Advent – days 1 & 2

I have successfully achieved ornaments for both days one and two of my yarn advent calendar 😀 and both of them were completed on the day – though yesterday’s needed a gentle overnight block, which is why I didn’t post about it yesterday. Yesterday, on the first, I opened my first little package and found … More Advent – days 1 & 2

Ready for Advent

I love Advent calendars. Opening up a door each day, counting down to Christmas…I love it. When I was little, my mother always found us ‘proper’ Advent calendars, with beautiful pictures and lots of glitter. No chocolate calendars for us! Her mother (my grandmother) was German, and always had traditional glittery Advent calendars sent over … More Ready for Advent

Tension

I am a perfectionist. Absolutely a perfectionist. I acknowledge it, I own it, it’s part of who I am, as a person and as a crocheter. That’s okay. It’s what drives me on, what pushes me to stick with it, particularly when designing – the knowledge that I can achieve perfection, as long as I … More Tension

Bits and bobs

I’m still very much working on projects that I just can’t share with you yet (don’t blame me, blame friends and family who read my blog!), but a sneak peek of this one won’t give much away, and since I’m doing something new (to me) with it, I thought I could wrangle a blog post … More Bits and bobs

Stashbust ta da!

Sometimes you’ve just got to stash bust. You’ve just got to. Part-balls and full balls and random bits and pieces that just have to be used. Storage space stuffed to the maximum. Bags of yarn spilling over into other areas of the house. No room for purchasing more yarn for another project (like, say, my … More Stashbust ta da!

The Four Seasons

I love the ‘ta da!’ moment of showing off a finished object, and it’s always fun showing off a latest design. So here it is. Ta da! My latest little design project: a set of four, seasonally-themed, wall hanging decorations. Aren’t they pretty? Let’s have a closer look. I’m so pleased with how these have … More The Four Seasons