It's all about flowers...

I seem to have been making a lot of flowers recently. And I'm not really a flowery kind of girl. There's been a flower shaped chocolate chip cake (thanks to a silicone mould I bought the other week) the flowers for my mum's favours (pictures to follow after the Big Day!), a flowery scarf for Little 'Un, a couple of flowery bookmarks and a flower brooch donated to a friend for a charity craft fair.

The flowery scarf and bookmark are all courtesy of my friend Sharon who introduced me to the Happy Hooker. The scarf is from a pattern there (the garden scarf) and the bookmark is just 3 of the flower motifs -simple.

I thoroughly impressed myself by reading American crochet instructions and not getting into a muddle!

The brooch was based on a pattern in a kit I bought from  Purplelinda Crafts, a site I have (un)fortunately recently discovered and will therefore be spending quite a bit of time (and money) on I'm sure!

I'm quite pleased with the brooch in particularly, since it's the first time I've made one and I think it's quite pretty.

The flowery cake was delicious too!

Next project: A scarf for Himself. Wool is chosen, foundation row is made... watch this space!