Some crochet procrastination!

I should really be working on the crocheted elephant that my sister has asked me to make, but I've been dilly-dallying around making lavender-filled sachets instead 😏  Truth be told, I'm a bit nervous about making a start on the elephant as it's the most complicated thing I've attempted to make in my crocheting career thus far.  My crochet, as I'm sure you will have gathered by now, tends to be for rather simple items!

Anyhoo, here are said lavender sachets, all made from patterns in Susan Pinner's book Granny Squares.  I had some little organza gift bags in my craft stash which I used to hold the dried lavender, then just made the crochet "covers".

The patterns all change colour on each round but I made them with just one colour instead.  I joined the two pieces together with double crochet, remembering to leave a big enough space to slip the lavender sachet inside before finishing the joining-up.  Once I got to this stage, the scent of lavender wafting up as I worked was lovely.

They are very quick and simple to put together ~ I see more of these in my making-crochet-stuff future.

This square is from the Cube Storage Seat Cover pattern.  I added another round of granny shells at round 5 instead of the double-crochet in every stitch as in the pattern.  Once the sachet was joined together, I edged it with a very simple additional round of double-crochet.    

The pattern for this is the Star Coaster.  After round 3, I added an additional round of half-trebles in every stitch including in the chain 3 spaces.  This one has a simple picot edging.

And finally we have sachet number three, which I think is my favourite.  This is from the Double Bed or Sofa Blanket pattern.  No additions or alterations were necessary to get the size I needed.  I finished off with a bobble-shell edging from Attic 24.  I'm going to send all the sachets to my Mum ~ you may have noticed that they have been made with the yarn I used for her pouffe cover.

Making the sachets was a lovely lavender-scented interlude, and as I say, I will make more in the future.  Meanwhile, in other news, I have made a start on that elephant.....granted, he currently has only half a front leg but at least I've made a start, eh 😉