
Wow! How can it be Week 5 already?! π Welcome to the fifth instalment of the βPostcards with Loveβ Blanket which Iβve designed for King Cole…π
And this week I bring you a video postcard from Milan in Italy which I visited last weekend for the amazing International Yarn Bombing Festival… enjoy!
The FREE PATTERN for the blanket is here: https://www.kingcole.com/cal-postcards-with-love/
It really is so wonderful to see all the progress photos being shared and the community coming together around this blanket! π
Hereβs this weeks round-up from over on Instagram:

In the Coastal Crochet Facebook Group:

And in the King Cole Craft Along Facebook Group:

I love the variety of all the blankets being made and the appearance of some blankets out on the beach! π
This week we crochet a couple more βwrittenβ postcards β¦ this time with the quintessential postcard phrase: βwish you were here!β

When we think of postcards, βwish you were hereβ is so often written. π And itβs back to the technique of Mosaic Crochet…


And also this week we have four more corner heart squares to crochetβ¦β€οΈ


Itβs been very warm here this weekβ¦ and I enjoyed a dip in the sea on Friday… π¦

The water was crystal clear and oh so invitingβ¦

I also went to see Harry Styles in concert with my daughterβ¦ it was absolutely brilliant! πΆ The reason I mention it here is because there was so much crochet being worn in the crowd which was wonderful to seeβ¦


Can you spot the βHarry Stylesβ inspired cardigan in the photo belowβ¦
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Harry Styles wore the original βJ W Andersonβ designer cardigan back in February 2020 and a photo of him wearing it went βviralβ inspiring so many people, including a whole generation of younger creatives, to knit or crochet their own version. The original cardigan was hand knitted and although it retailed for over Β£1500 the company have since released the original official knitting pattern for free which is just fabulous:
https://www.jwanderson.com/gb/cardigan-pattern
The original knitting pattern was compiled by designer Ruth Herring.
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Well my daughter has been inspired to crochet her own. Lots of crochet patterns have been released for this but weβre going to try our own crocheted version so watch this space! πβ€οΈππ


In the meantime, enjoy your postcards this week andβ¦
β¦Happy Crocheting! ππ
Thankyou for this weeks Postcard With Love , crochet is my passion too, not enough hours in the day at the moment though , I adored the crochet in your video , I was in Leicester Square London last week , it would look amazing if they could do similar , thanks again for your precious time to give us an insight into more beautiful crochet from around the world
It would look amazing in London for sure! So happy youβre enjoying your crochet tooβ¦ π₯°π₯°π
Looks like you were in your element in Milan. There were lots of truly amazing pieces π€©
Thanks for the postcard, loved it all π₯°
Thank you! Yes, it was wonderfulβ¦ π₯°π
I enjoyed your Milan video so much! I cannot imagine how much time, attention to detail, and talent goes I to the positioning/mounting/placement of these gorgeous pieces. It must take a HUGE number of people to place and then take down these works of art! Thank you for sharing your wonderful experience with us!
Amazing isnβt itβ¦ π₯°π
Great video really enjoyed watching it I am about to start the postcard blanket it looks amazing thankyou π
Thank you! π₯°π
I don’t normally watch vlogs but all that crochet at the Yarn Bombing Festival was totally amazing. Are some of the larger pieces made by groups of people or do they all come from individuals? Some look as if they could have taken all year!
Some of them were created by groups of Crocheterβsβ¦ amazing arenβt they! π₯°π₯°π