Ok, so these aren’t exactly origami – but they look like it, and what’s even better, they are super simple and fast to make up. Yes, really! All you need to know how to do is double crochet and slip stitch. And there’s minimal weaving in of ends and barely any seaming! With the added…
If you’ve been following my site (or my sister-in-law Helen Chandler’s site) for a while you’ll have twigged that she’s just about ready to pop with her second child. I was able to take time off this last week and squeeze in a quick trip down to London to go and visit her and the…
Are you feeling festive yet? I so enjoyed working on this project – the fun zig-zag pattern in Christmas colours have really got me in the mood for the holidays. And I’m excited because it is made as a first Christmas gift for my soon to be arriving niece. This stocking works up pretty quickly…
I’m a lucky girl – this week I got to kick my heels up at two different birthday celebrations. Two cards and two presents were needed, so I had fun rustling up these gifts. (You can find the pattern for my water lily here and for my shells and lace crochet jar cover here) I…
Don’t you just love a matching set? Luckily I had just enough yarn left over from making my icicles baby hat to make these cute booties. The heel/ankle part are worked in blossom stitch (the same as the main body of the hat) so you can also vary this one by changing the colours and…
I seem to be gravitating towards all things snowflake-y at the moment. I think it’s a combination of watching Frozen and looking forward to Christmas time. We’re looking forward to the arrival of a new niece in December so I have extra wintery things to crochet! I used blossom stitch for the main portion of…
I was pleasantly surprised on our return from two weeks away to discover that my tomato plants had survived fairly well intact. There was 1.5 kilos of tomatoes waiting to be picked! (in fact they are still producing even though it’s nearly November!) We eat a lot of cherry tomatoes because they are convenient for…
More stash busting yarn storage! I know one of the reasons my customisable rope basket has been popular is because of it’s rectangular shape. So I thought I’d expand on my patterns using the diamond trellis stitch and make a rectangular version of this round one! This rectangular version is also customisable – just do…
How well do you sleep? I sometimes have the problem of waking up really early in the morning, like around 4am, when it’s just getting light, or needing to sleep in the day if I have a bad headache. I think it happens when I haven’t been crocheting enough! Since I chopped off all my…
Sorry in advance if you were on a diet. Cake is a big priority in my husband’s life. The fact that I can bake may well be the reason he married me… His grandfather used to say to him “Marry a woman who can cook and you’ll always be happy”. Not unsound advice for someone…
Remember my Flower Trails Fingerless Gloves? Well this project is made using the left over single skein I had. I love making the puff flower stitch with this yarn, so I’ve used it again here – so this is a matching item if you like to match your purse and gloves! I think I’ll be…
Having just about got over the mortification of hearing the sound of my own voice, I thought another crochet video tutorial would be in order. (Thank you to everyone who gave me lovely feedback about my first crochet video – Diamond Trellis Stitch!) This time it’s the turn of the puff stitch flower. This stitch…
I’m very blessed to have a husband who remembers our wedding anniversary. If it wasn’t for him reminding me I think I’d forget every year! This year is 7 years for us. A great year because traditionally the gift given is wool… and this is what he chose for me! A lovely textured alpaca yarn…
As you may remember from my earlier post on bracelet patterns, I’m currently going through my old posts and adding pdf downloads to my patterns (in both US and UK crochet terms). As the weather seems to have turned chilly recently, I thought I’d move on to these scarf patterns instead. And I included the…
I got an exciting new toy this week! I’ve been wanting to get a new camera for a while. It’s always a bit of a struggle using my old compact camera to get good photos of my projects, especially when it’s cloudy outside. So I finally convinced my husband that now was the time to…
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