A fortnight or so ago, a friend brought me back a present from her recent trip to the Isle of Mull. ‘I’ve brought you some eggs,’ she said, handing me this : Now this seemed a little strange, because my mother and I keep chickens. We currently have five chickens in the back garden, all … More A hen that lays…yarn?
Last Thursday, I discovered I’d made a mistake in one of my squares. Then I discovered I’d made the same mistake in eighteen other squares. Nineteen squares out of twenty – the twenty 9″ squares for my latest blanket. I’ve been working them conveyor-belt style, all the rounds one, then all the rounds two, three, … More If mountains were easy to climb…
Ooh, it looks as though the news is out. Yes, a Ross Poldark CAL will begin on 11th July, and runs for seven weeks. I’ve been working for some time with Pippin Crochet Club and Stylecraft on this joint venture, so it’s lovely to finally be able to let you all know about it. Perfect … More Ross Poldark CAL
I’ve been asked if I have a colourway for Eve’s Sunflowers using Stylecraft Special DK, so I’ve been having a play with my yarn pegs to see what I could come up with. I will stress that this is not in any way a ‘colour pack’ – I don’t know what quantities of each colour … More Eve’s Sunflowers – alternate colourways
Don’t you love looking at a pile of crocheted squares, all neat and uniform, ends sewn in and everything? Me too. It makes it look like I’m making such wonderful progress, doesn’t it? And I think it’s fair to say that appearances are not too deceiving, in this case. So far I’ve made twenty-eight 3″ … More Progress report
I’ve been a bit quiet here for the last couple of weeks – sorry! I’ve been busily working on my current blanket design, which is going really well, and I’ve not had spare brain energy to sit down and write a blog post. However! I now have some exciting news to share with you all … More
No matter how many blankets I’ve made, I never quite seem to get over the moment of panic of ‘have I chosen the right colours?!’. Sometimes that moment lasts seconds, sometimes hours, sometimes days. Sometimes it doesn’t happen at all. When I was making the Demelza blanket, I second-guessed my colours right up until I … More Colours abound
The Demelza blanket is one year old today 😀 it was exactly a year ago that I published the pattern on Ravelry, expecting very little to come of it, but very proud of accomplishing what I’d set out to achieve. It had been hard work, at times demoralising and at times thrilling, but publishing the … More One year old
Thank you all for the lovely comments and reactions to the ‘Eve’s Sunflowers’ blanket 😀 I’m so glad you all like it, and I’m so excited to see other people begin to make it. I’m hard at work on my next blanket – three square patterns are written, so I’m a good third of the … More
I am so happy to finally be sharing this with you all! Ta da! Eve’s Sunflowers blanket. Ohhh, this one was a long time coming, but here it is at last 😀 Look at all those lovely sunflowers! This was a special request blanket. My beloved aunt/godmother, Eve, was admiring another blanket I’d done in … More Eve’s Sunflowers
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