I have spend the last month or so rather obsessively learning how to do mosaic crochet. It’s a way of bringing colour and patterns into crochet and is absolutely brilliant fun. This is what I somehow managed to make and I can’t tell you quite how proud I am of myself! I have also decidedContinue reading “Going mosaic crochet crazy”
Category Archives: Yarncrafts
Getting crafty in Brussels?
The idea recently came up of teaching one of my friends here in Brussels to crochet, so I thought I’d test the waters to see if there is interest in a regular craft gathering, where people can learn, share ideas, get advice or just spend some time with people with similar interests. Here’s a reallyContinue reading “Getting crafty in Brussels?”
How to keep your head warm
A pretty simple crochet pattern for a beanie in bulky yarn, with a ponytail/bun hole at the top.
How to deal with yarn’s mortal enemy – moths
What do you do when you find evidence of moths in your stash?
What I’ve learned from learning to crochet
I’ve just re-learned to crochet and it taught me some broader lessons.
Fancy a free dog coat?
You may know that I have two beautiful doggies. Although we are in Australia, it gets pretty cool in the winter and we have found that they sometimes need a little coat to keep them warm, especially at night. Roxy, as half whippet, half border-collie, is deeper-chested that most dogs, but stockier than most whippets.Continue reading “Fancy a free dog coat?”
Announcing the knitting stitch library
One of the key building blocks of knitting is stitch patterns. Every sweater, blanket, sock, dog coat, whatever, has at its heart one or more stitch patterns – combinations of purls, knits, yarn overs, slips, knit togethers and all the other knitting elements, that make a pattern. These can go from the very simple –Continue reading “Announcing the knitting stitch library”
Lurcher coats
Our dog Roxy is a lurcher, which makes her a funny shape – skinnier and longer than her collie father, chunkier than her whippet mother. But like most lurchers, she feels the cold. I knitted her a few coats this year. The first adapted the SAS coat pattern, to add a turtleneck. She’ll only useContinue reading “Lurcher coats”
Knitting for my wedding
Hmmm…seems I haven’t been very creative since I moved to Australia! Well, I have a bit, but not good about blogging it and admittedly, less so than I was in London and Brussels. I did get married recently and knitted a shrug for myself, using lovely wool bought during the delightful Yarn Corner retreat atContinue reading “Knitting for my wedding”
My own wedding
Hmmm…seems I haven’t been very creative since I moved to Australia! Well, I have a bit, but not good about blogging it and admittedly, less so than I was in London and Brussels. I did get married recently and knitted a shrug for myself, using lovely wool bought during the delightful Yarn Corner retreat atContinue reading “My own wedding”