Happy Easter

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Whilst I absolutely love getting stuck in to making a big old soothing crochet blanket
 I have also found that I do love a little fiddly pootle every now and again 
and this has certainly been the case over the last couple of weeks with not one, 
but two projects on the go.



One by one lots of little Springy, Eastery things have been hooked up
and in no time at all I had accumulated a whole egg box full of ingredients
 to make a couple of Easter decorations.



For the first one I wanted to do something a little different to previous years
 so rather than hanging everything from branches in a vase as I have done before,
 I had a good old rummage around the bottom of the hedges in our garden 
and found the perfect shaped branch to create a hanging bough.



It has to be said that both dogs looked at me a little strangely when I brought 
it in, having been told many a time that sticks are to stay in the garden
 and are not for in the house, but thankfully once adorned with all its chickery it looks
 a lot less stick like and seems to have gone undetected by the doggy radar !

If you fancy having a go, my patterns for the eggs, chicks and blossom flowers

 are all available here at blog.lovecrochet.com or in the right hand side bar 

of this blog page, along with all my other Crochet Club patterns.

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For the second decoration I made a few crocheted primroses and then popped in to the

 florist to buy three stems of the most beautiful Pussy Willow.

With a little gentle bending I carefully wound the three branches around each other 

and then in to a circle to make a wreath shape.

                

I joined them together at the top by wrapping some thin florists wire around the stems

 and then used some string to cover the wire and to make a hanging loop.

               

For the finishing touches I added a raffia bow and

 some imitation eggs to hang from the top and then,

using a needle and thread, I attached the little primroses

 to the stems with a few stitches.

And then there was just time for a quick photo before this 

one was delivered to my Mum !

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Happy Easter.