The other week I admitted to frogging the lace scarf I had been working on for ages. I’d made it with a hook a little too small and I was not having fun, plus I made some mistakes with the edges and it was gradually decreasing. So out it came! This week I am happy […]
Soothing Stitches: WIP Update.
Being determined to start the year by getting on top of some of my works in progress has been good for me. I do get irritated by having half finished projects under the bed but I get distracted so quickly. It’s terrible. First to find itself no longer half done is the Dartmoor pillow, which […]
Soothing Stitches: A Year of Yarning Frugally. #UseUpYarnYear
Like most avid knitters and crocheters, I have a yarn stash that would see us through WW3… if only it were edible. My King Sized bed is mainly propped up by boxes of yarn bought for projects that overran or overspilled or never got started or became a work in progress. There is a sizeable […]
Soothing Stitches: The Dartmoor Crochet Blanket.
I spent a significant portion of last year and the early part of this year putting together a blanket for my bedroom, a promise against the day when my bed will belong to me and Max again and my floor has less to do with a washing sorting area and more to do with the […]
Soothing Stitches: Knitting again but crochet too.
It’s been quite a while since I’ve done any knitting but the opportunity to review some yarn came up recently and it was too good an opportunity to resist. The first item is a work in progress but you might have seen me Instagramming it; it’s been quite enjoyable to get back to knitting for […]
Soothing Stitches: Quick Crochet Storage Pot Cover.
I’ve got an enormous soft spot for a felting wool made by Adriafil called Crea (although my favourite colour, which I only bought one ball of, is discontinued!) and when in need of a quick crochet hit the other weekend, I made this pot to hold my hooks and bits and bobs. It took half […]
Soothing Stitches: MyBoshi Beanie Obsession.
One of the things I really love is reading about a quirky and unexpected business growing up out of a quirky and unexpected scenario, featuring unexpected people.I read about the MyBoshi Boys in a Simply Crochet magasine a while ago and then the fates collided to bring me near to not only one of the […]
Soothing Stitches: Crochet Mandala
An indulgence that I should probably give up but don’t want to is a subscription to Simply Crochet. This month I have achieved making two things from it, which is little short of miraculous. I may be more productive without so many blankets to make. My sister asked me what a mandala is; I said […]
Sunday Stitches: Amelie Crochet.
Amelie had a bad spell of asthma this week and had to have a couple of days off school. She was really too breathless to do much beyond sitting on the sofa and was quite down too for various reasons so I thought I would try and inspire her with my own therapy methods and […]
Soothing Stitches: Homemade Hamper Gift.
What do you give the person who has everything? Or in my case, what on earth do I give my mum, who travels a lot, has a lovely home, a brilliant brain and probably almost everything in terms of gifts and things that can be given. The answer is not stuff at all. In common […]
