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 accommodateΒ the handle of the mug. Please be aware that I have used British crocheting terms! I…
Everything feels so flat after Christmas. The tree leaves a big spaceΒ in the front room and I miss the twinkly lights. It’s still cold and the days are still so short. Spring feels a long way off. However there are lots of things we can do to make…
Here is an easy little crocheted flower tutorial to brighten up up a cold, dark winter’s day. Better still, you can download it here as a pdf!Β Crocheted Flower with Pointed Petals The petals are made by crocheting 1 dc, 2 tr and 1 dc. The points are achieved…
One of the things I love about my kindle is how I am no longer put off reading books because of their size. Some books at Β just to heavy to read in bed! Reading them on the kindle means that even an encyclopedia only weighs as much as…
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 Β 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 upΒ of 10 Christmas craft tutorials. Some of them are my ideas, most of them are…