Thank you for all your lovely, kind, compassionate comments on my last post. I haven’t been able to bring myself to answer them individually, but please know that it meant a great deal to me. I wanted to share with you a piece of crochet that I worked on over the last couple of weeks. … More One last gift
An awful lot has happened in my life since I last sat down to write a blog post. To be precise, my wonderful, amazing, strong, determined mother passed away on Friday 11th December, aged 64 years. It was not unexpected. She’d been in the local hospice for some weeks, where it was increasingly obvious that … More
Well, here in England we are back in lockdown, though to be honest that doesn’t really change much for me. With my mum extremely clinically vulnerable, and me just ordinarily clinically vulnerable, we’ve basically been shielding all along, hospital appointments/visits excepted. However, to combat the doom and gloom of the wider world, here in my … More A Wheatfield, With Cypresses
Sometimes you’ve just got to amigurumi. Or at least I do. I started crocheting, many moons ago, with amigurumi – dolls, animals, play food – and I still enjoy a good amigurumi pattern, particularly when I’m in the mood to make something quick. Say for Christmas, or a child’s birthday that I’d forgotten about 😀 … More The Three Witches
This is a very brief update, but I had to share it with you all. Yes! YES!!! Okay, so there’s still work to do. Ends to sew in, brush strokes to do in surface crochet, edges to straighten, right angles to be perfected. I estimate about 3-4 more days work on it, in total. But! … More Wheatfields – progress update #6
I’m so excited to say that there are now video tutorials for my blanket Candyfloss Daydreams – in English, Dutch, and Arabic! Bianca of Bianca’s Crochet Palace, who has made videos for Eve’s Sunflowers and The Secret Garden, has done videos in English and Dutch for Candyfloss Daydreams. The Dutch playlist can be found here, … More Candyfloss Daydreams – in translation!
Today’s update is brought to you by the words ‘flatness’, ‘squareness’, and ‘arrrrrrrgh’. I mean, it’s okay? It’s getting there? But I’m definitely having to do some fiddling around to a) keep it flat (because it’s a picture, it therefore has to be flat – texture notwithstanding), and b) keep it squared off. Siiiiigh. It … More Wheatfields – progress update #5
I have been trying, and failing, to write a blog post for the last month. The reality of having ME is that sometimes my words fail me – literally. I have not had words, this past month. Between the heat in August and my mother being seriously ill in hospital (sepsis is no fun), I’ve … More A very weary ta da
Phew, isn’t it hot? At least, it is in my corner of East Anglia! Hot, dry and with only the barest of breezes, today, to make things a little more bearable. I do not do well in heat. I may have mentioned this before, like every single summer ever. Sigh. However, I am still crocheting, … More Wheatfields – progress update #4
It’s been a bit of a rocky few weeks here in my corner of the world (my mum’s been in and out of hospital, which takes its toll on both of us!), and I’m conscious that I have two projects and a Wheatfields update to share with you all but…I have not got around to … More Adventures in yarn-dyeing
