I’m not a knitter. I don’t ever usually admit that I can knit. I learnt to knit when I was probably about 7, my mum taught me, but from what I can remember she used to cast on for me, then I knitted, and then she would probably cast off the square I’d eventually made… Read More New craft number 6 for 2018
It’s time to finally show you the blanket that I made at the end of last year. I’d made lots and lots of circles and changed them into squares which you can read all about in some previous posts I made. The final layout was decided pretty quickly – before I could change my mind!… Read More Starburst Blanket Finished!
Hello, haven’t been here for a while. Computer technical issues, don’t get me started, but no internet, then folders on the iMac not working, then photos not finding my phone, have all put paid to me posting lately. I’ve been so busy crafting there has been no time to type, but that’ll be in another… Read More Circles everywhere
Who else here enters all these competitions on social media, longing to win, but then with the other thousands of people who enter, never win anything? I enter a few , all yarn based of course……… and I got the best message ever on Friday late afternoon by a tag on Instagram. yarnandcolorsAnd the winners… Read More Yarn and Colours
It had to be done – a trip to a yarn store while in New York. I wasn’t planning on going, I hadn’t research at all. I posted a photo on Instagram and a friend commented that Knitty City and Lion Brand Yarn Studio were worth a visit. So I googled and found where… Read More Lion Brand Yarn Studio
OK…… so this is something I’ve been wanting to make for a while, so I thought on this very dull, cold and rainy morning in August that I’d finally spend a bit of time making one! I have my own succulent that lives next to the computer and its thriving! The star of many an… Read More Cosy Plant Pot Pattern
Unveiling the new soft toy design……….I’ve finally received the message I’d been waiting for. A lady who’d been pattern testing for me me sent back her notes….. so finally I can share Violet the Unicorn with you all! She is adorable, and measures a huge 50cm from hooves to horn! So why Violet?… Read More Violet the Unicorn – the pattern
I’ve been so busy designing things lately its crazy to think that I’ve made. I finished my jumper, which was supposed to be a cardigan at its outset, it was frogged many many times!!!! I’ll hopefully write about that soon, I’m sat typing this post wearing it as the British Weather has been true to… Read More Crescent Moon Crochet Necklace
I’ve never really been a fan of Mandalas or doilies as us British people tend to call them until……… I started seeing these amazing mandalas all over the place on instagram. I was going on another very long plane trip, and thought I’d have a go. Now the problem with this is that you can’t… Read More Mandalas
A while I ago, I had a go at dyeing some yarn, and told you all about it in a blog post. I then had this bright idea and posted a skein of it, and a 3.5mm hook to my BBB, the lovely Louise at Red Haired Amazona all the way in Oz, and set her… Read More Cable cuffs