Ok, so I’ve been going beserkย with the crocheted flowers lately. My excuses are as follows: I like them. I like winter but I’m bored with it now. I’m looking forwards to flowers, sunshine and being able to leave the house with the boys in under 20 minutes. So…
I have been crocheting a lot of flowers recently, partly because I like them and partly because I wanted to crochetย a flowerย garland. I like winter but I’m a bit bored of it now. It takes too long to get myself and the boys bundled into coats and hats…
A few weeks ago we took the boys off to London to see the bus sculptures in the Olympic Park at Stratford. The sculptures had been commissioned to commemorate The Year of the Bus, so called because 2014 marked 60 years of the London Routemaster, 75 years of…
I have been crochetingย a lot of flowers recently. I have plans for them. I’m not just making them because I like flowers and I think they are nice, although if I didn’t think that I wouldn’t make them! Flowers need leaves. At least the ones I have been…
Here’s another crocheted flower tutorial. I have a plan for these, so all will become clear in a couple of weeks! I wanted to make a flower that was different to the others, so this one has a contrasting centre and twelve petals. I like it with the…
A while ago I was experimenting with making little lined purses. I wanted them to have zips and also be flat at the bottom so that they would stand up on their own. Some gorgeous lace zips caught my eye so I decided to combine the two to…