Moorland Blanket CAL :: Part 4

Good morning my lovelies, how has life been this past week in your little nook? Here in the Attic my days have been deliberately and deliciously sloooooooowwwwww. It's been my choice, an instinctive need for a little bit of hibernation and quiet alone time. I've felt ever so slightly flat but then it's been a very grey, super-cold, wintry January week and I've noticed how much my mood is so often plugged directly into the weather. It's as if my very soul has been foggy and grey this week.

I miss the summer months so much, the warmth and light, the happy feeling of freedom that comes with long, warm, sunny days. I find Winter hard going, although I do try and keep myself positive in these cold grey days and appreciate that Seasonal Change is a good thing. 

Working on these wavy stripes has allowed me to mentally drift around in a whole world of summery colour, and I've been walking the hills endlessly in my mind as I spend my hours with hook and yarn. The colours this week will veery gently begin to lift and change and you will see the deeper shades of purple and green make way for lighter ones. We say goodbye to the earthy browns this week too as we move closer to the distant hills.

It's such a wonderful thing to feel transported to another time and place, to remember just what it feels like to unfold a blanket among the green moss and grasses and lie back to watch the clouds move overhead and feel the sun warming my face. It's contentment and bliss and a quiet joy to watch this blanket grow, to allow my mind to idle along dusty tracks and softly rolling hills as I hook my stitches.

It's always a fun time when I put down my hook and lay my blanket out for inspection each week. It truly delights me the way these stripes are happening as the blanket grows, they move and undulate beneath my eyes and the gentle shift in colour and tone makes my heart beat wild with delight. It's one of my greatest pleasures in life to witness a nugget of an idea come out of my Creative Mind and into the full glare of reality. My Creative Mind is very, very good at visualising colour and pattern, but sometimes the real thing is just so very much better than the imagined thing. It makes me happy beyond words when this happens.

No Blanket Inspection happens in the Attic without Tilly these days, she is a constant in my life when I am home. She is a nosy, into-everything kitty and a bit of a diva so it goes without saying that she has an incessant need to be at the centre of absolutely everything I'm doing. Blanket admiration? Yup, she will be right there, front and centre.

This week over on my Facebook page I asked if anyone would like to share pictures of where they crochet their Moorland blankets and what their view might be as the hook these wavy stripes... oh so many beautiful, cosy, heart warming images! It made me feel very emotional thinking about how much warmth and pleasure our collective stitches are bringing to homes (and beaches/aeroplanes/trains/swimming pools/spas/cars/work places!) around the world.

Inspired by my own cat-bombed photos, I've picked out some really lovely images of your gorgeous four legged friends sharing the Moorland journey this week.............

Awwww, so precious!

One other photo which really made my heart sing this week was this one........

.....these beautiful hooky ladies in Fife, Scotland meet every fortnight to work on their Moorland blankets together, isn't that just the loveliest thing? Hello lovely ladies, I am waving to you from the Attic!!

In fact, I am waving and blowing kisses to each and every one of you as you journey along with me, wherever you are in the world, I so appreciate your company.......mwah xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

And now, lets get down to the stripes for this week - your last stripe from Part 3 should be Sage - that was stripe number 60.

And here is the colour information for Part 4 : stripes 61-80, working from the bottom upwards.

Remember each stripe is worked in two rows, so 20 stripes = 40 rows of crochet.

*Please note - stripes written in *red text* are additional stripes to be worked only if you have 2 yarn packs and are making a double bed size blanket. If you have one yarn pack, please ignore the red!

61. Walnut

*Mocha*  (optional for large size)

62. Grape

63. Violet

64. Plum

65. Wisteria

66. Grape

67. Sage

68. Pistachio

69. Mocha

*Meadow*  (optional for large size)

70. Plum

71. Wisteria

72. Cypress

73. Khaki

74. Grape

75. Wisteria

*Violet*  (optional for large size)

76. Cypress

77. Pistachio

78. Sage

79. Violet

80. Grape

Here are the links you might need ...

❤ Moorland Blanket CAL : Part 1

❤ Moorland Blanket CAL : Part 2

❤ Moorland Blanket CAL : Part 3

❤ Neat Wave tutorial

❤ Moorland CAL : Introduction

❤ Moorland CAL : Q&A

❤ Moorland Yarn Pack

Have a really super time meandering over the heather clad hills this week, Part 5 (stripes 81- 100) will be here on Friday 3rd February.

