe I should add

that there were only two items entered in this class.

I like to think that they didn't just

give me a prize for entering though.

I hope not!

Well I spent all weekend

working on the computer

and had my instructions from Mike

not to use the computer today or tomorrow,

to give my eyes a rest!

So I haven't managed

to get round and visit as many people as I would have liked to.

Hopefully I'll catch up in a day or two.
Well I'm off to rest my eyes now.