She put her hands under the leaves and began to pull and push them aside. Thick as the ivy hung, it nearly all was a loose and swinging curtain, though some had crept over wood and iron. Mary’s heart began to thump and her hands to shake a little in her delight and excitement. The … More The journey – part one
I’m very excited about this blog post, because I have some brilliant news to share, and in connection with that, I am also finally going to be sharing pictures of my latest design. The pattern is going to be posted on Thursday 1st February (giving me time to finish tidying it up!), but since you … More The Secret Garden
I’m thrilled to be able to let you all know that Demelza is now available in Spanish! It’s been translated by the lovely Marisa Matamoros, and you can find the full translation here on Google documents.
I’m so gratified by everyone’s reaction to The Starry Night. I worked so hard on it, in secret, and it’s just so wonderful to know it’s so admired and to hear that it’s inspired so many of you to try freeform for yourselves. It’s a kind of crochet that I definitely want to do more … More Planning plans
So in my last blogpost I said that there was one more Christmas present I still had to show you, but that it needed its own post. This is it. This is Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, rendered in freeform crochet. Before we go any further into exploring this, let me stress that this was … More The Starry Night
I hope you all had a great Christmas 😀 mine was mostly quiet and peaceful, with lots of lovely yarn and lots of lovely food. And now that’s over, I can share some of the projects I’ve been working on over the autumn, because everyone now has their gift 🙂 This is Esther Chandler’s Summer … More Post-Christmas ta da!
I’ve done it! Twenty-four days of Advent, and twenty-four little ornaments made, one for each day. And I finished today’s early enough to photograph it, so I can write my final Advent blogpost today 😀 Yesterday I got this beautiful yarn, green-flecked on white. I decided to make this adorable little pair of mittens, because … More Advent – days 23 & 24
Still on track – just. Yesterday’s ornament was complete yesterday except for the sewing on of a button, which I did this morning. But it still counts, right? All the crochet part was done yesterday, anyway… On the twenty-first, I got this gorgeous striped purple and pink yarn. The pink is quite a funky not-quite-neon … More Advent – days 21 & 22
I meant to write this blog post earlier today, but the day rather ran away with me. However, I am still managing an ornament a day, hurrah! On the eighteenth, I got this dark, chocolate-y brown yarn. And tbh I was so pleased! I’ve been wanting to do a little gingerbread man ornament, and though … More Advent – days 18, 19 & 20
My pile of tissue-wrapped mini-skeins is beginning to look rather small 😦 but that means we’re nearly at Christmas, so I can’t be too sorry! I’m still managing an ornament a day, hurrah. On the sixteenth, I got this lovely multicoloured yarn. It made me think of tropical fruit but, on a more Christmassy note, … More Advent – days 16 & 17
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