Maybelle Flower Crochet Garlands

Hello all!

Hope you had a good start to your new week - the last week of August! It seems like this summer has simply flown by and that Autumn is almost here! This has inspired me in various ways:

Summer's last Glow

I made a pretty Autumn Treasury List (Rust) here on Etsy!
I bought some new yarn in Autumn colours - Veritas Laura in Ochre, Terracotta and Olive Green. 

Veritas Laura (80% Acrylic, 20% Wool)

I fell in love with this pretty Scarf that I saw in Zara...

Zara - printed Scarf

And also last weekend I've been busy making more* crochet flowers, and then laid them out like this:

Autumn - My initial colour sequence

A Rainbow of Flowers

My Autumn Garland on the Balcony

Here is what the wall to the kitchen looked like before!

Before: My Neon Pompom Garland

And this is what it looks like now!

My Autumn Maybelle Flower Garland

My Blue Eyed Boy Maybelle Flower Garland

Both Garlands next to each other

You can find the free pattern here! And there is also a detailed tutorial on this blog!

I have been making these flowers for quite a while, especially with Scheepjeswol Stone Washed!

Crocheting Maybelle Flowers whilst driving in England this Summer

Recently, whilst in England, I made 2 special Garlands for friends who commissioned me.

Purple Flower Garland (Commission 1)

Pink and Yellow Garland (Commission 2)

Making the flowers for this Garland on the way from England back to Belgium

*I've been making Maybelles all summer long, in various incarnations! Some were made as little coasters and given as presents, this one (also given as a present!) was large enough to fit under a big vase.

This is a Maybelle Doily made from thick Zpagetti T-Shirt yarn

I think below were the very first Maybelles I must have made, starting in June!
I decided that I liked them so much I embarked on making a whole bunch (64) and then went through the prolonged agony of sewing them to one another (also made with Ezra yarn which is really pretty). This is still a WIP, because then suddenly at that time I happened upon a great pattern, the South Bay Shawlette! The rest was history as I developed a great enthusiasm for this new pattern (as you can read in a previous blog post). So sometime timing can play a crucial role, too!

WIP alert! A Maybelle Shawl started in beginning of June 14 (so far 64 flowers + some tiny leaves designed by me!)

I leave you with a glimpse of my table today:

On my table this morning (including some new 2 coloured Maybelles)

Yesterday afternoon I started knitting a scarf with Schachenmayer original Boston (more of that another time), approx. half way through now, I have been doodling with the Maybelle by making 2 coloured versions...

Learning something new! Trying out the V-Stitch and a Finnish Granny Square

And due to my calling to try out/learn something new, this morning I have been practising the crochet V-Stitch which looks even better in contrasting colours and a Finnish Granny Square (Dutch instructions!) which I'm starting to love!

I'm hoping for a few more sunny days. Wishing you all a productive week and looking forward to your comments!