anything that is sort of crochet related but it is also not and where i tend to ramble on about things related and non-related to either/ neither crochet or/ now well-being.
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…
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 Phase in my own life - and you can see some of my creative…
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…
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…
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 teddy bear seems to remain. The child inside me (and dare I say inside…
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 the main exciting things is that Crochet has arrived in Timperley.... What i mean…
15th May 2014 I have finished a Visual Arts Degree at Salford University a while ago but have only recently started realizing that my current job in sales is not what I am passionate about and started thinking what sort of sector would I be most happy working within. I have always loved crochet, and used it all the way through art school but wasn't quite sure how to use it when I finished University. For my Degree show I have organizes all the female members of my family to crochet a piece of work which I have subsequently framed and displayed as a sort of Female Family portrait through their handiwork. I…
