It has been a *ahem* while since I last posted. In the past few days I’ve been thinking about what my ‘breaking back into blogging’ post should be. Then I got tagged by the wonderful @pandagourgh on Instagram asking me to take part in the #twentyfactsaboutme game. Bingo, I thought. Here’s a way to reintroduce myself […]
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Now available as a PDF! This Pattern is now available as a print friendly PDF. You can find it here: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/614232730/crochet-pattern-no-fuss-fish-amigurumi I’ve just been lucky enough for this photo of my No Fuss Fish to be shared on The Crochet Crowd’s Facebook page and so many people are asking me for the pattern and tutorial […]
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I thought that since today is St Patrick’s Day it would be nice for the little ones to find a Pot of Gold waiting for them when they wake up. After all, isn’t that why we all love a rainbow? The promise that we might find some hidden treasure among the beautiful shimmering colours. So […]
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It has been a rather crazy week. There’s so much that’s happened that I want to share but it’s all top-secret for the time being, so I’m taking to bouncing around, generally annoying people and trying to keep myself from exploding with excitement. I know it’s annoying when people do that whole ‘I know something […]
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I was very kindly invited to join the World Wide Artist Blog Hop by the very lovely Julia of Dada Neon Crochet who is an amazing freeform crochet artist. She introduced me to the world of crochet beyond patterns and I highly recommend that you check out her blog and join in her crochet-a-long. It […]
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I am rather partial to a crochet cowl. They look great over t- shirts, keep your neck warm and don’t have any trailing ends that can get caught under a heel if you stand up too quickly. Not that you’d ever catch me doing something like that in front of a room full of people… […]
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Yeehaw! If you are looking for a free cactus crochet pattern then you have come to the right place. This little fellow is quick, simple and would make a fun addition to your desk or last minute gift for a friend. Best of all, it is a plant that even I can’t kill. 😉 To […]
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As I sit and type this I cannot quite believe what is happening. In fact, because I am so stunned, I am having to write this down just to make it seem real. Two days ago I had a thought. I had been scrolling through my Facebook news feeds for both my personal and page […]
Continue readingAs someone who spends their life creating patterns and working from them over and over again to make sure they are just right, the world of free form crochet is a little scary. Ok, a lot scary. I mean, I have always admired the organic, crazy, spontaneous freeform crochet creations as I scrolled through the […]
Continue readingYesterday we treated ourselves to a rather lovely day out at the annual Winchester Hat Fair. I hadn’t been since I was a little girl and now I have two of my own I thought it was time to revisit the slightly strange, weird and highly entertaining attraction which takes over Winchester, Hampshire for three […]
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