Today, 11th June 2017, is apparently ‘International Yarn Bombing Day’! 🙂 I’m not sure who made that up but it’s a great opportunity to spread a little yarn related joy… Yarn bombing is a light hearted and fun way to brighten some outside places. I love it when I see something covered in a beautiful piece of… Continue reading My Yarn Bomb!
At the end of every month over on Instagram, many people (including myself) post a collage with a selection of that month’s photos and in my case that month’s makes. I really love doing this; looking back over the month’s projects and progress. Instagram is the place where I post photos of my crochet that I wouldn’t necessarily write a blog post about. But I… Continue reading A Special Crochet Round-up…
When I started this blog nearly two (yes two!) years ago, I used the tagline ‘For all things crochet inspired by coastal living…’ I haven’t changed this at all and this week it was oh so true! The clifftop flowers have been spectacular this year and I’ve posted some photos of the amazing natural displays of colour… Continue reading Red Hot Poker’s…
Yesterday I led two crochet classes at work for a ‘Wellbeing at Work Festival’ the NHS Trust I work for is putting on for employees… throughout the month of May staff are being given the chance to attend a variety of workshops or events to take a little time out and be introduced to activities that can contribute to… Continue reading Crochet Classes- Yay!
The bluebells have been fantastic this year in our local woodland! We enjoyed a walk in search of them a few weeks ago and what a sight they were- a real carpet of striking purple covering the forest floor… So I decided to crochet some bluebells and here’s the pattern for you… Crocheted Bluebell The cliff top… Continue reading Crocheted Bluebells…
During the month of May there’s a ‘Wellbeing at Work’ Festival happening in the NHS Trust which I work for as a nurse. They are offering over 20 free health and wellbeing activities for staff and I’m soooo excited that I’ve been given the opportunity to run some crochet classes as part of this… 🙂 🙂… Continue reading Crochet your Way to Wellbeing…
For those of you who have been following my blog for a while you’ll know that we love to travel in our campervan and squeeze in getaways when we can. And as crochet is such a passion of mine, whenever we go places I’m always on the look out for anything crochet related as well as taking my crochet with… Continue reading Crochet away in Spain…
I’m feeling really privileged and excited to be featured on the Hobbycraft blog in their ‘Meet the Maker’ section. Welcome to all new followers who have discovered my blog through the Hobbycraft feature… http://blog.hobbycraft.co.uk/meet-the-maker-coastal-crochet/ If you haven’t seen it, do head on over to their blog if you’re interested in finding out a little bit more about me… Continue reading Meet the Maker…
I am super excited and so pleased that I can finally reveal my ‘Coastal Wall Hanging’ which I designed for the Hobbycraft blog (yay!☺) Here’s the link to go and see it featured over on their blog… http://blog.hobbycraft.co.uk/how-to-make-a-coastal-wall-hanging/ I’ve been bursting to share this with you all! Hobbycraft approached me at the beginning of January and… Continue reading Coastal Wall Hanging for Hobbycraft…
Here’s my pattern for the crocheted Mini Easter Hanging Baskets. Of course they are perfect for mini Easter eggs or chicks but be creative about how you use them! 🙂 🙂 Mini Easter Hanging Basket Enjoy… 🙂 🙂
