I’ve been on a bit of a crocheted flower frenzy recently. I have made loads. Quite a lot of them got used up when I made my crocheted flower garland (you can read about that here!) but I’ve still got some left. So here are 10 ways to…
Another week, another mug cosy! This time it’s a crocheted mug cosy, featuring a basket weave pattern. It’s made by starting of with a circle of chains, but switches to rows to accommodate the handle of the mug. Please be aware that I have used British crocheting terms! I…
Last week it felt like it had been such a long time since I’d sewn anything I was desperate to dust of my sewing machine and make something. I had some smaller pieces of fabric left over from other projects and as I rarely seem to finish a…
Christmas is a great time for making stuff. Now we’re only 2 weeks away and I keep finding more stuff I want to make and there just isn’t time! Here is a round up of 10 Christmas craft tutorials. Some of them are my ideas, most of them are…
According to something I was reading on the internet, cinnamon is officially the smell of Christmas. I associate lots of smells with Christmas. Not only cinnamon, but cloves, ginger and nutmeg. These were all ingredients in the Christmas cake and the Christmas puddings. Also pine, the smell of the…
Making a Christmas wreath to hang on the door is one of my favourite pre-Christmas tasks. This is actually only the second time I have made a Christmas wreath using a floral foam wreath. I used to bend a wire coat hanger into a circle and attach bits…