The first idea. About 5 years ago I had made a toy bee for my cousin’s little boy, he was turning one and I fancied making something for him and had a brilliant idea, what if I made something from scratch. You can skip to the pattern here or you can click here to find […]
Wild amount of snoods
An obsession So I have a bit of an obsession at the moment, a weird one but an obsession none the less. What’s this obsession? Snoods of course, and there’s a story to go with this obsession too. The first meeting At work when we first the new wild yarn, a fake fur yarn, I […]
‘I’ll pack a’ jumper
Finally! The wrist pain is gone and I can get back to my knitting and crochet! In small controlled doses and with my support to help prevent it coming back, but its better than nothing. So the first project has to be a small one that won’t take too long and doesn’t have much to […]
Bedtime socks
Always loving a crafty challenge and wanting to learn, try new techniques and just plain make something different (plus I’m always running out of them) I decided I wanted to have a go at making some socks, the idea of handmade bedtime socks sounds absolutely amazing. I had not long learnt the ‘Judy’s magic cast […]
Ouch, a break from crafts.
In April 2018 I started to get pain in my right wrist thinking I hurt it somehow. I’m so clumsy it wouldn’t surprise me if I fell and used my hands to catch myself. Whoops. I thought the pain would go away pretty quickly so I could continue with my knitting and crochet but unfortunately, […]
Why I started
Everyone has their own reasons to start something new and explore different things and different skills, whether its just because it’s your curious, or its because it will improve your health or just a new hobby to keep yourself busy, for me doing crafty things like knitting and crochet helps with all 3 for those […]