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....more little snippets from the Attic...

Colourful Competition Update

Bluebell Time

Keeping Track

Winter Wreath Progres
s

Winter Wreath :: the beginning

Comments

[jane]

so wonderful!!!

[Julie Browne]

How do we upload our photos?

[Melanie Cuthbert]

Playing catch up, due to work I am behind, really enjoying it though it's the first time I've followed a pattern. Really pleased with my first 20 rows .

[Kat]

oooh, wisteria! New colour, yay!

[CJ]

Oh how adorable, cats and dogs do love a blanket don't they. And how amazing to see a group of crocheters all working together on your design, that must be really fantastic. And lovely for them to all have a similar blanket with all of their fun memories of being together. Love it. Hope you have a good weekend and that the sunshine comes along soon and cheers us all up. CJ xx

[Eva Sánchez]

Lovely pictures! Thanks a lot for sharing :)

[Angela-Southern USA]

All beautiful blankets! Tilly is adorable, so much energy that first year. lolxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Claire Potter]

Now those are my kind of colours in a blanket!!! Please send. ;) ;) ;)

[Becca]

The blanket is looking soothingly lovely. I'm so excited to get through to the end and see what the whole thing looks like.

BTW, have you ever considered getting a light box? It really helps my mood in the dark days of winter.

[Anna Iveson]

Aw, my heart just skipped for a second when I was reading your musings on Part 4 and noticed the photo of my lovely cat Sam sitting on my blanket-in-progress! Such an honour and delight to be have my photo featured on your blog! :) that's absolutely made my day!
...Meanwhile, I'm excited to finish the last 3 colours of part 3 later today, and then onwards to part 4! Sam taking a keen and cosy interest as always!

[Tess]

Hi Lucy, quick question: what is the fibre count in the Mooreland pack?
Thank you!
-Tess

[Winwick Mum]

I'm so glad that I'm not the only with pet hair knitted and crocheted into my projects. After all, our pets weave their way into our hearts so why not our blankets (and socks!) as well? xx

[curvywitch]

Lovely colours, still working my way through the Beach blanket ably assisted by the cat who insists sitting on it is the only way to test the quality of my work!

[Camilla]

I decided last week that I also want to join in crocheting this beatiful blanket. I got my yarns yesterday and is looking forward to this evening when I can start making the blanket.

[Esther Albors]

Enjoying participating in this wonderful project here in the lovely tropical island of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean. We do not have moors, but the colors remind me of the moody Atlantic Ocean waters on winter days.
Thank you for this experience!

[Jennifer]

Have you seen the Radio 4 'Woman's Hour Craft Prize 2017' as part of their 70th birthday celebrations? I'm sure you would win!

[Diane Haithwaite]

Hi, I love this blanket and the pattern. It is thrilling when something turns out better than you imagined. Thank you so much Lucy for all your hard work on our behalf. It is so appreciated. I already have plans (and the wool!) To do the neat wave in two more colours ways. This is my first CAL and I'm loving being part of it. xx

[Helen King]

I hope Yorkshire is enjoying the same bright, settled weather as Fife and that is helping to lift your spirits. YOUR moorland CAL is lifting ours! Loving it. Helen x (one of the Fife Happy Hookers 😉)

[Karen stooke]

Warm and sunny here in Melbourne Australia. The end of another lovely sumners day. Not too hot just perfect.

[Rowena Corlett]

Oh I must post a picture of my 2 miniature dachshunds with my (way behind) blanket! No matter that I am way behind - I will still be enjoying hooking it when everyone else has finished! Enjoy hibernating Lucy, we have a gale blowing here in Pembrokeshire and hibernation is the order of the day xxx

[Sandra]

I too am waving and sending a big helllooooooo to fellow hookers - I LOVE being part of such a wonderful crochet family - and would definitely pop into the hook along with the the Fife crew if I lived closer! Warmth indeed!

[Caroline Jones]

Been waiting for part 4, having finished part 3 on Tuesday because I'm off work with a cold. Today is going to be lovely getting back into my lovely blanket.