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Arts in health and wellbeing, how arts and crafting helps me and how it aids my well being.

lunar loops crochet

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Hello All….. So this is something exciting…. I have had a conversation with a fellow art enthusiast a little while ago, about organizing some crochet workshops in connection to the cycle phases and representation of these in some crochet pieces…  We are both quite excited about getting this going, but, i thought i would get the feel from you, as no workshop is possible without lovely juicy participants…. I have been looking into the cycle phases and the changes that these bring within us for about two or maybe even three years now, as i struggle with the Creative … Continue reading →

back on track

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What have i been up to creatively since the last entry?  Mish-Mash of creative activities to be honest;  there ARE a few patterns lurking in the murky black waters of my to do list; for example, meringue stitch adapted into a pentagonal stained glass inspired blanket and summer cotton over-sized hats (watch out!  it is never to early to start preparing for the next summer…).   Worth mentioning is that I have made a seventies inspired tea cosy for a present following a fabulous Ravelry pattern which was well received and is pictured below… I have been mostly delving … Continue reading →

all shapes and sizes

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With Winter approaching – even though October and some of November have been quite mild this year – HATS are the word!! The Innocent big knit is now being prepared, my hats have gone a little while ago and will hopefully make the person who gets to own them smile… Age UK are doing a great job and it seems like there has been a few people getting involved this year again, knitting and crocheting hats for a great cause. And once the bottle of smoothie has been drunk, the size of the hats are brilliant for boiled eggs…. … Continue reading →

cotton conquest…

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With the garden arty done with, i would like to let you know about my most recent obsession…. it has been conquering cotton squares and in the process learning about stitches and how the three dimensional stitches i so prefer work in different configurations…. why cotton? i frankly do not know…. One way or other, cotton has never before been a material of my choice…. affordable colourful double knit has been fine so far…. BUT… I have required some cotton yarn a while ago and slowly but surely, as it sat on the shelf unused, it was sending me … Continue reading →

pixie hat pattern

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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 … Continue reading →

i did it!

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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 … Continue reading →

colour injection

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This week i have managed to finish the next pattern in the long line of Fluffy meringue crochet lace items created by The Creative Hook… The title is a bit of a mouthful though…. Are you ready? Rainbow fluffy meringue stained glass crochet pentagonal sleeveless top. aka Colour injection It is rainbow because it has bright rainbow colours in it, it is very fluffy because of the pattern and i have added some extra fluffiness by increasing the size of the picot stitch, and stained glass crochet was something i wanted to try for a while, so i have … Continue reading →

Lemon merinque blanket pattern is READY!!

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This week was mostly spent finishing the lemon meringue crochet blanket (Get it?!) so i could therefore finish and publish the pattern… This in turn meant adding a new page, specially dedicated to crochet lace, which you can see HERE. The pattern is ready, and so is the blanket… YAY! Well, it is ready to a point of being big enough to be photographed for the pattern sample. I may still add some rows, as with crochet, you could easily go on indefinitely – or at least untill you can get yarn to work with – and crochet around … Continue reading →

crochet bears

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Ever since I was little, like so many children I have loved teddy bears. When I started getting involved with craft and once my elders trusted me with a needle, I have copied a pattern from a favourite teddy of my sisters and made number of different coloured bears for presents… They were miniature bears made from faux fur, and i still remember how much fun i had making them. I was about 12 then, and here I am at nearly 20 years later, still thinking about making teddy bears. The process has changed, but the comfort of a … Continue reading →

The First Update!!

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How Exciting!!! The first ever news post for The Creative Hook…. better get cracking…. 🙂 The Creative Hook is still a little baby company and therefore still in the process of letting people know who i am and what i do… The major part of my work recently has been marketing… Website re-design, leaflets, you tube videos, online pattern stores, workshop venues and such like. I am not going to bore you with the process, nor am i going to overload this post with links, you can see all the relevant information on various pages of www.thecreativehook.com One of … Continue reading →