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Crochet Container Conversions, a Sumo Baby, Hair Clips and Hearts.
Another lovely day yesterday. It was Ben's birthday so I spent some time in another dimension with Danny looking at the purple skies and the green sun and meeting aliens who did not need to eat or...
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Crocheted, container covers continued, A Valentine start and Bavarian Rainbow...
Here is the Ferrero Rocher box as promised but first a tip: if you are going to cover an object always make the cover a bit smaller than you think. Crochet fabric always has some give or stretch and...
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Crochet cat, button beany and some tiny little creatures.
Do you know I am getting fed up with wind and rain. When it all started I was happy to be indoors crocheting with a really good excuse not to go and tidy up the garden but now I want to be able to mend...
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Crochet coincidence, creatures and eyeballs.
I have been having more problems with my computer, except it turns out that lots of people have the same difficulty so I found advice on line and I am now back.There are some gifts that you didn't know...
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Crochet eyes, spinning and enormous doilies!
Eye know you have seen some of these before! We will soon be making a pattern for them or you can order them from us. Their names are:the green eyed monster, the red eye, the blue eyed boy, the little...
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An unusual cake, a shawl, some crochet skulls and a small head.
I don't think I ever shared my Christmas cake (it was too yummy to share actually). Ben and Danny, with a little help, iced it for me. I really love the slice placed on top because Ben doesn't like...
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Crocheted Creatures, Cute and Creepy
I have been planning this project for ages.In a previous blog I showed a bendy cat that I had made from bendy hair curlers and I felt that the idea could be used for other animals. The snake is made...
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Crochet Butterfly Hair Clips - The Pattern
I have decided to write the whole pattern again rather than trying to cut and paste from pdf or word documents. So here are the butterflies - I hope.Butterfly Hair Clip Pattern.You will need some short...
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Portugal is Nearly as Amazing as Crochet
Graham and I have had a brilliant two weeks of walking on the beach, collecting shells and drinking good cheap wine in the sunshine. In case you were wondering the really big waves were the week before...
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More crochet and more Portugal.
The beach that we walked along was famous for its EAR/EYE shells. The Portuguese consider them very lucky. The pictures show two sides of the same shell, how did that happen?EAREYEThis is an owl purse...
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Pretty Crochet for Your Head and a Lovely Dog
I have three different uncompleted crochet projects on the go and yet I have been distracted by my new discovery.I showed them to Vicky at the weekend and she suggested that I try crocheting on them...
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Remembering and Ideas for Mothers Day Gifts
Vicky reminded me that it is mothers day very soon which set me thinking about my own mum. She was a crafter extraordinaire, making her own chutneys, jams and jellies from fruit and vegetables that she...
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Some Eyedeas for Good and bad Mothers day Gifts
The answer to the ding bat (from the last post) this is an eye pod.I have an ever growing collection of these. I have shared in a previous blog: the blue eyed boy, the brown eyed girl, the green eyed...
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Do You Scumble, a Pig and an Elephant
Vicky reminded me about scumble (also know as Freeform) the other day, So I looked around and as usual found lots of examples in our collection. It is a really good idea for using up small amounts of...
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Finished at Last, Cat and Owl and Giant Buttons?
I have had a few days of trying to finish off small projects because I have some ideas for Easter stuff and I don't want to start anything new until I have cleared the decks a bit.Here is the completed...
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, Farnborough Knit and Stitch, Crochet Buttons and Eggs
Vicky, Graham and I went to the Farnborough Knit and Stitch and Make it show last Friday. By far the greatest emphasis was on making cards so we may book a stall next year to increase the amount of...
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Improving Photographs and a Menagerie of Crochet Creatures.
Lovely walk yesterday, I was inspired by the flowers particularly the daffodils so I came home and made these brooches or pins I think they are called these days. Then I thought they might be a good...
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Lovely and Loved Crochet !
The main reason we crochet is because we love it. It is an amazing feeling to produce something which is useful or beautiful or even that other people want. These days we mainly crochet for selling and...
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Easter Baskets Free Pattern!
This is a popular little pattern I wrote for a yarn company some time ago. I thought I'd dig it out as a freebie for Easter. These baskets look brilliant filled with chocolate eggs - especially if...
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Adaptable Pattern for Tablet Cover One Pattern Fits All.
It is a funny thing the way life goes in circles. We have lived in the same house since Vicky and Matthew were very small and I can remember putting them both into a huge, heavy coach built pram and...
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