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…
I was really hoping to have my latest crochet project ready to share with you this week. However, I’m only half way through. Funny how some projects seem to progress slower than expected! Last year we had a great time at our local pick your own. We haven’t made it so far this year –…
Recently I have been lusting after calf length skirts a lot. The problem with just going out and buying one is firstly, we are meant to be saving up for our upcoming trip to North America (wahoo!) and secondly, since I’m a long legged creature, calf length skirts tend to hit me just on the…
I’m so excited to share this latest pattern with you all! I love it for its versatility – and possibly even more than my shooting stars cowl… It’s called multiplicity because there are so many ways to wear it. So far I have counted about 10! The other awesome thing is that this can easily…
It’s been really exciting to see a lot of new followers to this blog recently. If you’ve only just signed up then you might have missed these fun bracelet projects. I’ve decided to go through my old posts and make pdf printables for the crochet patterns (something I only started doing quite recently). Since it’s…
I’d anticipated getting lots done these last 2 weeks. Last year I made this Avalon top whilst watching Wimbledon. Well this year I seem to have just watched Wimbledon and not made anything whilst doing so… whoops! Consequently I’ve had had a bit of a making frenzy and started about 6 projects in one go. …
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