Red Hot Poker’s…

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 clinging to the clifftops over on my Instagram

Last Friday I was walking Salty along the clifftops and just when I thought I’d seen the best of the springtime coastal flowers I was stopped in my tracks by these ‘Red Hot Pokers’ or Kniphofia…

They are such a striking flower and I felt immediately inspired to crochet my own version! Back home I found some spare yarn in the right colours and there was no stopping me…

I’m pretty pleased with the end result and here’s the pattern if you want to have a go…

Red Hot Poker

My lovely Parents are the recipient of these… my Mum has been crocheting me little cactus plants and I’m crocheting spring flowers for them! Here’s a photo in the vases she has put them in (they got the Bluebells too)…

So there you go… crochet inspired by coastal living! If I hadn’t seen those ‘Red Hot Pokers’ on my clifftop walk I wouldn’t have thought to design a crochet version. We all get our inspiration and ideas from so many different sources and for me the coast is right up there with the best!

I’d love to hear where you all get your inspiration and creative drives from. Not everyone lives a stones throw from the sea so what wonders are there in other places and what inspires you?

Thanks for reading! 🙂 🙂