✨Week 22 of 46 | This Week's Featured Pattern is the Rose Gold Afghan!🌸

🌸 Rose Gold Afghan is this week's Celebration! ✨💛

I’m so happy to bring a little spotlight back to one of my most elegant and much-loved blanket designs. The Rose Gold Afghan 🌷

 

This is one of those patterns that feels calm and comforting from the very first stitch. Soft florals, gentle repetition, and a timeless feel that makes it a joy to crochet and a pleasure to live with.

The rose motifs sit so beautifully together, creating a blanket that grows slowly and steadily, almost like a garden coming into bloom 🌸 Each section feels soothing and rhythmic, making it a wonderful project for quiet evenings, cosy weekends, and moments where you just want to relax with your hook and yarn.

One of my favourite things about this design is how versatile it is. You can keep it soft and subtle, play with colour contrasts, or add delicate gold-inspired accents around the roses for a little extra glow ✨ No matter the palette, it always feels warm, classic, and full of care.

This week, as part of the Weekly Celebration, the Rose Gold Afghan pattern is 20% off on Etsy.

👉 You can find the pattern HERE.

Whether you’re revisiting this design or discovering it for the first time, I hope it brings you the same sense of calm and joy that it’s brought to so many makers already.

Thank you, as always, for celebrating these patterns with me and for being such a wonderful part of the Apple Blossom Dreams community 🤍🧶

Wishing you a cosy and creative week,

Helen 🌸✨

🌈Week 21 of 46 | This Week's Featured Pattern is the Granny Rose Pom Pom Cushion!🌸

🌈Granny Rose Pom Pom Cushion - This Week’s Celebration Pattern!🌈

Happy New Year! 🌸✨

We’re starting 2026 with something floral, cheerful and wonderfully cosy! The Granny Rose Pom Pom Cushion is this week’s celebration pattern, and I’m so excited to bring it back into the spotlight.

This cushion is full of everything that makes crochet feel warm and joyful: soft layered rose motifs, beautiful colour play, a comforting granny-square back, and the sweetest pom pom edging to finish it all off. It’s a design that instantly brightens any room, and it’s one of those projects that’s just as delightful to make as it is to display.

The front is formed of textured rose motifs arranged neatly together, and the back is a classic granny square, familiar, rhythmic and satisfying to work on. Whether you love soft pastels, bold brights or gentle neutrals, the cushion adapts beautifully to whatever palette you choose.

✨ Pattern Details

The Granny Rose Pom Pom Cushion is 20% off this week on Etsy.

Click HERE to find the pattern.

 

If you’re looking for something floral and uplifting to ease you into the new year, this cushion is a lovely choice. I hope it brings as much joy to your hook as it brought to mine while designing it.

Wishing you a warm and creative start to 2026,

Helen 🌸✨

🌸 A Heartfelt Thank You | A Look Back at a Beautiful Year 🌸

🌸 A Heartfelt Thank You & A Look Back at a Beautiful Year 🌸

As we reach the end of the year, I wanted to take a quiet moment to pause, reflect, and say the biggest, warmest thank you to every single one of you. Since taking over Apple Blossom Dreams in May, this journey has been filled with creativity, colour, kindness, and joy, and it’s all because of you.

Your messages, comments, encouragement, and stunning makes have wrapped this year in so much warmth. I feel incredibly grateful to be part of this wonderfully supportive and talented community.

 🌸A Creative Year to Remember

2025 has been such a special year with several new releases blooming into the world:

🌅 Dawn to Dusk Cushion

👶 Soft Baby Blooms Blanket

🌼 A Year in Flowers - my first collaboration with the lovely @emkatcrochet

Seeing your versions of these designs has been one of my greatest joys. Every colour palette, every stitch, every photo shared has meant so much.

 

💗 A Special Thank You

I also want to extend a huge, heartfelt thank you to two amazing makers:

@crochetcreationsbywendy

@crochetwithclairex

These incredibly talented women have created so many beautiful remakes and samples for me this year. Their kindness, creativity, and generosity have lifted Apple Blossom Dreams in the most wonderful way. I feel truly grateful to call them my friends.

🌿 Looking Ahead to 2026

There is so much to look forward to!

I’m currently working on a remake of an old favourite (I can’t wait to reveal which one!), and my notebook is already full of ideas and sketches for the year ahead. Fresh colours, new stitches, revisited classics - 2026 is shaping up to be a beautifully creative year.

And there’s more good news…

Astri is still quietly working away behind the scenes, bringing her magical creativity to some new projects as well. We’ll be sharing more as soon as they’re ready, and I know you’re going to love what she’s been dreaming up.

💗Thank You, From Both of Us

From the bottom of our hearts - thank you for being here, for lifting us up, and for keeping the Apple Blossom Dreams community such a warm and inspiring place.

Here’s to another year of colour, yarny goodness, new beginnings, and plenty of crochet magic.

With love,

Helen & Astri 🌸💗✨

🌅Week 20 of 46 | This Week's Featured Pattern is the Dawn to Dusk Cushion!🌅

🌅 Dawn to Dusk Cushion | Weekly Celebration! 🌸✨

I’m so happy to bring a little spotlight back to one of my most joyful makes!! The Dawn to Dusk Cushion! This design has such a special place in my heart because it was inspired by those gentle shifts in colour we see from the first light of morning to the glow of early evening. Soft, warm, colourful, and full of movement, a little mood-lifting moment stitched into every round. 🌅💗💛

The cushion grows outward like a blooming flower, capturing those sunrise pinks, leafy greens, soft blues and golden highlights. Every round feels like a little petal opening. It’s one of those projects that’s soothing, rhythmic and such a pleasure to watch unfold.

