I’ve been sitting on this news for a few months, but it’s now official – I have joined Stylecraft’s merry band of Blogstars! I’m so glad I can share this with you all at last 😀 it’s terribly exciting! I love Stylecraft yarns, and I’m looking forward to sharing that yarn love with you all. … More An announcement
I love that ‘ta da’ feeling of finishing a project, don’t you? 😀 So ta da! My finished ringbinder cover. Ooh, I had fun doing this project. It was a nice little stitch sampler, a good way to use up those small odds and ends of yarn, and a unique finished object 😀 And now … More Ta da! Ringbinder cover
My mother and I have a running joke about boxes and tins. Like a biscuit tin, or a tin that some chocolates came in, or a nice, sturdy, decorative cardboard box that maybe had a mug in it originally, or something like that. One of us – usually, I admit, me – will always say … More
As promised yesterday, pictures of the baby blanket I’ve worked up over the last fortnight. It’s been washed and blocked and now it’s all ready to go off to the mother-to-be, whose first child is due in May. It’s a paid pattern (though not an expensive one), Rings of Change by Frank O’Randle. I used … More Ta da!
Don’t you love that ‘new project’ feel? The excitement, the anticipation, the glorious mountains of yarn to squish and choose from? I’ve not been idle, the past fortnight, butI haven’t done any designing. I made some little amigurumi Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for a friend’s children (and consequently had the cartoon theme music on repeat … More New project 😀
You remember how I felt so good, when I was working on Granny Blues, about stashbusting and reducing the maaassive piles of yarn hidden in various corners of the house? Yes. Well. Ahem. Yesterday I finished the Sunflowers blanket. Yay! No pictures yet, I’m waiting for the pattern testers to finish it up, and then … More The first step is admitting the problem
…a pile of squares, ends all sewn in, ready to be worked together into a blanket. Is there a better feeling than this? Well, when it’s all finished that’ll be pretty good too 😀
I always say that a blanket will find a home eventually. My brother is visiting this weekend, and on being offered the stash bust Granny Blues blanket, he eagerly snatched it up. The blues match some cushions I made for him for Christmas 2015, so it will fit in well in his living room. I’m … More Granny Blues finds a home
Sometimes, when crocheting a blanket, I get to a point where it feels I’m doing more sewing in ends than actual crochet. The other day I didn’t get any crochet done at all, I spent the whole day sewing in ends. It’s always the small squares that get me – they take much less time … More How to secure ends without driving yourself bananas
I’m excited to be able to tell you that the Ross Poldark blanket is now available in Dutch – and, as an added bonus, there is now a stitch diagram for all of its components, too! The lovely sannemethorst on Ravelry translated the Demelza pattern last year, and has now finished the Ross blanket too. … More Ross in Dutch
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