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15/06/2026

I’ve got a new post on my blog, all about the MUTED BLUES BLANKET, including -

the pattern release date (which is this Wednesday!😃)
the Yarn Lists (as requested)
Yarn Pack info
the story of the blanket
lots of images
links to where and when to get it

Plus, I managed to get myself in a fankle trying to explain it all😂

What on earth is a FANKLE, I hear you say! A good Scots’ word meaning MESS😂😂

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2020, crocheted during the first Covid lockdown………The Beach Walk blanket2021, embroidered during the second Covid lockd...
11/06/2026


2020, crocheted during the first Covid lockdown………The Beach Walk blanket

2021, embroidered during the second Covid lockdown……The Beach Walk needlepoint

Some fond memories of an anxious and scary time.

I hesitate to say this, but it makes me wonder if the Muted Blues blanket, due to be published next week, will one day be fond memories of this current anxious and scary time.

Not a pandemic this time though - ‘just’ the world in a chaotic and violent descent. I won’t go there because this crochet page is not the place for politics prejudice and tyranny, but I hope you understand where my feelings lie. 😥

🇵🇸 🇺🇦

Did you know that there a some FREE patterns on my website? I’ve just been updating some of the discontinued yarn colour...
09/06/2026

Did you know that there a some FREE patterns on my website? I’ve just been updating some of the discontinued yarn colours in this one - the BABY BLANKET COLLECTION. It’s a downloadable .pdf pattern booklet, running to twenty pages. Not bad for free!

Here is the link to the blog post containing the pattern link -

https://woolthreadpaint.com/2021/09/12/the-baby-blanket-collection-and-its-free/

Have a lovely evening (it’s early evening just now in Scotland). I’m ‘babysitting’ the teens tonight at my daughter’s. It only involves calling them down from their bedrooms for tea, chatting and eating for twenty minutes, then watch them disappear back upstairs. Easy peasy - and I’ve got peace to crochet ☺️

Sometimes inspiration for a new post comes from the most unlikely places. I was scrolling through new comments on my pos...
07/06/2026

Sometimes inspiration for a new post comes from the most unlikely places. I was scrolling through new comments on my posts and found this one. It suddenly gave me a reason to post some pics!

By the way, all criticism is accepted and no offence taken 😁

There won’t be much crocheting going on this weekend, as we have another family gathering for Laura’s birthday lunch, pl...
05/06/2026

There won’t be much crocheting going on this weekend, as we have another family gathering for Laura’s birthday lunch, plus the twins and teens, of course.

Today I’ve been cooking and baking all morning - sausage rolls, mini cheese scones, chocolate krispies, and this afternoon it’s time to bake the cake.

The twins will arrive with their daddy tonight, probably tired and grumpy after a full nursery day, followed by an hour’s car journey, but l’ve got something to cheer them up - a belated birthday present from their Auntie Linda. Swipe to see - they’ll just love them!

The granny squares came up in my Photo Memories - two years ago last summer I was making the Sugar Plum blanket.

Anyway, back to the mixing bowl 😊

Throwback Thursday - what was happening 4-12 June 2019 🌸🌸🌸
04/06/2026

Throwback Thursday - what was happening 4-12 June 2019 🌸🌸🌸

I’ve had this clothes rail (cheap purchase from Amazon) for two years now and it’s been a real winner for hanging my bla...
03/06/2026

I’ve had this clothes rail (cheap purchase from Amazon) for two years now and it’s been a real winner for hanging my blankets on.

I use it when I’m making You Tube videos or when I’m writing up a pattern.

It’s great for hanging a work in progress to check for colour balance etc, or just for displaying older blankets now and again, rather than having them folded up on a shelf all the time.

Makes a good room divider too!

This is the Winter Walk blanket.

First of June? That’s crazy. Another three weeks and the days will begin to get shorter - where has the year gone?The so...
01/06/2026

First of June? That’s crazy. Another three weeks and the days will begin to get shorter - where has the year gone?

The soundtrack to May has been my incessant cough, but it’s definitely on the way out now, thank goodness. Kudos to my long suffering husband for never (hardly ever) complaining about my endless barking fits that invariably ended with a double sneeze😮‍💨.

May has been mostly the Muted Blues blanket (pattern currently being worked on) and the nameless pink blanket, which is my easy evening pick up.

The garden has taken up quite a bit of time, and we’ve had lots of family visits, which I love. We’ve just waved off my sister and brother in law after a good catch up over the weekend.

The Mickey Mouse? We went to visit our friends last week. They live in beautiful Gullane and we spent a morning in North Berwick which looks out over the Bass Rock. Our friends have an amazing Mickey Mouse collection, including vintage Mickey wallpaper and even carpet. They also collect the Snowman, Buzz Lightyear and Rupert the bear figures. Their grandkids love it, as you can imagine!

So it’s June now and my thoughts are beginning to turn to Christmas 😱 and the Christmas blanket pattern for 2026. It has to be done guys!

Just to remind myself that although we are surrounded by poly tunnels which block our views of the woods, and have tract...
30/05/2026

Just to remind myself that although we are surrounded by poly tunnels which block our views of the woods, and have tractors starting their day shift at 5am on the road outside our cottage in the summer months, we also have a well stocked farm shop just yards down the lane, this beautiful park across the road and a long, almost deserted beach ten minutes’ walk away.

Could be worse.

We’ve just been down to a charity Plant Sale in the park and picked up a couple of nice bits. I must go and get them planted before the rain comes…..

Have a good weekend, everyone.

I found these old photos from seven/eight years ago and they are of the very first Little Gem blanket under construction...
28/05/2026

I found these old photos from seven/eight years ago and they are of the very first Little Gem blanket under construction.

(It’s a bit like one of those history pages that post pics of the Eiffel Tower being built!😁)

It wasn’t called the Little Gem in those days, it was the Sister Blanket - imaginatively named because I designed it for my sister, in colours to match her living room - which she totally changed shortly after. Typical!

Somewhere along the line it was renamed Little Gem by Sara who I think still holds the record for the number of Little Gem blankets she has made. The record is hotly contested though, Sara!

It’s been a very popular pattern since it was first published and I can’t begin to guess how many Little Gems are out there, in a whole myriad of different colour palettes. I collected a pile of photos several years ago of Little Gems people had shared. I must dig them out sometime too. The different colours were amazing.

If you’ve made a Little Gem in your own choice of colours, I’d love to see it. DM me a pic, please!

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