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Jess: The Wallflowers Effect

This is a guest blog post by my brilliant assistant Jess.

I know you might think that as I’m Sue’s assistant I am a little biased.  (Maybe I am!!)  But I haven’t always worked for The Mercerie.  Before I got my dream job I had completed two of Sue’s courses – ‘Homage to the Granny Square’ and ‘Wallflowers’.

After completing my Homage to the Granny Square blanket, and being amazed by what I had made – I asked for the Wallflowers course for my birthday.  My boyfriend handed my an envelope with the words ‘here’s to another 6 months of crochet…’ on it – hooray!!

Image: @themercerie – Exhibition at The Forum, Norwich

Wallflowers was the first blanket I remember ever seeing from The Mercerie – I saw Sue’s exhibition at The Forum in Norwich and just thought…

How on earth do you even begin to make something like that??

Wallflowers is a natural progression from the Homage to the Granny Square course and there is a lot more crochet to do! But I was up for the challenge.

The first part of the Wallflowers course teaches colour theory and helps you to pick out your own unique colour palette, I loved this part!

Out of all of The Mercerie’s courses, I would say that Wallflowers in the most structured.  Once you’ve picked your colours, their placement is already laid out for you a bit like a paint by numbers – perfect.  Your blanket will always have that ‘Wallflowers effect‘ and will look stunningly beautiful.  I think this is why I found it a really relaxing project – I could sit back and follow the instructions without needing to think too much about where everything will go.

I love Wallflowers because it’s like mixing crochet and a paint by numbers…

Image: @woolandtrulyhooked

Before long your blanket will start growing, and with every new section you will be amazed by how the new shapes and motifs affect the overall look of your blanket.  It’s fascinating to watch as placing colours next to each other can completely change how they look.

Image: @woolandtrulyhooked

Every motif is so carefully designed by Sue, and it’s only by actually making this blanket that you can really appreciate the level of detail and skill that has been used in the pattern.  It’s incredibly neat and satisfying!

Image: @woolandtrulyhooked

This blanket is made using a ‘Join as you go’ technique, which I found really useful to learn and have applied to many other projects I’ve gone on to make.  It also means that it’s lovely and big to snuggle under while you work on it too – which is great!

Image: @woolandtrulyhooked

Wallflowers blankets are addictive – I still love looking at them in all their variations – and I’m very lucky that I get to gaze at people’s incredible interpretations of this pattern every day now! And once you have the online course, you can make as many blankets as you like!

If you are considering taking the leap and creating your very own Wallflowers – I’d encourage you to treat yourself to a place on this very special online crochet course.

You will love it!

(And I’m here to help you if you need it…)

Jess x

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