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So for AGES I have been wanting to make myself something to hold all the brooches I don't have on my coats. Currently I only have a small collection of brooches (compared to everything else, ahem) and I had the vague idea of making some sort of frame.
Recently I found this project to make an earring holder and thought I could repurpose it for brooches:
www.laylock.org/blog/2011/05/sunday-morning-knitting-project/
However when I started the knitting I got frustrated very quickly, and went looking for a different pattern. I found this crochet blanket pattern on Ravelry:
www.virkaholic.com/2010/02/att-virka-gallerfilt.html
It's a very simple pattern that ends up looking like a grid, so won't be flashier than the brooches.
I crocheted it with some scrap yarn and got a photo frame from Poundland, and this evening I pinned the crochet work to the frame and stuck some patterned paper to the back of it before putting it all together.
And this is what it looks like. I am really pleased with how it turned out!
Recently I found this project to make an earring holder and thought I could repurpose it for brooches:
www.laylock.org/blog/2011/05/sunday-morning-knitting-project/
However when I started the knitting I got frustrated very quickly, and went looking for a different pattern. I found this crochet blanket pattern on Ravelry:
www.virkaholic.com/2010/02/att-virka-gallerfilt.html
It's a very simple pattern that ends up looking like a grid, so won't be flashier than the brooches.
I crocheted it with some scrap yarn and got a photo frame from Poundland, and this evening I pinned the crochet work to the frame and stuck some patterned paper to the back of it before putting it all together.
And this is what it looks like. I am really pleased with how it turned out!
