The Granny Stripe pattern is absolutely beautiful in it's simplicity and makes a fantastic blanket. It's my go-to recommendation for new crocheters who are excited to embark on a large scale project, ...

My early morning walks continue, although since these photos were taken about a week ago, it's now pretty dark at 7am. I guess we are rapidly coming towards the end of the autumn season now, as the ...

I've had such a fabulous day today, full to the brim with all the Good Things. I've been very content with my own company, it's such a luxury to have a day where the only objective is to pleasure-seek ...

On Mondays I'm lucky enough to have J free from work responsibilities (he works a four day week) and it's something that we really appreciate and don't take for granted. Usually we chat together on ...

I found out a few days ago that this endlessly grey weather has an official weathery name - welcome to the "Anticyclonic Gloom". Apparently it's been widespread throughout the country for most of ...

I designed the Yuletide blanket as a cosy, colourful winter blanket to be used in the home during the festive season. It's a blanket I imagine draped over the back of a sofa, or folded up on the arm ...

As is usual for my blankets, I've chose fifteen shades of Stylecraft Special DK for my Dune blanket. This is enough to make a single/twin size blanket measuring approximately 120cm x 180cm. If you ...

After a lot of searching on the internet looking for holly leaf patterns I couldn't find any that were easy enough/neat enough for my liking. So I did what I often do and had a go at designing ...

My crochet Hexagons, I am LOVING them right now, can't get enough. For a brief spell I fell out of love, I got fed up with the fiddlesomeness of them, the fact that they are very hard to do whilst ...

I am addicted to making blankets and I think much of the appeal lies in finding a pattern that delivers a huge amount of feel good throughout the making process. The very act of crocheting row upon ...

This project was designed in collaboration with Stylecraft Yarns and is my contribution to the "Blogstars Garden Party" blog tour 2022. You can read more about it on my blog where I share lots more ...