Another baby gift :) As we didn’t know if it was going to be a boy or a girl I used this pretty green shade of yarn with contrasting cream. I figured I could add pink buttons for a girl and brown for a boy at the last minute. Well as you can probably guess…
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…
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. …
Phew, what a busy week I have been having! I really had to focus to finish this project in time for my sister-in-law’s birthday this week. My house looked like a craft shop had exploded by the time I was done! I spotted this pretty fabric and couldn’t resist it. It’s a printed cotton canvas,…
As promised, here is the matching Cowl to my Easy Textured Fingerless Gloves, which I posted last week. Once I had decided what to do with this yarn this set worked up nice and quickly, and are keeping me lovely and warm this November. I’m actually wearing them indoors to save putting on the heating…
I love this textured yarn! However, it took me a while to figure out what to do with it. I guess I have a tendency to want to try elaborate stitch patterns, but with a textured yarn fancy stitches just don’t show very well. Added to which they were not so flattering to showing the…
If you have been wondering what happened to the last in my series of jar candle covers, the wait is over! This would have been up sooner, but I thought it was worth interrupting the series for last week’s post on chocolate brownie cake… This variation on a jar cover is a lot more open…
I’ve been doing a lot of crochet recently, mostly because it’s my favourite, and also because it’s an easy travel project and we have been doing quite a bit of driving around this summer. Fortunately I have never been travel sick so I can put those hours in the car to good use! This week…
This is a slightly more closed pattern than my last design, Shells and Lace, but it is still lacy enough to let light through. The shell repeat is offset which I think makes for a prettier pattern. I planned to make this cover out of green only, but as I was using up old stash…
I designed this lacy pattern to let out plenty of light as the candle burns down, and cast pretty shadows around. If you want to make your own candles, as I did, see my previous post! Look out for the remaining jar patterns in my next couple of posts. Materials: Left over stash yarn and…
This week was my parents’ 30th wedding anniversary. We had a big family celebration last weekend; great weather and great food! My contribution was my chocolate mudcake, made in a heart shaped tin. I also made this picture as a gift for my parents. 30 years is pearl, but similarly to when my grandparents had…
I’m back! I had a lovely holiday and found lots of things to inspire me craft-wise. We went to Northumberland and stayed just outside Alnwick. Lots of sun, walking, countryside, castles, and wildlife. Not to mention my great family (who polished off my blueberry muffins and banana and chocolate chip slice in 2 days flat)!…
I don’t know about you, but I really love Indian henna art. I’ve never had it done because of how long it lasts. The other day it just occurred to me that I could crochet a bracelet with a similar effect – and this way it is non-permanent and I can put it back on…
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 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…
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