Crochet Workshops

A big thanks to the lovely Bee over at Chain Creative for this lovely little interview she did with me. She seems to think I'm some sort of crochet expert (err...), but still very nice of her:) Anyway, she is running some creative crochet workshops in the London and South East England areas, so if you are in that part of the world you can find more details here on her Make Do & Mend site. As well as discussing the designs (?) of myself, she will also be taking a look at the work of the very talented and wonderful Emma Lamb and Sarah London (that's more like it).

I've been nominated!

Holy smokes! I've been nominated for a little award by the Free Pattern Testers group on Ravelry in their 2010 Mini Awards: Best Design category. It's for my one and only pattern, my little hexagon pincushion.


So in a shameless act of self-promotion and in the hopes of getting myself a little award you can vote here :)

Last Minute Valentines!

For those of you who have a romantic weekend coming up but have forgotton the card, don't worry! I have two printable cards available in the shop!
A romantic butterfly heart, and for those of you who like a bit of schoolgirl nostalgia a retro Love Hearts card!!



Hope to see you there!

I'm over here!!

Just a quick hello from here to say I'm now spending most of my time over here! I may pop in from time to time :)

Finally!!

Well, I've been rather elusive of late I know. And I promised I would show up more often, but hey, it's all for a good reason! Finally, I have opened my Etsy store!! You can find some more details over on my new blog where I have a special treat waiting for you. So hurry on over for a bit of 'blog-warming'!! See you there!

Happy Christmas!!

A big thank you to all of you who have supported me and inspired me this year!! I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and New Year wherever you are...


1. The Real Beauty Of The Candy Cane...., 2. Waiting for Santa, 3. natural christmas sparkler, 4. xmas decoration, 5. Untitled, 6. looking..., 7. a small miracle..., 8. Baubles, 9. Block printing + embroidery / Estampado + bordado, 10. englar, 11. >>> PEACE <<<, 12. Snowflake Curtain, 13. wreath light, 14. white christmas, 15. Untitled, 16. -10°

expecting

I have to apologise for the extreme lack of activity on my blog in recent weeks. Now I can finally share the reason with the whole world... I'm pregnant! And for the past 5 weeks or so I have spent most of my time looking down the toilet. I'm starting to finally feel a bit human again...

It's been a struggle for us. I was told in May 2008 that I had started my menopause (at 39!!) and there wasn't a hope of me producing my own eggs. So we started on the long and financially crippling road of IVF and egg donation. The third attempt worked and thankfully all is going well. I realise we are incredibly lucky - I've heard some real horror stories of 9 or 10 attempts and counting!!

So now I can focus a bit on the months ahead. One of my first baby projects will be this beautiful mobile from spool.


You can select the pattern for the bird under their 'Free Pattern' menu on the left.




And I love this Lizzy House fabric from A Fabric Outlet


I'm going to try and be a bit more productive here from now on, so see you very soon!