Jo Avery – the Blog

Teaching People to Crochet…

…is probably the most exhausting thing I have ever done! More on that later, lets look at some more of my baby owls first. They appear to be hatching out of the wool in this shot! I decided that a great way to promote the new wool range I am stocking in my shop was

Too Busy to Blog – Part 2

Phew! I have finally got to the end of my mammoth sewing and crocheting marathon! So here are the next batch of projects completed for my Bearpaw Craft Classes venture. Do you remember the Sleepy Owl Pyjama Case I made last year? Well here is his big brother Wide Awake Owl Doorstop! I thought this

An owl commission

 It’s about time we had some crochet here! I have been neglecting my crochet readers lately, even though I have actually been working on a new crochet blanket for the last few weeks (more on this soon). I have also been neglecting my owls and really need to top up the rather sad stock of

Granny Square Jumper

It looks like a regular granny square blanket… But, in fact, it’s a jumper! Or ‘sweater’ for our colonial cousins! You may remember me posting about this here, when I bought the wool at the Country Living Fair. The pattern is from the book ‘Crochet in no time’ by Melody Griffiths.   Well I worked

Dolls, Bees and Owls

I seem to have lots of different projects on the go at the moment. Some I have already started, and some I am still waiting to start, or rather I am at the design stage still. Like the Doll Quilt Swap. You may remember, I mentioned a few weeks back that I had got in

Oggle Owl Tutorial

Ok, here it is! At long last, my promised tutorial for these cute little crocheted owls I have been making for the last year. I have had lots of requests for this and I know some of you are really excited to get started! First of all let me tell you that I don’t consider

The Results!

Wow! I was totally blown away by the amount of entries I had to my 100th post giveaway! Thank you so much to everybody that entered and took the time to leave a comment. But there can be ONLY one winner. So here it is… Number 45 is Dara at A Very Good Coat Hook.

Sleepy Owl Pyjama Case

Brrr! It’s getting cold at night now, and at the end of the day all I want to do is climb into my jim-jams and curl up on the sofa with a bit of hand sewing or crocheting. But the next morning my pyjamas are just lying around on the bed! Now I am not

Crochet catch-up

I’ve been very busy in the sewing room over the last few weeks. Apart from all the scrappy-ness I showed you a few weeks back, I have also managed to make 8 cushion covers and 8 leaf needlecases for the shop. But in between all the sewing I have managed to get some crochet done

Bench cushions and a batch of owls

  I have been spending the last week making some things for the shop. I had a commission for some cushions which I really had to get on with and my Bearpaw display is looking a bit depleted, so I have decided to concentrate my efforts on making things to sell rather than to swap!