Don’t you just love a matching set? Luckily I had just enough yarn left over from making my icicles baby hat to make these cute booties. The heel/ankle part are worked in blossom stitch (the same as the main body of the hat) so you can also vary this one by changing the colours and…
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…
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…
You may have noticed that I don’t tend to make a lot of toys. I think it’s mostly because I quite like to get on with a pattern without constantly checking how each row needs to be worked. However, this little elephant kept catching my eye on Ravelry and Pinterest, and I thought he’d make…
How cute are these little hearts? These heart strings are quick to make and can be used for lots of craft projects. Mini garlands, gift wrapping, bracelets and even as a fancy edging. I tied some round a jar candle as an easy alternative to making a jar cover! The best bit is it is…
I have wanted to try crocheting with some lace weight yarn for a while, and since it is nearly summer and I found a single ball of Rowan fine lace yarn in the sale bin I thought I’d go for it. I didn’t think working in lace weight would really be much different to working…
I’ve recently been given the book 200 Crochet Stitches by Sarah Hazell. Just flicking through makes me want to start a bunch of new projects and I’ve been itching to try most of the stitch patterns. It was my friends’ daughter’s 1st birthday last week and so it seemed the perfect opportunity to try out…
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,…
Do you ever get drawn to certain colour combinations? At the moment I’ve been feeling really drawn to greens mixed with whites. I obviously need snowdrops to start blooming – haven’t we had enough winter yet? This last Saturday I got to have a proper lazy day. Lately it seems like we’ve been really busy,…
Happy New Year to you all! I’ve been looking forward to getting back into my normal routine of making and blogging, especially with my fractured elbow now fully healed up. I’ve got a tricky project on the go at the moment (much frogging and sad violin music) so here’s one I made earlier… This one…
A few weeks ago I was feeling a little stressed. I can’t even remember what about now! To snap myself out of it I pulled out a good selection of beads and started playing around, seeing what went together. I’m telling you, it’s a better cure for stress than chocolate, especially as it doesn’t contain…
Those of you who “like” my page on facebook will know that last week I had the misfortune of fracturing my elbow. (It was a bike/ice/corner combination of events resulting in me now needing to wear a sling for 4-6 weeks.) So I haven’t been able to do much crafting recently! :( Fortunately I had…
Those of you who have been following this blog for a while may well remember this project from last year. It is an advent calendar I made for my (now aged 4) niece – with the idea that each year we will refill it with little gifts for her as her Christmas present from us. …
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…
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