Yes I know I am a day early but I might not get near the computer tomorrow so I thought I would just get on with my ‘Valentine’s Day’ post today.You may remember my earlier idea of ‘felted, crocheted, beaded circles’ (really must think of a catchier name!) that I featured in an earlier post. …
I was staring at a painting of topiary trees in flower pots a few weeks back, just letting my mind wander… hmmm, what a lovely shape, I’m sure I could recreate that somehow…And here is the result – Little Tree Pin cushions!It took a while to get them right and even now they are still …
I came across this crochet design on Flickr and it really fascinated me. It was designed by Sarah London who has a really inspiring blog with amazing colours and patterns. She had made available a free downloadable tutorial for this pattern. This is still available here. It took me a long time to get the …
Seeing as I might be moving everything out of my little sewing room quite soon, I thought it would be nice to share some of it with you. So here is a little peek at some very select parts of it. This is because the rest of it is so horrendously messy that I am …
There are lot’s of big changes happening in my life at the moment. I think this seems to be the case for a lot of people, perhaps something to do with the planets! We are doing some major re-structuring with our business in an attempt to survive the recession and this should mean that, once …
I have been having great fun making these crochet corsages for Christmas presents. Each one is a bit different as I am making then up as I go along. I couldn’t really find a pattern I liked so have just been experimenting. It is very satisfying putting the different colour combinations together and choosing the …
We had a lovely weekend away visiting our friends, Sarah and Tim, in Wales. On the Saturday we went for a trip to Tetbury in the Cotswolds, famous for it’s antique shops. I was desperate for some wool to start experimenting with corsages for Christmas presents, so had checked ahead that there was definately a …
I have recently been popping in to the lovely wool shop, K1 Yarns, in Victoria Street (in the Old Town in Edinburgh) for supplies of black wool to finish the Granny Square Afghan. It is a gorgeous shop in one of my favourite shopping streets in Edinburghhttp://www.k1yarns.co.uk/with friendly staff and nice comfy chairs to sit …
Finally completed, after 18 years!Well that’s when I started the middle (slightly faded) part of this blanket, as a cot quilt for Jacob (now 17). I obviously washed it a few times so that part has fused and almost ‘felted’ nicely.As this was the first thing I had ever crocheted, I was very fond of …
First of all let me say that I’m really not that ‘in to’ owls. I know they keep popping up on this blog but I have an excuse for each appearance. Honestly. I know some people are obsessed with owls and collect them but that really isn’t ‘me’!I came across that first ‘Abraham owl’ pattern …