Here she is, post washing and blocking as we speak. I’m hoping to get the cushion cover sewed very soon, the fabric has been prewashed and I’ve bought a zip. It’s taken just under 4 weeks to get this far, though I could have done it quicker if I’d tried (and not got distracted by other projects and writing blog posts)!
Whether she makes it to the village show as planned is still under debate because although I think it is pretty, there are a lot of imperfections. The worst part is where the pink in the corners (just below the blue arches) is quite cramped and I just couldn’t get them to sit right even after frogging and refine reading the pattern. It’s quite disappointing really that the overall finish isn’t as perfect as I’d have liked. However, I love it as a cushion cover to go in my house! Perhaps I can make something else for the show? I’ve got 3 weeks to decide, and I might well just ‘go for it’ in spite of the danger of being laughed at for entering. It all depends how I feel on the day (and whether or not my sewing is any good!)
Thanks for following my journey of making this project, I’m kind of sad that it’s over. To see how ‘Sophie’ has grown, here are the links to my blog posts from the very beginning. Sophies Garden Part 1, Sophie’s Garden Update
I’ll post a photo of the finished cushion after the show, whether I enter her into it or not.
Well, to my ‘cannot crochet’ brain it looks amazing. I seriously cannot comprehend how that is achieved with just yarn and a hook.
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Haha! Thank you, I think it is looking a little bit better already after blocking, I’ve just been to check on it before bed.
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beautiful! love the colors!
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Thank you! Some of them only just lasted until the end!
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I think it’s gorgeous, love the colours, I’d definitely enter it in the show and be proud 🙂
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Thanks, I quite like them too, although it was hard to choose! We’ll see what me and my sewing machine manage to do!
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Outstanding work! I love the front-post crochet work with the color changes.
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Thank you, they looked so daunting when I first saw the pattern but once I got into it it began to make sense. 😊
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Congrats on such a lovely finish. I thinks you should definitely put it in the show 🙂
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Thank you, I’m going to check on it later to see how it looks after blocking and then decide. It already looked a little bit better last night.
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That is so Beautiful!
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Thank you! 😊
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Beautiful!
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Thank you! 😊
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This is really pretty.
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Thank you! 😊
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It’s beautiful, be very proud of your achievement and show it. Good luck, not that you need it x
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Thank you. They get a lot of entries as it’s a huge show, I may end up just risking it. 😊
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It really turned out beautiful. You did great!
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Thank you. 😊
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100% put it in the show !!!!!
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Thanks! I’m now in a muddle over the back of the cushion! I hope I can untangle my brain (and leftover wool stash!) by then.
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I’m sure you will…nothing holds you back for long 🙂
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Haha, you know me well. I’ve already started a granny square back!
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Good to hear it :-)I just know it will look exactly as you envision it
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Love this! I did one too, its such a big project to isn’t it. I kept at it and didn’t do anything else, all that counting! It was a great learning curve though.
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Thank you! I really enjoyed it as a learning curve too. I don’t think I could have done the whole blanket though.
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So beautiful! And very complicated looking. My crochet skills are not the best and this looks so intricate, but beautiful.
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Thank you for your lovely comment. 😊
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Nice!
I keep looking at Sophie’s Garden and Universe, it does look like a lot of fun! I have a question for you, do you think it would be possible to do the pattern as lace in crochet cotton thread?I’d love to try it on a 1.5 mm or 1.75 mm hook?
It looks fabulous!
Baba StringThings:-)
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I think so, I’m sure they did one in finer yarn as they did three to go with the tutorials. 😊
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