A while ago I mentioned that Bianca of Bianca’s Crochet Palace was planning to make video tutorials for The Secret Garden blanket, having successfully tackled videos for Eve’s Sunflowers, and I’m thrilled to be able to share all the links with you now. She’s made videos in both English and Dutch for the full blanket, … More The Secret Garden – video tutorials
I’m glad you’ve all enjoyed hearing about my design journey for this blanket. And at last pattern publishing day is here! Here’s all the stuff you need to know. I used Stylecraft Special DK in the following colours: White, aster, bluebell, violet, plum, vintage peach, gold, mustard, saffron, lemon, buttermilk, pistachio, cypress. I used approximately: … More The Secret Garden – pattern
The sun was shining inside the four walls and the high arch of blue sky over this particular piece of Misselthwaite seemed even more brilliant and soft than it was over the moor. The robin flew down from his tree-top and hopped about or flew after her from one bush to another. He chirped a … More The journey – part two
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
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