Super excited to share with you my latest commissions, and for a new magazine! The great Crochet Now, due out on the 21st December, but subscriber copies are arriving through post boxes all over the UK now. In fact mine has just arrived today! Big thanks to Crochet now for letting me use there photos… Read More Crochet Now Issue 36
So remember the Cygnet Seriously chunky metallics yarn, well I knew exactly what I wanted to make with the Lithium. Just look at this red, it’s absolutely stunning, and crying out to be made into something Christmasy. Needless to say, it didn’t take me long, and I was crocheting away with my Clover 10mm hook.… Read More Festive Fun Crochet Christmas Stocking
It’s not a surprise to anyone to discover that I like love chunky yarn. Why? Well it’s because you can make something super quickly! I think I’m fundamentally a lazy crafter, give me a 10 or 12 mm hook and some nice thick yarn and I’ll be super happy. I think this is part… Read More Cygnet Seriously Chunky Metallics – Yarn review
It’s getting cold here in the UK, and last year I made myself an infinity cowl, and never got around to writing it up. My famous words are, when anyone sees me wearing something I’ve made. I’m honestly starting to sound like a broken record! So, finally, I have sat down to let you know… Read More Whirlette Wonders Infinity Cowl
I am absolutely massive fan of this technique. It’s my go to for any project, so I’ve decided to share a little tutorial with you. I first tried this technique when I made one of the squares from the Repeatcrafterme site – a Father Christmas Head, which I made one of, but really I should… Read More Corner to Corner crochet Video
It’s 100 years since the end of the 1st world war, and in the UK we remember this with the Poppy Appeal run by the British Legion, where we all wear poppies from the end of October, to 11th November – Remembrance Sunday. I’ve made poppies over the years, and sold them with all monies… Read More Free poppy patterns
Hello, In the boiling hot summer, I was commissioned to make this little A line dress I’d submitted as an idea to Simply Crochet. The yarn arrived, a beautiful 10% Alpaca from King Cole called Timeless, and I set to work. This was a joy to make and design, and the yarn is so so… Read More Simply Crochet issue 77
If you’ve followed me for a while, or have had a little nose around my blog, you’ll have seen that I teach crochet as well as make and design things. I actually own and run a bespoke craft cabin in my back garden, where I’m lucky enough to be able to do what I absolutely… Read More The Makers’ Cabin bag
As I said in my last post, I’m a little bit obsessed by pumpkins currently. It the most autumnal thing, along with the leaves turning and the berries appearing in the hedgerows that mean the end of summer (Although we’re having a super hot day of 25 degrees C today, and the sun is shining).… Read More Pumpkin fever
Happy Autumn everyone. Now this to me signifies the end of the summer, the end of sunny days, and almost certainly a time when I want to hibernate. I’ll be in bed, or struggling to stay awake from when it starts to get dark. It means cosy nights in front of the fire, under lots… Read More Pete the 30 minute/ 1 ball Pumpkin