Monthly Archives: August 2014

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pixie hat pattern

It may be a little early yet to be thinking of winter hats, but if you are to make one for each member of your family - as i can almost guarantee you will have to because they will love yours so much - you better get cracking... Following this new pattern you will make a gorgeous medieval looking, Nordic (Scandinavian) style little red riding hood hat... I love it because it has lots of pompoms.... Yours doesn't need to include any, but the added bonus of it is that if girls want to wear their hair up the small space on the top of the hat offers itself to accommodating your pony…

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August 17, 2014
Read more about the article i did it!
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i did it!

Some of you will remember my inability to follow patterns without changing and adjusting them - even my own... Others may remember my strange obsession with making any favoured stitch - or at least attempting to - work in a circular configuration... And lastly a select few may remember that the struggle to achieve this has not brought any fruitful results as of yet with the BAVARIAN CROCHET STITCH aka the wool eater, one which has become quite popular recently...... To find out more about where i got to so far read about it HERE.... Well..... Hold on to your hats!!!! I HAVE DONE IT!!! I have finally managed, by hook and by…

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August 15, 2014
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topsy turvy

New Month, New Abode! Moving a house takes it out of you so apologies for the irregularity of updates... Once again I am able to give undivided attention to crochet and other things creative... As a bit of a reflection, i seemed to have been doing stuff the wrong way round.... I suppose that is the only way we learn, by trial and error.. (or maybe the recent spells of lovely hot summer may have been causing my brain circuits to melt..) anyway here goes: The craft fair a few weeks ago did not go to plan. Incorrectly judged audience made for a dissapointing afternoon. But then again, i have never done one…

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August 4, 2014