A quick glance over my shoulder ...

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It's that time again ... that time for a little reminisce ...

that time of the year where lots of bloggers put together a

look back through their last years makes.

I so enjoy looking at these posts

and there's something very pleasing about putting one together isn't there ?

 

Maybe its that sense of achievement, possibly even a little surprise,

 that in amongst the busyness of daily life there has still been time for lots of crafting.

For me, looking back at my 2014 makes has shown me that maybe I'm

not just a boring one colour blanket person after all, and that,

infact, you could almost say that I have dipped my toe into 'colourful' in this past year.

 Ok, so not exactly rainbow bright colours, but colours nevertheless !

 

And also that having convinced myself that I'm not a lover of small crochet projects

 I have kind of proved myself wrong on this too,

as I have loved working on projects that are small and quick.

For this I have to totally thank all of you other lovely bloggers

who have opened my eyes to the endless yarny possibilities that are out there

with all the wonderful inspiration and encouragement your blogs give.

 

Aaaanyway .... enough of the words, we need pictures !

So, here we go.

 

 

The year started with the chance to finish off long overdue things, one of

which was my stripy perpetual blanket.

I love everything about this blanket, from the pleasure I had making it and watching it grow,

to the cosiness and colour it brings to our caravan now that it is finished.

♥

 

 

 My love affair with grey has continued right through the year,

 but way back at the end of January it seems I was verging on the obsessive with my

 love for this colour as I dedicated a whole post to it !

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Spring brought with it a good splash of pastel brights and also a renewed love of knitting.

In my passion for crochet I had forgotten how much I love the look of

 simple garter and stocking stitch.

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With Easter fast approaching it was green, green, green all the way.

I had a little go at Mandala making, but stuck with a simple treble stitch,

not being a great lover of crochet that is too lacy or holey,

and of course it had to have bobbles around the edge !

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With a flurry of shawls and wraps hitting blogland I tried my hand at a couple

of knitted versions and really, really enjoyed making these.

One of the best bits for me was the magic of blocking -

how brilliant is it when you can get all the little pointy bits to stay as little pointy bits !

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 I had a lot of fun putting together my entry for the Deramores Blog Awards 2014
and was more than a little chuffed to receive a Highly Commended from the judges.
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Summer warmth and the chance for a little alfresco hooking prompted me to
 smarten up the little sitting area outside my back door -
and it goes without saying that of course I needed crochet cushions to finish it off !
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One of my funnest makes this year has to have been all the little 3D hearts that
 have whizzed off my crochet hook
- so quick, so simple and so many possibilities !
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The one constant throughout all my different makes of the year has been that there

 has always been a blanket on the go - a trusty piece of work that doesn't require any

thought but just offers hours of repetitive backwards and forwards crochet therapy

 - perfect at the end of a long day at work.

There have been blankets for daughters to take off to Uni,

blankets as presents for friends,

blankets for new arrivals and blankets for sofa snuggling.

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And then I discovered garlands !

Sooooo much fun.

The perfect way to keep my fireplace looking suitably seasonal throughout the year.

Plans are already ticking over in my head for a spring version ...

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I loved my Autumn garland so much it almost ended up staying right through Christmas -

there was just something about those little acorns !

♥

 

 

The year ended with a mad frenzy of activity to make sure all the Christmas presents

were finished in time -and lots of resolutions being made to start earlier next year -

 but I just about got everything done by the skin of my teeth.

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And that's it - that was my 2014 !



 Its been fun, I've loved every therapeutic minute and the opportunity to share it all in the big wide blogging world has been the cherry on top of the cake.

I am very nearly at 100,000 views on my little bloggy space,

which quite blows my mind and the addition this year of

my Just Pootling Facebook page has allowed me to post even the smallest

 of Pootles that don't quite justify a whole blog post of their own.

 

I have lots and lots of yarny projects planned for 2015,

least of all approximately 40 hearts needs to be crocheted for my

daughters wedding in the summer...

so, I'm off to get started.

 

Happy New Year everyone

and I hope you'll all be able to drop by for lots more Pootling in 2015.

 

♥