Yearly Archives: 2017

Read more about the article start the day right
arts health / bavarian crochet / news

start the day right

A little thing could make all the difference!  Start the day right.  I have recently felt how true this could be.  I have had the repair of my favourite handbag in my TO DO pile for absolute ages.  I have LOST the second button i have put on, and the strap needed reinforcing.  So on Saturday, i decided to do it, because i was up, sleep was no longer an option for the loudness of my busy mind, and so the sewing machine came out and i decided to do this one thing at least, because, well, why not now? The day took a brilliant turn from there.  We ended up visiting Black…

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May 11, 2017
Read more about the article posts that didn’t happen
arts health / blankets / ramblings

posts that didn’t happen

A little while ago i had an idea to finally connect my samples, trials and favourite patterns into a rainbow rectangular rug.  It started well.  The idea came to me back in June 2015, after seeing a blanket my nan had made for my cousin.  A basic zig-zag pattern, using double crochet stitch.  It was so very intricate and soft and rectangularly shaped and very inspiring. Full of enthusiasm, i started off the next time i had my own yarns and hooks at hand.  it started growing, all was well.  then, somewhere along lines, as it can happen with freeform projects, stitch counts on opposite, parallel sides stopped matching.  it was too exctiting…

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April 11, 2017