quintessential questioning
I have finished MOHAIR QUEEN, before New Year’s Eve 2020, and as much as i have wanted to start learning a new brioche hat technique, i wasn’t quite ready for…
as an important part of my work, and my life, blankets deserve a separate category!
phenomenological pondering
I have no words for the world right now. Hope for the best, be prepared for the worst, i think that is the only/ best possible state of mind to…
overindulgent optometry
New Year. By this i mean both: The one day in January (New Year - day 1 of 365), the first day of the year, and the new cycle (new…
industrious inquiry
Blue squares. There is something about the blanket that i want to talk about today, that feels complete. Not just because it is actually finished as a blanket. There is…
gaseous giant
This month, i am introducing the finished science fiction inspired nebula inspired star dust blanket. I love sci-fi. Is it because of its creativity? Its endless possibilities for imagination to…
daisy doodle
dear diary – dandelion drumbeat Today’s story is from the past. The rainbow blanket that I want to introduce today was made at the start of the year. It was…
cantankerous crochetier
“I crochet to keep my mind from unravelling” is a revised version of a quote by Niki de St Phalle, very much appropriate for my next blog post, all about…
artful articulation
I don’t undo There is no unraveling and recreating stitches until perfection is bestowed upon my work. The point of my crochet is not for the project to look perfect,…
yours yarnly
yesterday’s yearnings – yearly yonder The weather in the UK has not been following last year's anomalous hotness... Am i surprised? Not really. But, when i started thinking about this…
xerophilous xyst
I have been working with a lot of previously made small crochet items recently, turning them into large, humongous, oversized, ginormous, gigantic, crochet BLANKETS. It has been a way of…