Crafted in Yarnsmiths Cotton DK, the colours are beautifully crisp and vibrant, perfect for textured rounds and floral motifs. If you want to use the same palette, here are the shades used in the samples:

💗 Fondant Pink

🌸 Candyfloss Pink

💚 Olive Green

💙 Denim Blue

💛 Lemon Yellow

The cushion works beautifully in so many different palettes too, soft pastels, bold brights, sunset shades… it’s a lovely one for playing with colour.

This week, to celebrate the design, the Dawn to Dusk Cushion pattern on Etsy HERE.

🧵 Yarn packs:

Available now from Wool Warehouse HERE (they truly make the colour-choosing part so easy!).

Whether you’re making this cushion for your home or gifting it to someone special, I hope it brings you the same peace and colour it brought me when designing it.

Wishing you a cosy and creative week,

Helen 🌿✨

🌙Week 19 of 46 | This Week's Featured Pattern is the Midnight Blossoms Throw!💙

🌙 Midnight Blossoms Throw - A Blanket Full of Twilight Magic 🌸💙

This week we’re celebrating the Midnight Blossoms Throw, and honestly… this one feels like wrapping up in the calmest part of the evening. It has that soft, peaceful twilight vibe, the kind that makes you exhale a little slower and settle right in.

The design is based on the Follow the Sun Afghan, but with a deeper, duskier palette, richer tones, moody blues, and blossoms that stand out beautifully against the dark. It’s the kind of blanket you’ll want nearby all winter.

The pattern comes with step-by-step photos, exclusive videos, and a printable version, so you can make it completely stress-free. It works beautifully in DK acrylic yarns like Yarnsmiths Create DK, Stylecraft Special DK, or Scheepjes Colour Crafter.

🧶 Yarn Packs:

Wool Warehouse now has a ready-to-go yarn pack using Yarnsmiths Create DK in the exact colours used to recreate the throw:

• 7 × Deep Ocean (3236)

• 1 × Sienna Red (3094)

• 1 × Pinkberry (3374)

• 1 × Vintage Pink (3376)

• 1 × Rose Pink (3380)

• 1 × Olive Green (3187)

• 2 × Dark Sage (3202)

It’s a gorgeous mix that brings the blossoms to life against that deep, dreamy background, get your YARN PACK HERE.

Get the pattern HERE!

Grab a cosy drink, put on something gentle in the background, and let the evening colours bloom stitch by stitch.

Warmly,

Helen💙

💕 From Scarf to Blanket – Chevron Stitch Magic! 💕

One of my favourite things about crochet is seeing how one simple pattern can transform into something completely new, and this project is a perfect example of that! 🌸

My lovely friend Astri took the Chevron Infinity Scarf pattern and turned it into the most beautiful blanket! 🧣➡️🛏️

🧶 The Yarn

For her blanket, Astri used the Puffflower Mega Yarn Cake in the colourway “Mum’s Welsh Cake”, and just look at those dreamy tones! Check out the Mega Yarn Cakes HERE 💕🌷

This yarn fades softly through shades of pink, peach, and cream, giving the blanket a romantic ombré effect that’s perfect for showing off the chevron stitch. It’s a premium acrylic yarn, hand-tied for a smooth transition between colours and it works up beautifully!

I actually sent this yarn cake all the way from the UK 🇬🇧💌, and I couldn’t be happier with how stunning Astri’s blanket turned out. The gentle gradient reminds me of roses, strawberry ice cream, and a warm summer sunset 🍓🌸✨

🧵 The Pattern

Astri followed my Chevron Infinity Scarf pattern (which you can find for free on the blog 💕). Instead of chaining 49 for the scarf, she simply began with a longer foundation chain of 225 to make a blanket-sized version. Then she finished it off with these cute little pom poms from yarn she had left over from another project that matched perfectly!

The chevron stitch creates a lovely, wavy texture that highlights the yarn’s colour changes beautifully. It’s one of those easy, rhythmic patterns that’s so relaxing to crochet and looks far more complex than it actually is! 🌼

If you’d like to make your own, the pattern is completely free and includes step-by-step photos to guide you through each row, perfect whether you’re a confident beginner or a seasoned crocheter.

🌸 Endless Possibilities

What I love most about this pattern is how versatile it is!

You can use it to make:

• A cosy infinity scarf for chilly days ❄️

• A soft throw or blanket (like Astri’s beautiful version!) 🛏️

• Or even baby blankets in delicate pastel yarns 👶

It’s one of those timeless patterns you’ll come back to again and again! And it looks gorgeous in every colourway!

✨ Ready to Make Yours?

You can find the free Chevron Infinity Scarf pattern over on my blog, complete with step-by-step photos to help you along the way.

🧶 Just search Chevron Infinity Scarf in my blogs to start your own version today!

And if you try the blanket variation, I’d love to see it! Tag me @appleblossomdreams so I can share your beautiful makes 💕

Happy crocheting and pastel dreams!

Helen 🌸🧣

💚Week 18 of 46 | This Week's Featured Pattern is the Tri-colour Granny Rose Motif!💗

This week we’re celebrating something bright, happy, and full of colour! 

The Tri-Colour Granny Rose 2 Motif! 💛💚🌸💗

This little motif is part of my ongoing love affair with roses and colour play. It’s such a fun, stash-busting project, you can make just one for a coaster or a whole bunch for a blanket, pillow, or wall hanging!

The pattern includes plenty of step-by-step photos and links to helpful videos. 

🧶 You can find the pattern HERE on Etsy.

I hope you’ll join in the fun! It’s a cheerful little make that always brightens my day. 🌷

Happy crocheting!

Helen 🌸