A place to record my crafting adventures
From the category archives:
I picked up this vintage blanket on ebay last year. The colours are so much brighter than my usual taste but I think it is stunning. It is a beautiful example of tunisian crochet, something I have not yet tried. I would love to hear if any of you know how to crochet this way. [...]
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Another simple baby blanket, this time alternating the colours after each ball. This project is great TV craft, repetitive and requires very little brain power. Ravelled here. Tutorial here.
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All the way from Melbourne. Shopped here and hit the Pyrex mother-load (more on that later) Ate at clover and had the yummiest Greek salad. Gifted the grid scarf and Kirst had some fun on the click. No better way to spend the day.
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When Rachel asked me to put together a little crochet tutorial for her Celebrate Colour event, I knew I wanted to do a lite weight scarf. This little number came together really quickly, it is worked from the bottom up and I think it is the perfect weight for either Spring or Autumn. If you [...]
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We have had some glorious sunny days over the past week, such a welcome sight. After my marathon knitted effort with the vest, I was itching to get the hook back in my hands. I’m killing two birds with one stone here. This is a little goodbye something for Maddie’s prep teacher (who is truly [...]
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I’m sure when most people think of crochet, they think of the granny square. The humble granny is how I learnt to crochet and if you are thinking about learning, I reckon that’s where you should start too. From this little block, you will learn to chain, treble, work in the round and read a [...]
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The angel scarf is finished and flying it’s way home to Chris. I’m really happy with how the scarf has turned out, it is wonderfully soft. After a blocking the pattern has opened up nicely and measures 7″ x 65″ Ravelled here. I’m now onto this and have the yarn and pattern ready to go [...]
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I had some left over yarn and was in need of a small project. Enter the cherub cheeks beanie. Amanda’s crochet patterns are really easy and fast hence why I made three. Ravelled here.
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….repeat, repeat, repeat. Back on the hook with another angel scarf and this time in some Madelinetosh Pashmina. The yarn is dreamy. Chris and I are doing a bit of a project swap, quite fun actually. This is her yarn and I have sent her some of my tosh for a knitted scarf. There is [...]
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When it comes to crochet, it doesn’t get any easier than row after row of treble stitches. You can find the free tutorial here. Ravelled here.
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