Crochet projects

I loooove crocheting.  After a long and stressful day at work, a hook and some wool calms me down and makes things right in my world. It really is like therapy for me.  And I love it that several of my friends also enjoy crocheting (hello Lynn and Cathy!!).

I always have several projects on the go, and many more projects in the pipeline.  At the moment, I'm finishing off a wave blanket in alpaca wool from Peru, and our crochet group is making squares to make up blankets for the Ry-Ma-In home in Linden, Johannesburg.

Some friends and I are also making scarves for the 27km crocheted scarf challenge through the 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Project. 

The non profit organisation is on a mission to set a new Guinness World Record, in celebration of what would have been former president Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday.

67 Blankets, a charity drive that strives to collect and donate blankets and scarves to those in need, are hoping to set a record by creating a 27km of scarf – one kilometre for every year that Madiba spent in prison.  India currently holds the record for the longest scarf in the world – at 14km.

The scarves collected for the incredible feat will be distributed during the coldest months of the year.  This Guinness attempt at creating the world’s longest scarf will take place on Sunday, 29 July, which is in Mandela Month. The scarf will then be displayed at the Mandela Capture Site in Howick. 

Here are some of the gorgeous scarves which Lynn and I have made...

 

...and another work in progress

and of course a girl needs a cute bag to store crochet hooks and other goodies!  this is from Crochet Crazy Girl in Clarens.