Happy New Year! I read that most New Year’s resolutions fail in the 2nd week. I don’t know if the reason is that they are often too unsustainable or if it’s just that most of us don’t have the necessary resolve required. Maybe we are just too ambitious? I haven’t made any for the last…
This is one of my favourite items made this Christmas. It was for my sister in law and made out of cotton yarn as she cannot always wear wool next to the skin. Using cotton gave better stitch definition which I think works well with this design. I love the effect of little crocheted squares…
Well, who would have thought sitting around eating too much turkey would be so tiring? Fortunately I have a back log of Christmas gift items to blog about so no need to worry about starting any new projects for a few days (assuming I can resist of course)! I think homemade chutney makes a lovely…
I have also been busy making a few items for my shop and have had my first custom order! I love the dark pink and white version requested by my customer, which I would not have thought of doing myself. Do let me know if you fancy anything similar made for you! Flower pattern here.
I love Christmas, but it certainly is getting in the way of my blog writing! I have been pretty busy the last few weeks with various activities (and a cold, yuck!) and now I am frantically trying to get my last lot of Christmas presents made. I can’t post most of these till they have…
We had some friends visiting last weekend and I wanted to bake something in advance for us to have as dessert so I wouldn’t spend the whole time in the kitchen. I was pretty busy finishing off the advent calendar I was making so I turned to this old favourite recipe of mine which I…
This year I decided to make my nieces Christmas present- an advent calendar with pockets to hold a little gift for each day. I’m hoping that it will get used again in future years and we can buy the gifts each year! I thought it would take a day or two but I definitely should…
I signed up a while ago to say that I could demonstrate crochet at my nearest Hobbycraft (Warrington, UK). They got back to me and I’m going to be in store on 17th November! I’m quite excited about this as I like to share my skills, and they have said that I can bring along…
It is really starting to feel like winter to me, which means soup is back on the menu. I was planning on making a pumpkin soup but my local shop was all out, so I came up with this combination instead. It does a great job of both warming and filling you up! I am…
I included these in a previous post about a gift I made for my mum. I found that they are quite handy for all kinds of things- gift bags, batching up yarn and ribbons, and as mini work bags when I am working on a small project (like some of these Christmas decorations I have…
My grandparents are coming up on their 60th wedding Anniversary in a few months’ time and I have been thinking about making them some “his and hers” diamond themed scarves as a gift (since we can’t afford to give them actual diamonds)! I came across this diamond infinity scarf, and I think it could work…
I mentioned in one of my recent posts that there is a reason for my lack of posts in October. I have been working on making items for my new shop on etsy. It is called Bunty’s Cottage and you can check it out here. I have also set up another blog to go with…
Baking is currently being made difficult by my lack of a functioning oven. So here’s a recipe I can cook just on the hob; I make this recipe (and variations on it) fairly frequently. We aren’t vegetarians but we try to keep meat consumption down, partly because it is cheaper and partly because veggie food…
Yes, I do know it is too early to be thinking about Christmas. But, in my defence, I actually made these decorations last year. I just didn’t get round to finishing them in time for last Christmas! We have been having a big clear out in the last few weeks and I unearthed these and…
It seems I have been slipping a bit when it comes to getting round to writing blog posts. The good news is that I have been busy making quite a few different things, so the reason I haven’t posted in a while is that the making has taken priority over blogging about it for a…
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