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Birds, Crochet Bunny Basket and Chicks
This is another of my Christmas presents, from Matthew this time.This is my bird tree, apart from seeds and nuts the orange thing is a crochet bag full of some of the bits of yarn that I have cut off...
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Tiny Bunny Basket Free Pattern
In our last post I promised to publish the pattern for the bunny or chick basket. Have a look at the previous post to see the possibilities but here is the pattern.Materials: a very small amount of...
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Freeform. Scumble or Scrumble Crochet or Where's Granny
I have a new addiction - free form. It suits my personality because I can make small motifs and shapes and it panders to my love of colour. For those new to crochet you can make any shapes and the...
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Stock Taking and Free Form Crochet.
We have some shows in a month or so, so I thought I had better check on our stock in case we needed to make new things.First box was full of creatures: don't need mice do need more tiny horses....
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Free One Row Patterns for Tiny Things.
I know Mums are supposed to teach their children things but since Vicky started to crochet professionally I have learned so much from her! One of the most useful things she has shown me is the thing...
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More One Row Crochet Patterns
I promised that I would explain how to make the other type of one row leaves it has proved really quite tricky to put what I do with my hands into words but I have made an attempt - please let me know...
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Just a quickie
Mum and I have been doing lots of crochet for a new woolly company called Sixpence Designs. Jane, who is the owner/designer uses exclusively Artesano Aran yarn - partly because they deal in small...
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Last of the free one row patterns? Upcycling and a free form bag
I have thought of a few more one row patterns but I wonder if I am cheating by not counting the foundation chain?SPIRALUse any yarn and a suitable hook.Make a 30 chain. Tutn make two trebles in the...
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More free-form or jig-saw puzzles.
I have been making packets of buttons and beads and winding wool for our free form kits so I have not done much crocheting recently. What I have done has been to work on my addiction.These are the...
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A new discovery and another experiment with one row.
I had final information about our next show ( Wokingham on May 5th ) this week so I had to reluctantly withdraw from free-form in order to make a few more bits and look what I discovered. It is hard to...
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A crochet discovery after 50 years, back copies of magazines and a very large...
I am supposed to be an intelligent woman but sometimes I wonder! I like the effect of joining motifs together to make all sorts of things and I have often looked at those throws and bags made from...
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Using up scraps of yarn
In the last blog I was explaining a new discovery ( for me ) of how to join motifs together without all the sewing up. So this week, with my green hat on, I have been practising the technique by using...
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Sneaky Peek
I am so excited and relieved. I have finally finished two projects that have taken flippin' ages! I feel like I've broken up from school for the summer hols. The skirt was from a pattern sent to me...
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Beads and the Memories of Inherited Crocheting.
I sometimes think there is some telepathic link between me and my daughter. I have just been photographing my latest crochet discovery which involves beads only to find that part of Vicky's post is...
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Crochet logo, rainbows and tablet covers again
Less than a week to the next fair at Wokingham -May fair on the 5th. If any of you are passing please say hello. We will be the ones with the banner saying String Theory Crochet - surprise. Our stall...
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A Successful Day
We had a very successful day at the Wokingham May Fair but very tiring in fact we are still recovering. Best of all we met some really lovely people who were complimentary about our work and some who...
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Beaches and Creatures
Graham and I have just come back from Jersey (the Channel Island not the knitted version). We had an amazing week lovely place, lovely people and the beaches are to die for.Just two examples but there...
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Chaos and Calm Caused by Crochet.
Do you ever have days when your head is teeming with ideas and you flit from one to the other without completing anything? In my living room, which is where I work, you will find the following: a pot...
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Crochet Obsession a Guilty Secret?
The following will prove that crochet is not just my hobby and my passion but it is an obsession, and an addiction that is taking over the whole house. In one corner of the living room we find: Tubes...
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Photographing Coasters and A Crochet Purse
After a few lovely days it rained yesterday which meant I could crochet all day. So I finished the coasters and used the same technique to make a purse.In my quest to take good pictures first I tried...
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