Granny square detail bag Last winter I spotted a cool granny square scarf in a magazine. It had a designer price tag so of course there was no way I could afford it. At the time I was just getting into crocheting and so I decided to make my own! It turned out pretty good…
I mentioned it was my husband’s birthday last week; well I think it’s a tradition in most offices to take in cakes on your birthday. He asked if I would mind baking him some to take in and of course I said I would! There were about 30 to feed so I made a batch…
Both my parents are musical. Unfortunately I didn’t inherit the musical genes- although my singing voice could be described as “creative” if you were being kind about my ability to hold a tune! The good news is that I have a brother, who is musical, and creative in the right way. He writes his own…
One thing that is good about making my own cards is the chance to make a card which has something which fits the other person. I think it is often quite hard to get good cards for guys, and trying to find one which doesn’t have a picture of beer or a football on it is…
Looking back over my food blogs I realise I never write about savoury dishes. I think the main reason is I tend to be quite free with most of my ingredients (thus making it hard to write down how much I have used) and also whatever I make gets eaten right away, which doesn’t allow…
I’ve got several projects on the go at the moment, and I really should be getting on with finishing some of them. But the trouble with blogging is it can be easy to get distracted seeing what everyone else is up to! This flower corsage by Veldagia looked cool but easy and I thought I’d give…
If you have been following my blog you will have realised that I like to crochet. I learned to knit before I learned crocheting but I have never been very good- I think the main problem with knitting is it takes longer (ok, I should probably practise more!) and I’m not very patient person. So…
I like a quick project to make me feel productive. I often find that in between big projects I want to keep busy but I don’t always want a challenging pattern. Making hats (particularly child-sized ones) is pretty quick and also useful for when I need a baby gift. The girl hats are based on…
A few years ago my father-in law gave me about 2kgs of plums. I like plums but am not a fan of them cooked, so I had to look at a way of using them up other than stewing and freezing them! I heard about this book on jams and chutneys on Women’s Hour (which…
I love projects which use things I already have. This is a cool way of using up those left over bits of wool when you have finished a larger project. I saw a necklace that used this construction method (which is knitted rather than crocheted) and wondered if I could make something similar using crochet.…
Update: Find how to make these bracelets here! I realise I haven’t posted anything new for a few days. It’s not because I’ve been slacking, it’s just because I have started on two projects, both of which are going to take a bit longer to complete due to the size or lack of all the…
I’ve been asked how to plait this bracelet (pattern here) once it has been finished with the strands all straight. This is a lot easier to explain using pictures, so here’s how I did it: You can repeat this process to make more plaits but you will need to alternate this method with the mirror…
I posted earlier about my basic muffin recipe and how I add to it or modify it depending on what ingredients have or what I feel like eating. I thought I would show you another variation which I made the other day so you can see how easy it is to make your own flavours.…
I like the round petal flower I usually make a lot but I wanted to make a flower which had pointy petals to reflect the picot edging of the scarf I recently made so that they went together. Here’s what to do if you want to make one the same. I used a 3mm crochet…
Sometimes when I flick through a pattern book a certain one just seems to say “make me”. Well this shawl pattern from Cute and Easy Crochet jumped out at both me and my mum so I knew I would have to make one for her at some point! I picked up this linen-mix yarn in the…
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