I can’t believe this is the first time that I have crocheted covers for pebbles! I live near a pebble beach with literally millions of pebbles and stones in all shapes and sizes but I’ve not crocheted around them before now. I’ve seen pebbles covered in crochet many times before online and in magazines and… Continue reading Pebbles Covered in Crochet…
Here’s the link to the free pattern for the crocheted campfire I designed… Crochet Campfire I had so much fun designing and making this for Hobbycraft who wanted a crocheted campfire for a photo shoot they were planning… I have written more about it and the design process in a previous blog post which you can find… Continue reading Pattern for Crochet Campfire
Here’s the link to my Ravelry and Etsy stores where you are able to purchase the pattern for this shawl. And here’s the story behind my design… Back in May I took a photo of the ‘Sea Thrift’ flowers on our local clifftops and published it to my Instagram with the following comment… ‘Sea Thrift… I love… Continue reading Sea Thrift Shawl…
Well this was a crochet project that I didn’t expect to find on my hooks! I don’t think I’d ever have thought to crochet a campfire but when Hobbycraft approached me to ask if I would be able to crochet them a campfire to scale which they wanted for a professional photo shoot, I wasn’t about to… Continue reading A Crocheted Campfire!
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…
