Have you ever started a project, put it down and found it hard to pick up again? That’s exactly what happened to me with my daughter’s Unicorn Dreams blanket (a free pattern by cute crochet makes). I started it last summer, when, unbeknown to me at the time, I was showing symptoms of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.…… Continue reading The Abandoned Blanket
I now have three projects on the go, and all are coming along nicely thanks to some long car journeys on holidays. I am up to the heart bobble squares on the unicorn dreams blanket. I need to make 25 and each takes quite a long time, so I might be on this stage for…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday-21st August
At the moment, I have just the one project on the go. I saw the photos of this CAL and couldn’t resist-despite my dislike of sewing in ends and joining up squares, this one was too cute to resist! It’s the Unicorn Dreams CAL by Cute Crochet Makes, and is a really fun mix of…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday-17th July
Last night, I finished my corner to corner granny blanket. It started so quickly, but when I had to frog some back because of losing terribly at yarn chicken I lost my enthusiasm a little. However, it was still only 3 weeks from start to finish with other projects in between. Once I had finished…… Continue reading If in doubt, choose shells
We are half way through the school holidays here, they are only for one week but I feel like they’ve lasted forever already! (Lots of fun and busy days, and plenty of sibling arguments, as well as a school shoe shopping trip.) One bonus is that when I’ve made the most of ‘down time’ when…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday-20th February
This time last week, I wouldn’t have thought there would be an FO Friday this week. However, last Sunday night I picked up my Coastal Crochet CAL blanket and finally started on the border. I’ve only been putting it off since September! The thought had been really daunting, knowing that there were so many stitches…… Continue reading FO Friday-25th January
This week has been a funny one with plans made and then changed and lots of family time too. I decided I needed a new project so I had to wind a skein of hand dyed yarn to start that. I’ve continued with the Coastal Crochet CAL, although my progress has been slow because I…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday-22nd August
It’s finally the school holidays! I’m not sure whether that actually means more craft time or not, but at least I can relax a bit with the kids and maybe do some craft with them. I’ve kept fairly up to date with the Coastal Crochet CAL, with only a couple of rows left to do…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday-25th July
My WIP posts have not been weekly lately as I’ve been working on the same projects, but this week I’ve finally almost caught up on the Coastal Crochet CAL so hopefully soon I can start a new project (no idea what though!) I’m so proud to have actually caught up at last, I’ve been so…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday-11th July
Its sweltering here, but gloriously sunny. It does mean that it’s very warm even at night, so crocheting on a larger project like the Coastal Crochet CAL has to be done in small chunks. We’ve also spent a lot of time watering the allotment which has cut into my craft time too (hopefully it’ll be…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday-27th June
