Best Nine 2016

Last year on Instagram I shared my Best Nine and was curious to see which pictures had been most liked for the entire year. So when I saw the Best Nine come back for 2016, I couldn’t resist finding out what had been popular on my Instagram this year.

To make your own Best Nine picture, you just go to this website: http://2016bestnine

Mine is a happy rainbow mixture of crochet, stitching and calligraphy. I’m not really surprised. I do share a lot of rainbows on my feed and I have done quite a lot of crochet this year rather than sewing or quilting.

  The Rainbow Heart crochet blanket was probably my favourite project this year. It took ages but the yarn was so soft and snuggly that it was a pleasure to work on all Winter.

Read more about it here.

The Rainbow Granny Square blanket was a simple one to create but really showed off the variegated yarn. I also used this picture when I wrote about my basic crochet tools.

Read more about this blanket here.

The Denim Ripple blanket is my current project – in fact, I just posted another progress shot on Instagram this morning! It will use only three colours and the easy ripple tutorial from Attic24 that I also use for this blanket and this blanket.

Read more about the denim ripple here.

I rarely share photos that are not my own on Instagram but I couldn’t resist this rainbow crochet from Annie Design Crochet. It turned out to be one of the most popular posts!

See Carmen’s gorgeous Instagram feed here.

This stitching was a throwback to an older project, my Rainbow Cross Stitch Blocks. I still love these! Each block pattern was released here on the blog last year and then I created a special downloadable PDF pattern with all the blocks in one place.

See the finished stitching project here.

I loved my rainbow cross stitch so much that I started a new project this year: the Pastel Rainbow Blocks. These are based on the sae free pattern as the original blocks but stitched in new pastel shades.

Read more about this stitching here.

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If you’re on Instagram, you might like to check out the Crafters of Instagram list here – and add your details if you’d like to be added.

You might also be interested in how I set up my Instagram page for readers who want to click through from Instagram and see more about my projects.