The hat and the bag are now finished! That is, apart from the felting. Yet I can’t felt because I need to take some photos for the instructions and I can’t write the instructions because I messed up my website and need to redo all the Drops yarns and I can’t do that because it’s … More What happens next?
I have to admit that when I go anywhere I take either knitting or crochet with me and that includes going to church. So yesterday I’m at church and this lovely student comes in with a beautiful beret. It’s a fabric one made in a lovely wool with a thick bold stripe. The stripe accentuates … More Where do you find inspiration?
Yesterday was a busy day for me at my little cafe/yarn shop. I knew I had a new crochet course starting at 10.30 and always aim to be in work for 9am to set up the cafe and do any baking. Yesterday the baking didn’t all get done as my first customers (note the plural!) … More It’s funny what makes us tick
One of the main reasons I don’t charge for my patterns is that I don’t believe anything I do is actually 100% original. Despite doing a fashion course 15 years ago where we were told that just changing a pocket on a blouse adding or subtracting it, placing it in a different position etc created … More Nothing New Under the Sun
So I’m supposed to be knitting a beanie for my son. It’s going to have the Chicago Bears colours, with stripes on the turned up ribbing and then a Fair Isle design. On Friday I told him I’d aim to get it finished by Monday. Sadly, an over long car journey got in the way and … More What next?
I’ve done it. I can’t tell you how many mistakes I made and how many times I had to rip back the odd row or two. I just got so carried away with chatting, or watching tv that I wasn’t concentrating. It is now finished. It is warm. It is snuggly. My son thinks it’s … More Feather & Fan Neckwarmer
My friends think I have LOTS of WIPs ( works in progress) but in reality I only have a few. There’s the lovely aran jacket I started 7 years ago, a crochet blanket for a friend’s wedding gift, a hat for my son and a Minecraft cushion for the same son. I also have yarn … More Here I go again
Two years ago I knitted myself a pair of Mary Jane shoe style slippers from a DROPS pattern, apart from an accident involving our beloved dog, Tye, (who passed away last year) they’ve been fantastic and I still love them! The thing is, I’ve decided it’s time for a new pair but this time I … More Simple Slippers
I’ve got at least 2 ideas buzzing around in my head. Sadly, it will be a while before I can start either, but I could at least create the patterns only how can I test them? One pattern will take quite some time to create as it’s a top down Fair Isle sweater. To be … More Confusion
Laura’s Fair Isle Hat I can’t believe I made this hat in 2 days! Usually I pfaff about so much it takes an age to get anything done but with the knowledge of not being able to knit or crochet for a while after a carpal tunnel release operation I had to focus. The hat … More Laura’s Fair Isle Hat
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