New Year ,New Pattern

 Happy New Year,
I hope you are well. I am Guessing you have packed all the decorations and the house doesn't feel quite right with out that Christmassy glow. Or is that just my home ?.I must say I don't really like putting up the tree but once its up ,it makes the place really feel homely ,cosy and very happy. My eldest is 27 so I have been blessed to have 27 years of the joy a family brings especially at Christmas. It is always a bit sad when I have to pack the decorations back in the loft. Our Christmas was slower than usual in fact we have had a much slower run up to it. It has been very casual and we all agreed it was much better for it. 

So it is 2016, I hope it will better than last year. Last year was tough , really tough. I never want to go through that stuff ever again. I am not one for  a long list of resolutions, I know how incredibly hard they are to keep and I hate the disappointment when once again I have failed to tick off one thing of the list. So this year no list, I just want to  be positive, be happy, try my best to help and love others. I want to kiss and hug my family and friends more, laugh much much more.

Funny, how as you get older  money doesn't feature as much on your list. Of course , money is a necessary evil, I mean without  it how on earth would we buy WOOL ,hehe, but the things we crave more as we get older are the things money can not buy, don't you think? I will be visiting all your blogs to catch up with all your resolutions.

So back to reality and I am very happy to have a pattern published in this month's Inside Crochet Issue 73. I am totally in love with these two colours, it features quite a lot in my yarn stash. Gold and grey I find so soothing , calming .I have been spending quite a lot of time researching colours, their origins and definitions it has been so interesting. This shawl is named after the colour goldenrod which is a representation of the deeper gold coloured flowers. The first known recorded use of ‘goldenrod’ as a colour name in English was in 1915.How fascinating , I would like to learn more so if you have any suggestions please let me know .

 It uses one skein /hank/ball 100g of the gold merino yarn and about 30g of the grey.  Incidentially, for those of you who don't like the prominent gold, reverse them and it looks amazing, the gold border really adds that pop of colour. As with most of my patterns it is a very simple easily memorised one , making it a perfect project for the commute to work , whilst catching up on those TV programmes you have managed to miss . I still have not watched the Christmas "call the midwife " .

Right, no rest for me I'm off to bake a cake .Have a lovely day 

All images are © Leanne Dixon / Inside Crochet.