Flower Corsage

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…

Children’s Hats

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…

Chained Scarf with Picot Edging

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…

Crochet Cards

Sometimes I don’t have quite the right “focal point” for a card I want to make.  Recently I have been using my crocheting skills to make cards like these which are 3D, but also post friendly as they can get squashed through the Royal Mail’s 5mm slot without being damaged. I did the tree for…

Triple Layer Petals Flower Pattern

Triple Layer Petals Flower Pattern I use these flowers all the time to decorate bags, cards, hats, and make brooches.  It’s actually an extension of this double layer petal flower pattern, which can be made into a square for blankets etc.  Personally I think an odd number of petals looks nicer, so I have modified…