Crochet New Zealand Birds Blanket

Another set of appliques are in the works. I have finished creating them all as the blankets were for an order and now it is time to write out all the patterns and get them tested. The links will be added as the patterns are released on Ravelry. Keep an eye on this space.

Morepork Applique

The Morepork is New Zealand's only surviving owl and has a very distinctive 'more-pork' call. As a child we used to climb trees in the evenings and copy the call. 

In Maori tradition the Morepork is seen as a watchful guardian. The 'more-pork' call is thought to be a good sign, whereas the high pitched yelp call was thought to be a warning that there would be bad news coming.

You can find out more about the Morepork here and listen to its call: http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/morepork

Find the rest of the patterns here: http://www.knotyournanascrochet.com/2017/04/crochet-new-zealand-birds-blanket.html

Fantail Applique

Fantails are wonderful birds to watch. They have fly around quite energetically, flitting here and there. I wanted to capture it's distinct fanned tail in this applique.

You can read more about the Fantail here:

http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/new-zealand-fantail

I also find the Maori meaning behind this bird interesting. The Fantail (Piwakawaka) is a messenger, bringing death or news of death from the gods. My sister and I always used to get concerned when one would fly inside. Thankfully it never amounted to anything.

Find the rest of the patterns here: http://www.knotyournanascrochet.com/2017/04/crochet-new-zealand-birds-blanket.html

Kiwi Applique

The Kiwi is the national symbol here in New Zealand so of course he had to be included in this collection of New Zealand Bird Appliques.

You can read more about the Kiwi here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi

Find the pattern for the base squares here:
http://www.knotyournanascrochet.com/2016/11/woodland-blanket-c2c-squares.html

Find the Kiwi Pattern here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kiwi-applique-2

Note: There is a previous free version of the Kiwi Pattern that is slightly larger and has not been tested. You can find this here: http://www.knotyournanascrochet.com/2013/08/kiwi-applique-and-pillow-pattern.html

Find the rest of the patterns here: http://www.knotyournanascrochet.com/2017/04/crochet-new-zealand-birds-blanket.html

Star Wars C2C Afgahn

If you have following me for a while you will know that my son is a massive Star Wars fan. His 7th birthday is next month and I have decided to make him his own Star Wars Afghan to replace the Boys Will Be Boys Blanket we designed together a few years ago.

 I got him to sit down and write out a list of the characters/items he wanted included.

He listed 15, but honestly these C2C squares were taking forever and 6 turned out to be plenty to create a single bed throw blanket.

All the charts can be found below.

Darth Maul 

Pattern can be found here: https://notallwhowanderarelost32.wordpress.com/2015/02/25/a-galaxy-far-far-away/

Tui Applique

I'm having so much fun creating this New Zealand Bird Themed Blanket. I'm learning so much about native birds here.

Tui's are common in our street, they feed off the nectar in the blossom's. There are a couple in the photo below.

Read more about the Tui HERE.

You can find the pattern for the base squares HERE.

Purchase the pattern HERE

Find the rest of the patterns here: http://www.knotyournanascrochet.com/2017/04/crochet-new-zealand-birds-blanket.html

Papermaking

We had so much fun making this paper. 

The original plan was to make valentines cards for the kids friends, we probably still will but the first piece has been turned into a diary.

I wrote a post over on my other blog about the process but I wanted to share with my followers here as well. It's nice to take a break from crochet once in a while, although to keep it yarn related you could always add a few scrap pieces to your paper. Technically we used yarn to stitch the pages in.

COME OVER AND HAVE A LOOK :)