Fair Isle Knitting
I have always admired Fair Isle knitting. It is a style of stranded colour work using two or more colours each row with a colour held in...
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- Jan 14
Where it all began...
As you will have seen from my about me piece I learnt to crochet after dropping into Fudges Haberdashery and Wool Shop here in Cullompton...
- Jan 8
Bluebird's Basic Sock Pattern
It's a pretty awful day out there here in Mid-Devon, dark and raining. So whilst I work on a new sock pattern I thought I'd publish my...
- Jan 7
Exploring free form crochet
I’m kicking off a year of weekly blog posts with freeform crochet. It’s something that has pinged up on my Pinterest pages time and time...
- Jan 1
2021 over and out
Well that was it, another odd year done and dusted. The new normal of being at home hasn't been difficult for me to get used to, it is...
- Dec 7, 2021
Home Stay CAL Part 2
Morning from a very wet and windy Devon. I think I can safely say that winter is definitely here. It feels awful because we just...
- Nov 29, 2021
New Service - Tech Editing
In September I stumbled across a Facebook advert for an Introduction to Tech Editing Course run by Carol Ibbetson at Cool Wool Designs. ...
- Nov 26, 2021
One down, one to go
Yesterday evening I did my first craft market for around four years at the local Community College to raise funds for the PTFA. I had...
- Nov 5, 2021
Crochet Heart Keyring
After making decorations for the Christmas Market's I'm doing this year I wanted to add something to my stall that was not Christmas and...
- Oct 28, 2021
Christmas Crochet Star
I've not done a craft market for four years but with being at home and discovering crochet baubles (why have I never made one of those...
- Oct 28, 2021
Home Stay Crochet Along 2021 has landed!
It's been 15 months in the making, writing and testing but my sixth crochet along is up and running. The introduction is shared here...
- Sep 13, 2021
Monday, socks and new ventures
I've been busy designing and knitting socks playing with different patterns and yarns. Today I've taken the plunge to put up my first...
- Jan 30, 2021
The Wonders of a Diary
New Years Resolutions, a bit like buying a diary never seem to last for me and I suspect for a great many other people too. All those...
- Jan 22, 2021
How's the weather looking?
Its cold, crisp and sunny here in Devon today with a brilliant blue sky, miles away from the dark and damp day yesterday. The weather...
- Jan 4, 2021
New Year, New Socks
So here we are, we made it through 2020 and 2021 has opened its doors. I would love to spout on about all the positives that are ahead...
- Dec 11, 2020
Where it all began...a not so long time ago
Morning, I had grand plans when I started this page that I'd do a post a week. Well...as we all know best laid plans and all that get...
- Nov 24, 2020
Day One, Blog Post Number One...They are Among Us
Well I've finally got around to doing this, creating a website and blog that in time can expand to somewhere you can find all my...