Waves scarf
Not much craft has been happening lately, but I finished the waves scarf. I absolutely loved this pattern, very easy but not boring, and good to do while doing other things. And after blocking it’s turned out beautifully! I just want to wear it around the house, but it’s summer and a bit warm and not at all scarf weather. So it will have to wait. Yarn: Noro Silk Garden Sock - Blue black purple (S272) Yarn Pattern: Nancy’s Waves Scarf
Read Morecurrently crocheting: wavy scarf
Mum gave me some delicious Noro Silk Garden sock yarn for Christmas. I started to try and crochet a pair of socks, but a) they were turning out weirdly and b) I remembered I don’t really like mega chunky socks. So I pulled that apart and found this free wavy scarf pattern on Ravelry. I love scarves. But even though crocheting a plain scarf is easy, it’s a bit boring. This one has a pattern I can easily remember without having to refer to, but is interesting enough to keep me occupied and to show off the lovely colours of the yarn. It’s lovely stuff to work with! I’ll put up a finished pic when it’s, er,...
Read MoreImogen’s quilt
I haven’t quilted for a while. This is a really simple one I made for my goddaughter, Imogen, in 2008. Her favourite colours at the time were, of course, pink and purple. The fun part was choosing all the fabrics. There were ones with chocolates, some purple mice, garden scenes, lovely hyacinths, even a cartoon street scene. Each square has a little tie in the corner just for added interest, and I had read at the time that it was an old-fashioned quilting technique to secure all the layers together, rather than quilting a pattern as is often done (though the loft of the batting (the middle filling stuff) wasn’t that thick, so it didn’t take on that puffy look that I like). It turned out...
Read MoreBunnies
Not sure what it is about the bunny as stuffed toy that is so pleasing to me. Bunnies are just cute, there’s no way around it. Actual bunnies with red eyes and fierce teeth and whatnot are a little less cute. We used to have a white dwarf rabbit called Bonhomme (short for Bonhomme de Neige) that we acquired through less than legitimate means (my brother’s class was on a school excursion to a farm and one of the kids stole the rabbit. On the bus ride home, he realised his parents would kill him, so he palmed it off onto my brother, who was fairly confident that although she would be livid, my mum wouldn’t actually commit manslaughter). Bonhomme looked cute, a little white ball of fluff. But boy, could he kick and bite. Vicious little dude. He...
Read Morebag lady
I love bags. I can never seem to have enough of them, though I don’t tend to mix and match them very often. I’ll have a carry-all type bag that I use to death, or until I get sick of it and make another one. It’s great being able to make bags for this reason. But it also means I can never justify buying bags, even more high-end, complicated ones. I merely covet their leathery goodness and nifty pocket arrangements. Here are some of the ones I’ve made in the last couple of years. Actually I’d forgotten all about that Very Hungry Caterpillar fabric… The little purses and the pinky purple bag are patterns from...
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