Beautiful Crochet Cotton

I bought some beautiful Anchor Pearl crochet cottons yesterday - £2 for a box with 10 reels in (82 metres in each little reel). So ended up buying 6 boxes (of course!). The colours are mouth watering - I just keep opening the boxes to drool over them. Not quite sure what i'll use them for yet.....

Jessica Tromp crochet bolero

Having a go at the Jessica Tromp bolero pattern - had seen this on Ravelry a few times but didn't think I was quite skilled enough at crochet to give it a go (go to 17 bolero shrug patterns knit or crochet with wool or cotton yarns for pattern).

I'm delighted with it so far, only started it last night and finished one motif. The diagrammatic pattern is ok to follow once you get the hang of it!

I've used Anchor Freccia 3 ply crochet thread which I got for £1.99 at my local woolshop (Kemps in Sunderland), there is a whopping 780m on one ball - bargain!!