One of my favourite Christmas tasks is unpacking all the decorations. I have memories of doing this as a little girl, when my dad would bring the box down from the loft. The tree (always a real one) would be in the front room and we would remove…
The other week I decided that I needed a new lamp. Specifically it was a lamp for the playroom. So I got myself on Ebay and I foundย some beautiful blue and white lamps with china bases.. I totally fell in love with them! I They were obviously old…
Over the next few weeks I’ll be publishing a series of posts aimed at absolute crochet beginners. I ย post crochet projects quite often but it occurred toย me that there might be people who would like to know how to crochet a treble before being told crochet a…
Last time I posted, I wrote about crochetingย cables. You can read about that here! I was so happy that I’d figured out how to crochet cables I had to make something! Having the attention span of a gnat, it needed to be something small and quick. So I…
Alongside fairisle, I love aran stitches. Unfortunately I am not much of a knitter. Thankfully though,ย there are aran stitches in crochet too! Here is a little tutorial showing how to crochet cable stitch. I don’t know whether this is the proper way to crochet cables. I tried a…
How many times do you see or experience a view, a beautiful archway, an interesting street, or something where the light and the colours perfectly represents the season or the location, and reach for your paints or your watercolour pencils? I have to say never. I can’t draw,…