Here you can buy original crochet patterns, learn new techniques, and dip into stories of life in the South of Sweden. Welcome!
Puff Stitches are very commonly-used in crochet patterns, but did you know there are two ways of working them? This step-by-step tutorial shows you how to do a basic puff, and use it in your work.
#MeMadeMay , #MendItMay ... There is so much sewing, knitting and crocheting to do this month I could burst!
{A Crochet Recipe: a rough guide on how to produce a crochet item, as opposed to a proper pattern which involves more maths than the designer had brain cells for at the time of casting on} Find the first set of instructions on how to make your own, slightly off-kilter Dally Dahlia Blanket here...
After a long winter being stuffed under bike helmets and dragged through snow, it was time for a little hat TLC. A little Maker's Maintenance - so easy to do, but so easy to neglect?
Weekend Baking = an easy repertoire of cheese scones and muffins, made by a three-year-old who talks of ducks and diggers in the same sentence. The best kind of baking.
Learn how to work the Uneven Berry stitch and produce a beautifully textured crochet sampler square with this free, step-by-step photo tutorial.
The Baby Bamboo line is one of Sirdar's most popular yarns. Find out what it's like to work with, what to use it for, and whether it really is appropriate for baby knits.
April, and therefore spring, is here in all its capricious exuberance. In between showers and sunny spells, I'll be making Tops, cooking up Blanket Recipes, and turning the balcony into a riot of colour. What does your April look like?
New Pattern: The Lavender Skies pattern gives you not one, but three beautiful mid-season accessories:
a skinny scarf, a fringed scarf and a cowl. US and UK term downloads available.
Our 10-day holiday is over, and so starts the usual dance with the inbox, the to-do lists (always multiples), the various mismatched socks and half-finished crochet projects dotted around the house. What to tackle first...
