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
(This post contains affiliate links) Craft number 9, I actually started this months and months ago, but had it as one of my many works in progress. I saw the pictures on my desk last week, and decided that I needed something colourful near my desk. Time to dig this out of the bag, and… Read More New craft number 9 – Loom Weaving
(This post contains affiliate links, you pay no more for the items, but I earn a small commission should you buy via my link) Have you noticed how much more productive I’m become over the last few weeks? Well there are two very good reasons for this. It’s made a huge difference to me and… Read More Being more productive – Reason 1
I had the summer off, no new crafts at all, too much entertaining the little people in the school holidays, so to be honest, not much crochet was actually done either. Luckily, I’d got a head start on my crafts, one a month was needed to get to 12 by the end of the year,… Read More New Craft Number 8 – Silver Clay
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
If you read my last post, you’d of seen we went to a local sunflower field as a trip in the school holidays, and I just had to come home and have a little play with some yarn. (Where has the summer gone, just realised I didn’t post this, after spending the time writing it,… Read More Sunflower Applique Pattern
