3Vote!
Diaries Of An Obsessive Compulsive (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Last night I couldn't sleep (again..) so I did some serious crocheting and got my Knitted Character finished! Here he is! Yay! I'm really happy with the way he turned out, and my Mum loved him! So I've typed up the pattern to share on here. Please don't sell this pattern or sell anything made from it as the character is probably copyrighted. This pattern hasn't been tested, so of you find any mistakes...
3Vote!
Polly (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Trying my best to complete orders. In between I have made a couple more Cake customs and I am developing some new designs for the new year. I am looking forward to the Christmas holidays, putting my feet up for a bit and hanging up the crochet hook for a couple of weeks :D
3Vote!
Craft Arena (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Sandy Draper (Chair of Basildon and District Embroiderers' Guild) dropped in this afternoon to show me some of her work. She had been on a workshop with Jill Sweet and learnt a technique using rug canvas using a large needle with a crochet hook at the other end. Sandy decided to try this with the sari yarn she had bought a little while ago, and I think the result is stunning! If you have a project...
3Vote!
From little acorns... (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
There's so much satisfaction in finishing a project, especially if you have procrastinated for about 6 weeks over the seaming!!! Today I could have carried on knitting a pair of socks I started yesterday but no, I took advantage of the bright daylight and my dining room table to sew up my Shona jumper which I have renamed Cuddly-Wuddly. I don't have photos yet because it took me all day to seam and...
3Vote!
Mermaid Left as Ligan. Please Reclaim. (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Today I am working on these: One day they will grow up to be convertible mittens designed by Emma . I am test crocheting them. That's an awesome light-up crochet hook from Weezie , but you can't really tell from that picture. They're intended for my father-in-law for Xmas. I hope they fit him. I hope he likes them. They're the Xmas gift I'm most unsure about so far. He's all.... classy and English...
4Vote!
Wish I'd asked my Gran (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
the football was amazing on Sunday, I hardly had time to pick up my crochet hook when Spurs were on MotD2- they beat Wigan 9-1! A team is doing well when they win 3-0 or 4-0, but to score 9 goals in a match is astounding, and very rare at the top level. The main man was Jermain Defoe who scored 5, joining a very exclusive club consisting of Alan Shearer and Andy Cole who also scored 5 in a match
3Vote!
Loopy Lou's Adventures Into Handicrafts (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
I have a small pile of offcuts from the crochet hook and knitting rolls. They have been waiting patiently on the shelf waiting for me to do something with them. I have managed to use two of them so far. The first I have made into a pen/pencil holder. It folds over and is closed using velcro, holding up to 12 pens. The next one was inspired by Rudee. All knitters tend to acquire lots of cable and double...
3Vote!
Make&Do (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Last weekend I attended a 2 hour beginner's crochet class with Jan Eaton . She is actually retired and living close to me! So we were very lucky to have her run this class, as she normally does not do this anymore. Her friend works at the museum , where the workshop was, so I think that is what swung it! Anyway, Jan is a really really nice lady, full of life, very funny and incredible patient and friendly....
4Vote!
Jimbo's Front Porch (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
*Shortest auction ever, eh? Well I should have first offered the hook to the second highest bidder in the first auction. I've made that right, and the hook is sold. BUT I promise more will be coming!! I'm hoping to do some more Chophooks too. They make really great Christmas gifts and help out a very worthy cause. Ever see this hook before? It was auctioned several months back but circumstances didn't...
3Vote!
Thimbles and Crumbles (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
I wasn't going to take part in my creative space from kootooyoo this week because I thought I had nothing to show. I thought I had been busy ironing and packing whilst daydreaming of lovely crafty projects and exciting things to make. But in actual fact I had been cutting and making said lovely things and only thinking about ironing and packing... Oh well... After a busy thankless day yesterday, running...
3Vote!
...CARMEN'S CLOSET... (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
CRUMBLE MAKING! oooooo i love me some crumble with ice cream :] *licks cops* This is peach crumble, my hubby's fave. He likes it with custard but I have mine with Ice cream...anything to break out the walls m'dears. Altough I kinda prefer apple crumble...tastes better with ice cream. YARN COLLECTING! I've been collecting like a granny on crack :D The first pic is a bunch I ordered off the net (cost...
3Vote!
Picture It Blog (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Crocheting - it can't be that hard can it? I can knit, so I think I'd like to learn to crochet. So I booked a place on a crochet workshop for beginners and with lots of enthusiasm turned up full of anticipation at a heavenly wool shop (Fibre & Clay) in Knutsford. I would spend the day chatting with like-minded ladies, drinking coffee and eating a nice lunch, whilst learning a new skill. Hmmm! It...
3Vote!
Heldasland (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
I've talked alot about the trouble the environment is having with plastic.The hyperbolic coral crochet workshop taught me about the plight of our seas that are slowly suffocating .I'm still amazed at how thoughtless some people are. .How can we all just go on day after day buying more and more products wrapped in plastic. I'm not perfect but I do have a bag at the door for plastic stuff and newspapers.When...
5Vote!
Handmade Wool Crafts (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
I love Harry Hill’s TV burp, it’s the only thing on TV that I get mad about missing but something has been bothering me for quite a while. It’s this: From the very first clip when the Knitted Character first appeared in Eastenders I said “that’s not knitted, it’s crocheted” but I let it slide because I didn’t think much of it. But now the character has...
4Vote!
The City of Crochet (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Happy Veterans Day to all of those who have served our country in honor. A thank you too all who came home and a thank you to all who sacrificed everything and never made it home. You are not forgotten.
Videos