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Free Knitting Pattern: The Wintry Warmer Cowl

12.18.2020 by Elsie Pop // Leave a Comment

Picture of a finished Wintry Warmer Cowl

Wait, who are you and where have you been? First up – yes, it’s been a long time since I blogged! I’ll do us all a favour and skip the lengthy apology post, but here are my main updates: I’ve been living my best crafty life over on Instagram during my blogging hiatus. I might […]

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The Knitting and Stitching Show 2017

10.12.2017 by Elsie Pop // Leave a Comment

The Knitting and Stitching Show

First up – winners for the giveaway have been contacted by the Knitting and Stitching Show team, congratulations if you were one of the lucky 5! If you haven’t been contacted but still want to go to the show (it’s on until Sunday 15th October), you can get £2.50 off an adult ticket by booking […]

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7 Things to Consider When you Pack Knitting and Crochet for a Holiday

05.07.2017 by Elsie Pop // 2 Comments

I’ve talked before about how I love to crochet on the move – when I was commuting into London every day, I was always crocheting furiously on the train. Now I used to get a bit carried away with the projects I took with me sometimes, often working on my favourite WIP whatever it may […]

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Confession time: I’ve been cheating on my hooks!

03.22.2017 by Elsie Pop // 7 Comments

Confession time

Something very strange has happened to me over the last few months. Crochet has stopped being my main craft – and it’s freaking me out! It all started when I became obsessed with sock knitting a few months ago. I knit my first pair of socks on double pointed knitting needles, so I naturally wanted […]

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All I Want For Christmas Is… Yarn.

11.01.2016 by Elsie Pop // 9 Comments

all I want for Christmas is yarn

Ok, that’s a lie – I also want other crafty things. But in general, I’m hoping Santa takes the hint this year and delivers a load of crafty goodness on Christmas day. As it’s November now, I think I’m allowed to write my Christmas list! Here are a few of the items I’m currently obsessing […]

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Facing a Crafting Fear

09.18.2016 by Elsie Pop // 11 Comments

Facing a crafting fear

I mentioned in my post about crojo that one of my tried and tested ways of getting back into the swing of crochet after a temporary loss of interest is to try a different craft. The thing about trying out new crafts is that sometimes it can be a bit scary! I know what I’m doing […]

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The week of many yarn crafts!

03.08.2015 by Elsie Pop // 22 Comments

Brother KH-881 knitting machine

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 […]

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Unravel 2015

02.22.2015 by Elsie Pop // 7 Comments

Pretty Fleece

  I think Unravel might be my favourite craft show! I suspected this might be the case last year but I was still very new to the craft show circuit – returning this year has cemented its place as #1 so far. This year’s Unravel new came at the perfect time for me personally as […]

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The Knitting and Stitching Show 2014

10.15.2014 by Elsie Pop // Leave a Comment

At the weekend I had the pleasure of trekking up to Alexandra Palace (quite wholesale nfl jerseys a feat from Surrey on a Sunday, I tell you!) for my first Knitting and Stitching Show. Having attended both Unravel and cheap jerseys the Hobby Crafts show this year I Gunung thought I knew the drill for these […]

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So, having a WIP week might have been pushing it with the size of the projects I’ve undertaken lately – I’m still beavering away on all of them… oops! Having said that, despite some annoying pattern mishaps (an advert for hiring a tech editor if ever I saw one), I’m absolutely loving it and having […]

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Sunday already! It’s been a busy crochet week, as per usual. A few projects have been started which are helping me get over finishing my Sophie’s Universe blanket, and I’ve got some exciting stuff coming up. Finally getting to a succulent pattern in happy with #craft #crochet #crochetflowers #handmade #patterndesign #sundaycrochet A photo posted by Elsie […]

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