Year: 2017

  • Campervan Travels Cushion goes supersize!

    Campervan Travels Cushion goes supersize!

    I’ve been itching to have a go at knitting the Campervan Travels Countryside Cushion in super chunky yarn on big needles, no change to the pattern size just BIG! This is the outcome, knitted in a super chunky yarn on a pair of 10mm needles.  I’ve added a simple border and I’m now the happy […]

  • Holly & Snowflake swap their winter dresses for Halloween Costumes

    Holly & Snowflake swap their winter dresses for Halloween Costumes

    Halloween is almost here and Holly and Snowflake are getting ready to go out trick or treating.  They’ve decided that their Holly and Snowflake dresses aren’t quite right for the occasion and have asked me to make them some new costumes. They both wanted to be witches and as they are the best of friends they […]

  • A Festival Blanket for Glastonbury

    A Festival Blanket for Glastonbury

    I’ve taken a short break from my knitting needles and crochet hook to enable me to blow the dust off my sewing machine and engineer myself a Festival Blanket! I say engineer because I kept thinking of things to add to it. The result will no doubt make me look completely ridiculous (hubby thinks I […]

  • Chubby Dub Crochet Pattern for a Diddy Campervan

    Chubby Dub Crochet Pattern for a Diddy Campervan

    This little Chubby Dub Campervan may only be diddy but he’s got character! He measures approximately 10cm (4 inches) long and 6cm (just over 2 inches) tall. To make him you’ll need: Materials: 4mm crochet hook oddments of Double Knitting yarn (I used three colours: Red, White and Grey). a small amount of stuffing two […]

  • Easter Egg Hunt Crochet Along ( CAL )

    Easter Egg Hunt Crochet Along ( CAL )

    My friend Emma and I have been working on a crochet along for Thomas B. Ramsden, the name behind Wendy, Robin and Peter Pan yarns.  Our theme is based around an Easter Egg Hunt.  Between us we’ve come up with patterns to make Chick, Rabbit and Flower themed baskets to collect eggs in. We have […]