Patchwork Crochet Sampler Blanket ~ Repost

Hello! 

I am Nutmeg, Crochet Kitty Inspector!

If you have clicked on our blog from other social media 

because you are interested in how we made 

this pink and gray Patchwork Blanket,  

you will find the start of this blanket ... 

Patchwork Sampler Blanket ~ Started Here in 2022

The large squares were all made from the 

Afghan Crochet Sampler Crochet Along @ Inspired by Wren

Then we made smaller rectangular and square blocks to add to the fun.

All of these were free patterns that we found online 

and links made be found in posts that are labeled  " Squares Crochet Sampler" 

or "Patchwork Crochet."

We completed this

Patchwork Sampler Blanket Completed Here 

in May, 2022.

I do share is blanket with my sister kitties.  

We love this blanket.

We hope you will enjoy making and snuggling in your blanket, too.

Happy Crocheting! 

2024 ~ A Year of Crochet

 2024 was the year I renewed my love of crochet.

It started with this spring blanket

which was a crochet along on TikTok.

This is Nutmeg's favorite blanket,

although she happily snuggles in whatever 

I am currently working on.

Then I started the summer crochet along blanket.

I spent the summer in my adirondack rocker on the back porch 

and made this long summer shawl in cotton yarn.

This probably my personal favorite. 

I added a long fringe to this one. 

I enjoyed these colors and stitches so much

 that I made a second blanket in acrylic worsted weight yarn

 and gifted it to one of my sons for his reading room. 

I had some leftover yarn so I made this baby/throw size blanket 

as a donation to a silent auction fundraiser for a local youth camp. 

Then I sat in my porch rocker as summer waned in September

 and made this autumn star blanket.

This is the 6 Day Star Blanket by Betty McKnit

although I did not complete it in six days.

It took me three weeks but I also started a new crochet along blanket.

I completed this Halloween blanket in time for the witching hour. 

In November I started this Christmas themed blanket 

on my own and designed it as I crocheted.

I call this my "Ugly Christmas Sweater Blanket." 

My kitties and I are enjoying the soft and snuggly blankets

and are starting a new year of crochet. 

My sewing machine has mostly been sitting idle.

I do hope to finish a quilt project of two this year.

May you and yours have a happy, healthy, prosperous 2025! 

All Is Well

 

Just an update to say all is well with me and mine 

in my snug little home.

Sending Hugs All Around. 

Summer Blooms and Stitches

 Good Morning!

Summer has been blooming in my scrapatch.

I have been having some ups and downs, 

but life is good.

I have been doing a lot of sitting and crocheting.

I have been carrying my yarn bag and hooks wherever life takes me.

Last fall we had to cut back the big purple clematis

 because it had suffered a lot of winter kill last year. 

It is growing back green and beautiful. 

Life can be like that. 

Sometimes you need to regroup and carry on ...

... and bloom.

 The wall of rhododendrons in our driveway have also bloomed.

My kitties and I finished our Spring Crochet Along Blanket.

I added wide side borders of my own design to make it bed size.

Nutmeg loves this one. 

Then I added the lovely yellow shell edging from the crochet along. 

Cassian helped. 

 Our big boy stray cat has become quite domesticated

and loves this blanket, too.

This is the start of my new crochet along with 

Any Day Crochet on TikTok

More soon! 

I hope you are having and happy and healthy June!

I Like Thursday ~ Good Morning and Good Night

 

In the early morning, you can find me enjoying my coffee 

and adding more stitches to my current project.

The question this week for 

I Like Thursday @ Not Afraid of Color

is "Are you a Morning Person or Night Owl?"

In truth, I can be either or both.

Many a midnight in the past, I would be sitting at my sewing machine

while Mr Scrapatch was working a late shift.

Now I can still occasionally be up stitching

long after Mr. Scrapatch has gone to bed for the night

as he is an early to work man these days

and gets up and feeds the kitties before me.

When he leaves for work, the kitties are napping

and the sun shines in or the rain taps at the windows

and I am stitching. 

Here are a few of the new rows in my Mystery Spring Crochet Along:

Jacob's Ladder

This is my favorite stitch in this crochet along so far.

The last time I laid out the work in progress,

it measured over 4 feet long.

Here are a few of the most recent additions.

The Strawberry row is really cute.

The stitch above it is another rainbow stitch,

this one is a Mosaic Crochet Stitch.

Nutmeg loves this and wants to claim it as her own.

So when the row of the day was a Cat Stitch,

I changed the color to orange just for her. 

My stitching lasted into the afternoon today

as it called for the Drunken Granny Stitch.

My fingers could almost make Granny Squares in my sleep,

so they kept making regular granny clusters

and I had to pull them out and start again a few times.

By the afternoon, it was time to relax with a bit of 

Bailey's in my afternoon iced coffee to get in the spirit of the stitch.

Now here it is night and I am updating my blog a wee bit late this week.

Good Morning and Goodnight to all my Thursday blogging friends!