I can’t begin to explain how happy this post makes me! She’s finished! I started on my Sophie’s Universe blanket at the start of March. The start of my Sophie’s Universe blanket She came on holiday with me to the USA. I took this in the airport lounge on the way to the US. I […]
Instagram Sunday catch up
As an excitable instagrammer, I realised I use instagram quite a lot more than I blog. So I think it’s time to introduce a regular weekly post – instagram catch ups. This means that the first one of these posts is going to be my instagram greatest hits so far – and in future I’ll […]
My cats are going mad for this crochet cat toy
As you may have noticed, I love my cats even more than I love crochet. It was with shock then, that I worked out that I hadn’t ever crocheted them a toy! I had made them a small hand knitted toy once, which they ignored, but this time around I wasn’t going to let that […]
Crochet blankets – my guilty pleasure!
I think I might have a crochet blanket problem. Whenever I’m under any stress I seem to get a compelling urge to create, and the only thing I seem to obsess about is blankets! As we’re about to jet off on holiday and I have a lot of work on in the day job, I’ve […]
The week of many yarn crafts!
It’s been quite the week! Last I wrote I was busy setting up my craft room to prepare for the arrival of my knitting machine. I finally got my hands on it on Monday – and while this is super exciting, I was too scared to touch it for a day! I worked the day […]
Setting up my craft space – work in progress!
So after my accidental knitting machine purchase last Saturday I realised – I had nowhere to put it when it arrives! I have wanted to sort out a dedicated craft space in our house for a while, but this was just the push I needed to get it done. How it’s looking so far (complete […]
Knitting Kittens and Self Indulgent Crochet
It’s been a crafty couple of weeks! Last Wednesday I went along to the first ever Knitting Kittens event at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home – it was amazing! After I’d stopped cooing over the gorgeous cats, I settled down to give my friend a crochet lesson, which turned into ???? a group lesson! wholesale MLB […]